Flavobacterium frigidarium sp. nov., an aerobic, psychrophilic, xylanolytic and laminarinolytic bacterium from Antarctica

• Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Main Authors: Humphry, David R., George, Alison, Black, Gary W., Cummings, Stephen P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Adelaide Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19766/; http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/51/4/1235.full.pdf+html

A psychrophilic, aerobic bacterium designated A2iT was isolated from marine sediment recovered from shallow waters surrounding Adelaide Island, Antarctica (67S 34H S, 68S 07H W). The organism exhibited xylanolytic and laminarinolytic activity and was halotolerant. Basic characterization showed that...