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Loktanella agnita sp. nov. and Loktanella rosea sp. nov., from the north-west Pacific Ocean.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2005
Ivanova Elena P, Zhukova Natalia V, Lysenko Anatoly M, Gorshkova Nataliya M, Sergeev Alexander F, Mikhailov Valery V, Bowman John P
Abstract excerpt
One whitish and four pinkish strains of Gram-negative, non-motile, aerobic bacteria were isolated from sea-water and sediment samples collected in Chazhma Bay (Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean). Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that these strains belonged to the 'Alphaproteobacteria', having highest sequence similarity of about 94-97% with species of the genus Loktanella. None of the strains degraded...
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