| kribbella aluminosa sp. nov., isolated from a medieval alum slate mine. | three actinomycetes (strains hki 0478(t), hki 0479 and hki 0480) isolated from the surfaces of rocks in the feengrotten medieval alum slate mine (thuringia, germany) were examined in a polyphasic taxonomic study. the following morphological and chemotaxonomic features supported their classification as members of the genus kribbella: the presence of ll-diaminopimelic acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan; glucose together with minor amounts of mannose and ribose as the whole-cell sugars; polar lipi ... | 2007 | 17766851 |