Article
Characterization of several Psychrobacter strains isolated from Antarctic environments and description of Psychrobacter luti sp. nov. and Psychrobacter fozii sp. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Bozal Núria, Montes M Jesús, Tudela Encarna, Guinea Jesús
Abstract excerpt
Eleven psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic coastal marine environments were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The isolates were oxidase-positive, halotolerant, gram-negative, non-motile coccobacilli with a strictly oxidative metabolism. The DNA G + C content ranged from 44 to...
Topics
- Antarctic Regions
- Base Composition
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Fatty Acids
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S