| olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of sitia, crete. | a novel, gram-negative, non-motile, non-sporulating, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a viscous two-phase olive-oil mill waste ('alpeorujo') is described. the strain, designated aw-6t, is an obligate aerobe, forming irregular, pigmented creamy white colonies. the ph and temperature ranges for growth were ph 5-8 and 5-45 degrees c, with optimal ph and temperature for growth of ph 6-7 and 28-32 degrees c, respectively. strain aw-6t was chemo-organotrophic and utilized mostly d+ -glucose, protoca ... | 2007 | 17267986 |