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ALKALILIMNICOLA EHRLICHII
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Alkalilimnicola |
| Species: | Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii |
| Description: | Cells are Gram-negative, motile rods (1.5–2.5 x 0.3–0.5μm). Colonies on agar plates are circular, convex and smooth with a diameter of approximately 1 mm and are non-pigmented. The optimum pH and temperature are pH 9.3 and 30°C, respectively. |
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| Source: | The type strain was isolated from Mono Lake, an alkaline hypersaline soda lake, in California, USA. |
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| Genbank: | NC_008340.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 3.28 |
| GC %: | 67.5 |
| Genes: | 2,942 |
| CDS Number: | 2,884 |
| Reference: | HOEFT (S.E.), SWITZER BLUM (J.), STOLZ (J.F.), TABITA (F.R.), WITTE (B.), KING (G.M.), SANTINI (J.M.) and OREMLAND (R.S.): Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii sp. nov., a novel, arsenite-oxidizing haloalkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 504-512. |
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