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Description of Patulibacter americanus sp. nov., isolated from biological soil crusts, emended description of the genus Patulibacter Takahashi et al. 2006 and proposal of Solirubrobacterales ord. nov. and Thermoleophilales ord. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Reddy Gundlapally S N, Garcia-Pichel Ferran
Abstract excerpt
Two bacterial strains, CP153-3 and CP177-2T, were isolated from biological soil crusts on the Colorado Plateau, USA, and assigned to the genus Patulibacter, according to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and phenotypic characteristics. The strains were Gram-positive, aerobic and psychrotolerant and showed positive catalase and negative oxidase reactions. Cells were motile in young cultures, motility consisting of...
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