Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland.

doi:10.1007/s007920050020

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Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland.

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 May 1997

Petursdottir S K, Kristjansson J K

Abstract excerpt

Mesophilic, moderately halophilic bacteria were isolated from a silica-rich geothermal lake, the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. The isolates are strictly aerobic, but reduce nitrate to nitrite, and are oxidase- and catalase-positive. The nonsporeforming and nonmotile Gram negative rods are 0.6-0.8 micro...

Topics

Bacteria, Aerobic
DNA, Bacterial
Fresh Water
Iceland
Phenotype
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Water Microbiology

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