| desulfovibrio psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant and moderately alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing deltaproteobacterium from the himalayas. | a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium (strain js1t) was isolated from lake pangong, a salt-water lake situated in the himalayas of leh district, jammu and kashmir, india. cells of strain js1t are gram-negative, vibriod, motile by means of single polar flagellum, contain desulfoviridin, are catalase-positive and can hydrolyse starch. strain js1t grew optimally at ph 8.5-9.0 and at temperatures ranging from 10 to 50 degrees c (optimum 28-30 degrees c). chemo-organoheterotrophy was the only growth mod ... | 2008 | 18398176 |