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Natronoincola histidinovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., A new alkaliphilic acetogenic anaerobe.
Current microbiology - 1 Sept 1998
Zhilina T N, Detkova E N, Rainey F A, Osipov G A, Lysenko A M, Kostrikina N A, Zavarzin G A
Abstract excerpt
Two strains, asporogenous Z-7940 and sporogenous Z-7939, of a moderately haloalkaliphilic, obligately anaerobic, fermentative bacteria, motile, with Gram-positive cell wall structure, were isolated from soda deposits in Lake Magadi, Kenya. Both strains are mesophilic and utilize only two amino acids, histidine and glutamate, with formation of acetate and ammonium as the main end products. Strain Z-7939 in...
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