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Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Oct 2006
Tiago Igor, Morais Paula V, da Costa Milton S, Veríssimo António
Abstract excerpt
A high-G+C-content Gram-positive bacterium, designated as strain AC4r(T), was isolated from a highly alkaline, non-saline groundwater environment (pH 11.4). This organism formed small rod-shaped cells, was aerobic, heterotrophic, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative and had an optimum growth temperature of 35 degrees C and an optimum pH of 9.5. The strain possessed a B2beta-type cell-wall peptidoglycan, with...
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