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Psychromonas arctica sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant, biofilm-forming bacterium isolated from Spitzbergen.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2003
Groudieva Tatiana, Grote Ralf, Antranikian Garabed
Abstract excerpt
Using starch as a carbon source at a cultivation temperature of 4 degrees C, a number of Gram-negative, aerobic strains was isolated from sea-ice and sea-water samples collected at Spitzbergen in the Arctic. Analysis of the genetic diversity of the novel isolates by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and ERIC fingerprinting revealed a homogenic group of biofilm-forming bacteria that contained small...
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