Article
Bacillus bogoriensis sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a Kenyan soda lake.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Vargas Virginia A, Delgado Osvaldo D, Hatti-Kaul Rajni, Mattiasson Bo
Abstract excerpt
Strain LBB3(T) isolated from Bogoria soda lake in Kenya is an alkaliphilic, Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile, spore-forming bacterium. It was identified as a member of the genus Bacillus on the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses. The organism grows optimally at 37 degrees C...
Topics
- Bacillus
- Base Composition
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Fresh Water
- Genes, rRNA
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Kenya
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sodium Chloride