Article
Pedobacter cryoconitis sp. nov., a facultative psychrophile from alpine glacier cryoconite.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Margesin Rosa, Spröer Cathrin, Schumann Peter, Schinner Franz
Abstract excerpt
On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, a novel species belonging to the genus Pedobacter is described. A facultatively psychrophilic, Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped strain, A37(T), was isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. The non-flagellated and non-spore-forming isolat...
Topics
- Bacteroidetes
- Base Composition
- Cold Climate
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Ice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Water Microbiology