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Microbulbifer variabilis sp. nov. and Microbulbifer epialgicus sp. nov., isolated from Pacific marine algae, possess a rod-coccus cell cycle in association with the growth phase.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2009
Nishijima Miyuki, Takadera Takahide, Imamura Nobutaka, Kasai Hiroaki, An Kwang-Deuk, Adachi Kyoko, Nagao Tomokazu, Sano Hiroshi, Yamasato Kazuhide
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic and taxonomic characterization was performed for 14 strains of bacteria that produce anticancer antibiotics (pelagiomicins) (represented by strain Ni-2088(T)) and one strain that produces UV-absorbing substances (strain F-104(T)), isolated from marine algae and seagrass collected from coastal areas of tropical Pacific islands and a subtropical island of Japan. All 15 isolates were Gram-negative,...
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