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A novel exopolymer-producing bacterium, Paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens subsp. payriae, isolated from a "kopara" mat located in Rangiroa, an atoll of French Polynesia.
Current microbiology - 1 Sept 2004
Raguénès Gérard, Moppert Xavier, Richert Laurent, Ratiskol Jacqueline, Payri Claude, Costa Bernard, Guezennec Jean
Abstract excerpt
An aerobic, mesophilic and heterotrophic marine bacterium designated RA19, able to produce two different exocellular polymers and zeaxanthin, was isolated from a French polynesian bacterial mat (localy named "kopara") situated in the atoll of Rangiroa. This microorganism, on the basis of its phenotypical features and the genotypic investigations, can be clearly assigned to the Parococcus zeaxanthinifaciens...
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