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Desulfovibrio psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant and moderately alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing deltaproteobacterium from the Himalayas.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Apr 2008
Sasi Jyothsna T S, Sasikala Ch, Ramana Ch V
Abstract excerpt
A novel sulfate-reducing bacterium (strain JS1T) was isolated from lake Pangong, a salt-water lake situated in the Himalayas of Leh District, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Cells of strain JS1T are Gram-negative, vibriod, motile by means of single polar flagellum, contain desulfoviridin, are catalase-positive and can hydrolyse starch. Strain JS1T grew optimally at pH 8.5-9.0 and at temperatures ranging from 10 to 50...
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