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Paenibacillus wynnii sp. nov., a novel species harbouring the nifH gene, isolated from Alexander Island, Antarctica.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2005
Rodríguez-Díaz Marina, Lebbe Liesbeth, Rodelas Belén, Heyrman Jeroen, De Vos Paul, Logan Niall A
Abstract excerpt
Soil taken from 12 different locations at Mars Oasis on Alexander Island, Antarctica, yielded unidentified isolates of endospore-forming bacteria. Soil from four of the locations contained Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile rods that were able to grow at 4 degrees C and which formed ellipsoidal spores that lay paracentrally or subterminally in swollen or slightly swollen sporangia. All of the strains...
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