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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 isolate grew over a temperature range of 1-25 degrees C, showed activities of oxidase, catalase, DNase, protease (gelatin,...
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