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Geodermatophilus tzadiensis sp. nov., a UV radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from sand of the Saharan desert.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 May 2013
Montero-Calasanz Maria del Carmen, Göker Markus, Broughton William J, Cattaneo Arlette, Favet Jocelyne, Pötter Gabriele, Rohde Manfred, Spröer Cathrin, Schumann Peter, Klenk Hans-Peter, Gorbushina Anna A
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Three novel Gram-positive, aerobic, actinobacterial strains, CF5/2(T), CF5/1 and CF7/1, were isolated in 2007 during environmental screening of arid desert soil in the Sahara desert, Chad. Results from riboprinting, MALDI-TOF protein spectra and 16S rRNA sequence analysis confirmed that all three strains belonged to the same species. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA sequences with the strains' closest relatives...
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