Unique aliphatic amidase from a psychrotrophic and haloalkaliphilic nesterenkonia isolate
Nesterenkonia strain AN1 was isolated from a screening program for nitrile- and amide-hydrolyzing microorganisms in Antarctic desert soil samples. Strain AN1 showed significant 16S rRNA sequence identity to known members of the genus. Like known Nesterenkonia species, strain AN1 was obligately alkal...
Published in: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/9053 https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02726-10 |
Summary: | Nesterenkonia strain AN1 was isolated from a screening program for nitrile- and amide-hydrolyzing microorganisms in Antarctic desert soil samples. Strain AN1 showed significant 16S rRNA sequence identity to known members of the genus. Like known Nesterenkonia species, strain AN1 was obligately alkaliphilic (optimum environmental pH, 9 to 10) and halotolerant (optimum environmental Na+ content, 0 to 15% [wt/vol]) but was also shown to be an obligate psychrophile with optimum growth at approximately 21°C. |
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