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Bacillus saliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Romano Ida, Lama Licia, Nicolaus Barbara, Gambacorta Agata, Giordano Assunta
Abstract excerpt
A haloalkaliphilic Gram-positive bacterium, strain 6AGT, that grew aerobically at an optimum temperature of 37 degrees C and at pH 7-10 (optimum 9.0), was isolated from algal mat from a mineral pool located in Malvizza in the Campania region (southern Italy). The isolate tolerated high concentrations of NaCl, up to 25 %. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, the strain was shown to belong to the...
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