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Deinococcus gobiensis sp. nov., an extremely radiation-resistant bacterium.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Yuan Menglong, Zhang Wei, Dai Shiming, Wu Jing, Wang Yingdian, Tao Tianshen, Chen Ming, Lin Min
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A Gram-positive, non-motile, spherical, red-pigmented and facultatively anaerobic bacterium, designated strain I-0(T), was isolated from a sand sample of the Gobi desert in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that this isolate represents a novel member of the genus Deinococcus, with low sequence similarities (<94 %) to recognized Deinococcus species....
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