Article
Pannonibacter phragmitetus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from decomposing reed rhizomes in a Hungarian soda lake.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2003
Borsodi Andrea K, Micsinai Adrienn, Kovács Gábor, Tóth Erika, Schumann Peter, Kovács Attila L, Böddi Béla, Márialigeti Károly
Abstract excerpt
Three alkalitolerant bacterial strains were isolated from the surface of decomposing rhizomes of reed [Phragmites australia (Cav.) Trin. et Steudel] in Lake Fertö (Hungary). Cells of the novel isolates were Gram-negative, motile rods and formed star-shaped aggregates. They were facultatively anaerobic and chemo-organotrophic. Bacteriochlorophyll a was not synthesized under aerobic conditions. The strains were...
Topics
- Alkalies
- Alphaproteobacteria
- Bacteria, Anaerobic
- Base Composition
- Cell Wall
- Hungary
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
