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Tetragenococcus koreensis sp. nov., a novel rhamnolipid-producing bacterium.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Lee Myungjin, Kim Myung Kyum, Vancanneyt Marc, Swings Jean, Kim Seong-Hye, Kang Myung Suk, Lee Sung-Taik
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A Gram-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming coccus (strain JS(T)) was isolated from kimchi (a traditional Korean food) and investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain JS(T) and its closest relative, Tetragenococcus halophilus IAM 1676(T), was 98.1%. The level of DNA-DNA relatedness between the two strains was 9.7%. Strain JS(T) had a DNA G+C content...
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