| sandaracinus amylolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a starch degrading soil myxobacterium and the description of sandaracinaceae fam. nov. | a novel starch-degrading myxobacterium designated as noso-4t (new organism of the sorangiineae strain 4) was isolated in 1995 from a soil sample containing plant residues, collected in lucknow, uttar pradesh, india. the novel bacterium shows typical myxobacterial characteristics such as gram-negative rod vegetative cells, swarming colony, fruiting body-like aggregates, and bacteriolytic activity. the strain is mesophilic, strictly aerobic, and chemoheterotrophic. based on 16s rrna gene sequence, ... | 2011 | 21742821 |