Article
Marispirillum indicum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea environment.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Lai Qiliang, Yuan Jun, Gu Li, Shao Zongze
Abstract excerpt
A taxonomic study was carried out on strain B142(T), which was isolated from a crude-oil-degrading microbial consortium via enrichment with deep water from the Indian Ocean. Cells of the isolate were Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, helical in shape, motile by means of polar flagella (three per cell) and moderately halophilic. Growth was observed at salinities of 0.5-12 % and at temperatures of...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Composition
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Fatty Acids
- Genotype
- Geologic Sediments
- Indian Ocean
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
