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AQUICELLA LUSITANA
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Aquicella |
| Species: | Aquicella lusitana |
| Description: | A. lusitana forms rod-shaped cells 0.4 to 0.7 μm in width and 1.8 to 2.2 μm in length. The optimum growth temperature is about 37°C, the maximum growth temperature is about 43°C, and growth does not occur at 45°C. The optimum pH for growth is between 6.5 and 7.3; no growth occurs at pH 6.0 or 7.5. |
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| Source: | This bacterium was isolated from water at the thermal spa at São Gemil. |
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| Genbank: | AY359282.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | SANTOS (P.), PINHAL (I.), RAINEY (F.A.), EMPADINHAS (N.), COSTA (J.), FIELDS (B.), BENSON (R.), VERÍSSIMO (A.) and da COSTA (M.S.): Gamma-Proteobacteria Aquicella lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aquicella siphonis sp. nov. infect protozoa and require activated charcoal for growth in laboratory media. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2003, 69, 6533-6540. |
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