The Isolation and Some Characteristics of Photosynthetic Bacteria ( Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae) from Antarctic Marine Sediments

• Published in: Journal of Applied Bacteriology
• Main Authors: HERBERT, R. A., TANNER, A. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; Borge; Borge Bay; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1977.tb00770.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2672.1977.tb00770.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1977.tb00770.x/fullpdf

Sediment samples taken at depths from 5 to 50 m in Borge Bay, Signy Island, Antarctica yielded purple ( Chromatiaceae ) and green ( Chlorobiaceae ) phototrophic bacteria when inoculated into Winogradsky columns or directly into Pfennig's medium. Pure cultures of Thiocapsa roseopersicina (2 stra...