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Kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Reddy Gundlapally S N, Prakash Jogadhenu S S, Prabahar Vadivel, Matsumoto Genki I, Stackebrandt Erko, Shivaji Sisinthy
Abstract excerpt
Strain CMS 76orT, an orange-pigmented bacterium, was isolated from a cyanobacterial mat sample from a pond located in McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica. On the basis of chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, strain CMS 76orT was identified as a member of the genus Kocuria. It exhibited a 16S rDNA similarity of 99.8% and DNA-DNA similarity of 71% with Kocuria rosea (ATCC 186T). Phenotypic traits confirmed that...
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