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Leucobacter tardus sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of Solanum tuberosum L.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2008
Behrendt Undine, Ulrich Andreas, Schumann Peter
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In the course of studying the composition of the microbial community in the phyllosphere of potato plants, a Gram-positive bacterium, strain K 70/01(T), was isolated. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, it was shown that the investigated isolate represents a novel species in the genus Leucobacter; the closest phylogenetic neighbour was Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. chromiireducens, with a...
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