| flavobacterium faecale sp. nov., an agarase-producing species isolated from stools of antarctic penguins. | taxonomic studies were performed on an agarase-producing strain, designated wv33(t), isolated from faeces of antarctic penguins. cells of strain wv33(t) were gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, orange and rod-shaped. strain wv33(t) displayed agarase activity and was able to utilize galactose as a sole carbon source. 16s rrna gene sequence analysis revealed that strain wv33(t) was closely related to flavobacterium algicola tc2(t) (98.0% similarity), f. frigidarium atcc 700810(t) (96.9%) and ... | 2014 | 24893942 |