Characterization of a Salt-Tolerant Family 42 β-Galactosidase from a Psychrophilic Antarctic Planococcus Isolate

• Main Authors: Sheridan, Peter P., Brenchley, Jean E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
• Subjects: Enzymology and Protein Engineering; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC110553; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10831422

We isolated a gram-positive, halotolerant psychrophile from a hypersaline pond located on the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica. A phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of this organism showed that it is a member of the genus Planococcus. This assignment is consistent with the morphology...