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Marinobacter guineae sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium from an Antarctic environment.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Montes Ma Jesus, Bozal Núria, Mercadé Elena
Abstract excerpt
Two Gram-negative, cold-adapted, moderately halophilic, aerobic bacteria, designated strains M3B(T) and M3T, were isolated from marine sediment collected from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The organisms were rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-positive, and motile by means of polar flagella. These two psychrotolerant strains required Na(+) and grew at NaCl concentrations of 1-15 % and temperatures between...
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