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Oceanobacillus oncorhynchi sp. nov., a halotolerant obligate alkaliphile isolated from the skin of a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and emended description of the genus Oceanobacillus.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Yumoto Isao, Hirota Kikue, Nodasaka Yoshinobu, Nakajima Kenji
Abstract excerpt
A halotolerant, obligately alkaliphilic bacterium, R-2(T), was isolated from the skin of a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a freshwater fish. The strain is Gram-positive, ferments several carbohydrates, is rod-shaped and motile by peritrichous flagella and produces ellipsoidal spores. The isolate grows at pH 9-10 but not at pH 7-8. This micro-organism grows in 0-22% (w/v) NaCl at pH 10. Its major cellular...
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