Phylogenetic characterization of marine bacterium strain 2-40, a degrader of complex polysaccharides

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作者
González, JM
Weiner, RM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Cell Biol & Mol Genet, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Univ Georgia, Dept Marine Sci, Athens, GA 30602 USA
关键词
phylogeny; tyrosinase; 16S rDNA; complex polysaccharides; hydrolytic enzymes;
D O I
10.1099/00207713-50-2-831
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The marine bacterium strain 2-40 was isolated from the salt marsh cord grass, Spartina alterniflora, in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, VA, USA. It is Gram-negative, requires sea salts and is a strict aerobe. It degrades numerous complex polysaccharides and synthesizes eumelanin. By 16S rDNA analysis, the isolate was shown to be a member of the gamma-subclass of the Proteobacteria, related to Microbulbifer hydrolyticus and to a cellulolytic nitrogen-fixing bacterium.
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