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Glaciecola mesophila sp. nov., a novel marine agar-digesting bacterium.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2003
Romanenko Lyudmila A, Zhukova Natalia V, Rohde Manfred, Lysenko Anatoly M, Mikhailov Valery V, Stackebrandt Erko
Abstract excerpt
Alteromonas-like strains KMM 241(T) and KMM 642, isolated from marine invertebrate specimens, were investigated to clarify their taxonomic position. The novel isolates were aerobic, Gram-negative, motile, slightly halophilic and heterotrophic and hydrolysed polysaccharides. They did not hydrolyse urea, gelatin or casein and produced acid weakly from carbohydrates. The DNA G + C content ranged between 44.6 and...
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