Classification of psychrophilic gliding bacteria isolated from Antarctica
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Antarctica, the coldest and driest polar region on the Earth, was shown to possess high microbial diversity with often unique bacterial species. The present study describes the taxonomic investigation of 76 psychrophilic gliding bacteria isolated in the frame of a project dealing with the investigation of cultivable bacteria inhabiting the Antarctic environment. This research is performed at the Johann Gregor Mendel Antarctic station situated on the James Ross Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. Isolated Antarctic strains were firstly characterized with a set of basic phenotyping tests. Secondly, all these strains were investigated by FAME, MALDI-TOF and repetitive PCR. Finally, phylogenetic position of these Antarctic strains was determined by analysis of partial 16S rRNA gene sequences. |
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