| hymenobacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from the desert of xinjiang, china. | a gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped and pink-pigmented bacterium, designated strain x2-1g(t), was isolated from a mixture of sand samples collected from the desert of xinjiang, china, after exposure of the sand to 8 kgy gamma radiation. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequencing indicated that this isolate represents a novel member of the genus hymenobacter, with low sequence similarities (<97 %) to recognized hymenobacter species. biolog gn2 assays supported this conclusion. op ... | 2007 | 17684250 |