The isolation and some characteristics of photosynthetic bacteria (Chromatiaceae)and Chlorobiaceae) from Antarctic marine sediments

• Published in: Journal of Applied Bacteriology
• Main Authors: Herbert, R.A., Tanner, A.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; Borge; Borge Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525547/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1977.tb00770.x

Sediment samples taken at depths from 5 to 50 m in Borge Bay, Signy Island, Antarctica yielded purple (Chromatiaceae) and green (Chlorobiaceae) phototrophic bacteria when inoculated into Winogradsky columns or directly into Pfennig's medium. Pure cultures of Thiocapsa roseopersicina (2 strains)...