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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 47 mol%. DNA-DNA hybridization experiments showed six homology groups, two of them related at the species level to the...
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