An unusual strain of Desulfovibrio sp. from an Antarctic lake

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Letters
• Main Authors: Rees, G.N., Janssen, P.H., Harfoot, C.G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1986
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://femsle.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/37/3/363; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01825.x

An unusual sulphate-reducing bacterium was isolated from Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Designated strain FESu, it illustrates the difficulty in assigning some isolates of Desulfovibrio spp. to a described species. FESu was characterized by its relatively low mol% G + C (45%), its rod-shaped morphology, inability to grow on lactate, pyruvate, malate or choline in the absence of sulphate, and by its lack of desulfoviridin.