| unique diversity of carotenoid-producing bacteria isolated from misasa, a radioactive site in japan. | we obtained carotenoid-producing microorganisms at a high frequency from water samples collected at misasa (tottori, japan), a region known for its high natural radioactivity content. a comprehensive 16s rrna gene-based phylogenetic analysis revealed that the 104 potential carotenoid producers isolated from misasa could be classified into 38 different species belonging to seven bacterial classes (flavobacteria, sphingobacteria, alpha-proteobacteria, gamma-proteobacteria, deinococci, actinobacter ... | 2007 | 17828533 |