Characterisation of Waterborne Psychrophilic Massilia Isolates with Violacein Production and Description of Massilia antarctica sp. nov.

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Ivo Sedláček, Pavla Holochová, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Vendula Koublová, Stanislava Králová, Pavel Švec, Roman Sobotka, Eva Staňková, Jan Pilný, Ondrej Šedo, Jana Smolíková, Karel Sedlář
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Massilia; violacein; psychrophilic; description; whole-genome sequencing; Antarctica; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Eagle Island; Ross Island; Antarc*; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040704; https://doaj.org/article/e37ea82c2fce4efb8464e420e13529b1

A group of seven bacterial strains producing blue-purple pigmented colonies on R2A agar was isolated from freshwater samples collected in a deglaciated part of James Ross Island and Eagle Island, Antarctica, from 2017–2019. The isolates were psychrophilic, oligotrophic, resistant to chloramphenicol,...