| chimaereicella boritolerans sp. nov., a boron-tolerant and alkaliphilic bacterium of the family flavobacteriaceae isolated from soil. | a non-motile, gram-negative, boron-tolerant and alkaliphilic bacterium was isolated from soil of the hisarcik area in the kutahya province of turkey that was naturally high in boron minerals. the novel isolate, designated t-22(t), formed rod-shaped cells, was catalase- and oxidase-positive and tolerated up to 300 mm boron. the strain also survived on agar medium containing up to 3 % (w/v) nacl. the ph range for growth of this strain was 6.5-10.0 (optimum ph 8.0-9.0) and the temperature range was ... | 2007 | 17473246 |