| chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. | a faculatively anaerobic, chitinolytic bacterium, strain kl-9t, was isolated from freshwater lake in taiwan and was characterized using the polyphasic taxonomy approach. the cells were gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile by means of a polar single flagellum and non-spore forming. growth occurred at 15-40 -¦c (optimum, 30-37-¦c), at ph 7.0-9.0 (optimum, ph 8.0) and with 0-1.0 % nacl (optimum, 0 %). the predominant fatty acids were summed feature 3 (comprising c16:1¤ë7c and/or c16:1¤ë6c) and c16:0. ... | 2011 | 21705448 |