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Novel Psychrobacter species from Antarctic ornithogenic soils.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1996
Bowman J P, Cavanagh J, Austin J J, Sanderson K
Abstract excerpt
Ornithogenic soil is derived from the deposition of the fecal matter of various species of birds and is a major source of nutrient input in the Antarctic marine ecosystem. A significant proportion of microbiota of ornithogenic soil collected from an Adélie penguin colony in eastern Antarctica (Vestfold Hills ice-free zone) consisted of gram-negative, coccoid bacteria identified on the basis of their phospholipid...
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