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Alkalimonas amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Alkalimonas delamerensis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel alkaliphilic bacteria from soda lakes in China and East Africa.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Jun 2004
Ma Yanhe, Xue Yanfen, Grant William D, Collins Nadine C, Duckworth Andrew W, Van Steenbergen Robert P, Jones Brian E
Abstract excerpt
Two related novel alkaliphilic and slightly halophilic bacteria are described. They are strain N10 from Lake Chahannor in China and strain 1E1 from Lake Elmenteita in East Africa. Both strains are strictly aerobic, heterotrophic, alkaliphilic, mesophilic, and require NaCl for growth. The optimal conditions for growth were at pH 10-10.5 and 2-3% (w/v) NaCl. Cells of both strains were Gram-negative, rod-shaped,...
Topics
- Africa, Eastern
- Base Composition
- China
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fatty Acids
- Fresh Water
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Genotype
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Microscopy, Electron
