Nesterenkonia aurantiaca, sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinobacterium isolated from Cape King (Antarctica)

• Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Main Authors: Finore, Ilaria, Orlando, Pierangelo, Leone, Luigi, Nicolaus, Barbara, Poli, Annarita, DI DONATO, Paola
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Cape King; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11367/49821; https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000917

A Gram-stain-positive, non-endospore-forming, haloalkaliphilic actinobacterium, strain CK5T, was isolated from a soil sample, collected at Cape King (Antarctica), and its taxonomic position was investigated by using a polyphasic approach. Cells were cocci with orange pigmentation, non-motile and gre...