| anoxybacillus kamchatkensis subsp. asaccharedens subsp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in batman. | a new thermophilic spore-forming strain kg8(t) was isolated from the mud of taslidere hot spring in batman. strain kg8(t) was aerobe, gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, occurring in pairs or filamentous. growth was observed from 35-65 degrees c (optimum 55 degrees c) and at ph 5.5-9.5 (optimum ph 7.5). it was capable of utilizing starch, growth was observed until 3% nacl (w/v) and it was positive for nitrate reduction. on the basis of 16s rrna gene sequence similarity, strain kg8(t) was shown to ... | 2008 | 19164875 |