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Isolation of ice-nucleating active bacteria from the freeze-tolerant frog, Rana sylvatica.
Cryobiology - 1 Aug 1995
Lee M R, Lee R E, Strong-Gunderson J M, Minges S R
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Ice-nucleating active (INA) bacteria were isolated from the gut of field-collected freeze-tolerant wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) collected in winter. Thirteen strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens, four strains of Pseudomonas putida, and two strains of Enterobacter agglomerans had ice-nucleating activity. Each of the INA pseudomonad strains was psychrophilic. P. putida strains were differentiated from P. fluorescens...
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