Molecular Taxonomy of an Antarctic, Mycoplasma-like Organism: Sequence of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene

• Other Authors: FRANZMANN, PETER (hasPrincipalInvestigator), FRANZMANN, PETER (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; inlandWaters; BACTERIA/ARCHAEA; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; LAKES; BIOSPHERE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ACE LAKE; ANAEROPLASMA; ANEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTARCTICA; METHANOGENIC; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; PSYCHROPHILE; RNA; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Vestfold Hills; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Vestfold; Ace Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/molecular-taxonomy-an-rna-gene/700223; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_504; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

An obligately anaerobic bacterium that lacked a cell wall was isolated from the hypolimnion of Ace Lake, Antarctica. Cells were very pleomorphic, forming cocci, filaments up to 25 micrometres in length, and annular shapes. The organism was morphologically very similar to some members of the class Mo...