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Halobacillus mangrovi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the black mangrove Avicennia germinans.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2008
Soto-Ramírez Nelís, Sánchez-Porro Cristina, Rosas-Padilla Soniris, Almodóvar Karinna, Jiménez Gina, Machado-Rodríguez Marlene, Zapata Magaly, Ventosa Antonio, Montalvo-Rodríguez Rafael
Abstract excerpt
A moderately halophilic, spore-forming, Gram-positive, short-rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain MS10(T), was isolated from the surface of leaves of the black mangrove Avicennia germinans and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strain MS10(T) was able to grow at NaCl concentrations in the range 5-20% (w/v) with optimum growth at 10% (w/v) NaCl. Growth occurred at temperatures of 10-50 degrees C...
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