Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica

• Main Authors: Reddy, G. S. N., Prakash, J. S. S., Srinivas, R., Matsumoto, G. I., Shivaji, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society for General Microbiology 2003
• Subjects: QL Zoology; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://repository.ias.ac.in/64293/; http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/53/4/977.abstract?sid=a193c8f8-97a3-49ff-936a-9392ecc4141c

Two unique psychrophilic strains (CMS 76r T and CMS 81y T ) were isolated from a cyanobacterial mat sample from a pond in Wright Valley, McMurdo, Antarctica. Both isolates were assigned to the genus Leifsonia, since they were Gram-positive, curved rods, non-motile, catalase-positive, contained dl-2,...