Virgibacillus arcticus

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Virgibacillus arcticus
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V. arcticus
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Virgibacillus arcticus
Niederberger et al. 2009

Virgibacillus arcticus is a moderately halophilic, endospore-forming bacterium originally isolated from permafrost in the Canadian high Arctic. Its type strain is Hal1T (=DSM 19574T =JCM 14839T). [1]

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References

  1. Niederberger, T. D.; Steven, B.; Charvet, S.; Barbier, B.; Whyte, L. G. (2009). "Virgibacillus arcticus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, endospore-forming bacterium from permafrost in the Canadian high Arctic". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2219–2225. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.002931-0 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   19605723.

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