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...
Published in: | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1992
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Online Access: | http://femsle.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/99/2-3/145 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05557.x |
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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