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Clostridium grantii sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, alginolytic bacterium isolated from mullet gut.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Jan 1994
Mountfort D O, Rainey F A, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E
Abstract excerpt
A gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped, strictly anaerobic, sporulating bacterium was isolated from an enrichment initiated with mullet gut contents. The organism grew optimally at 30 degrees C and pH 6.5, and at a salinity of 1/10(3). Out of a variety of polysaccharides tested as growth substrates, only alginate supported growth in either semidefined or complex culture medium. The organism also grew on a variety of...
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