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Rheinheimera pacifica sp. nov., a novel halotolerant bacterium isolated from deep sea water of the Pacific.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2003
Romanenko Lyudmila A, Uchino Masataka, Falsen Enevold, Zhukova Natalia V, Mikhailov Valery V, Uchimura Tai
Abstract excerpt
An aerobic, Gram-negative, non-fermentative, rod-shaped, motile, non-pigmented bacterium, KMM 1406(T), was isolated from a sample of Pacific deep sea water and investigated for phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic features and phylogenetic relationships. The deep-sea isolate exhibited growth in 0-8 % (w/v) NaCl and at 4-37 degrees C, hydrolytic activity on gelatin, Tween 80 and starch and lack of D-glucose...
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