Isolation of extremely halotolerant cocci from Antarctica

Five non-motile Gram-positive cocci were isolated from saline located in geothermal regions of the Antarctic continent. The organisms were extremely halotolerant growing between 0 and 4.2 M NaCl. On the basis of the results of phenotypic characterizations, lipid and quinone analyses, and the amino a...

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Published in:FEMS Microbiology Letters
Main Authors: Nicolaus, B., Marsiglia, F., Esposito, E., Lama, L., Trincone, A., di Prisco, G., Gambacorta, A., Valderrama, M.J., Grant, W.D.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1992
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Articles
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://femsle.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/99/2-3/145
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05557.x
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Summary:Five non-motile Gram-positive cocci were isolated from saline located in geothermal regions of the Antarctic continent. The organisms were extremely halotolerant growing between 0 and 4.2 M NaCl. On the basis of the results of phenotypic characterizations, lipid and quinone analyses, and the amino acid composition of the cell the isolates have been assigned to the genus Micrococcus .

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