| glaciibacter superstes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. | gram-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming, irregular rod-shaped bacteria, designated strains ahu1791(t) and ahu1810, were isolated from a permafrost ice wedge in alaska. cells were motile by means of a polar flagellum. the strains were psychrophilic, growing at -5 to 25 degrees c. phylogenetic analysis of 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that the ice-wedge isolates formed a clade distinct from other genera affiliated with the family microbacteriaceae. the novel strains showed highest levels of ... | 2009 | 19244426 |