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Antarctobacter heliothermus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium from hypersaline and heliothermal Ekho Lake.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1998
Labrenz M, Collins M D, Lawson P A, Tindall B J, Braker G, Hirsch P
Abstract excerpt
Four Gram-negative, aerobic, pointed and budding bacteria were isolated from various depths of the hypersaline, heliothermal and meromictic Ekho Lake (Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica). The cells contained storage granules and formed rosettes. Daughter cells may be motile. Growth required sodium ions. Nitrate was reduced to nitrite, and dissimilatory reduction of nitrite was possible. DNase and gelatinase were...
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