Moderately Halophilic Gram-Positive Cocci from Hypersaline Environments
1983; Elsevier BV; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0723-2020(83)80014-9
ISSN1618-0984
AutoresAntónio Ventosa, A. Ramos‐Cormenzana, M. Kocur,
Tópico(s)Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Resumo38 strains of moderately halophilic Gram-positive, catalase-positive cocci were isolated from saline soils and the ponds of a solar saltern in Alicante (Spain). They were divided into three biochemically distinct groups. On the basis of the characteristics investigated the 25 strains of group I corresponded to Planococcus halophilus; the ten strains of group II were morphologically and biochemically similar to the species Sporosarcina halophila; group III, comprising three strains, differed strikingly from the previous groups in certain biochemical tests. These strains differed from the planococci and micrococci so far described and were tentatively designated as Planococcus sp. The results have shown that moderately halophilic Gram-positive, motile cocci, are frequent inhabitants of hypersaline environments.
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