| shewanella halifaxensis sp. nov., a novel obligately respiratory and denitrifying psychrophile. | indigenous bacteria found in the sediment of the emerald basin (depth of 215 m, atlantic ocean) located offshore of halifax harbour (nova scotia, canada) were previously found to be able to degrade the explosive compound hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (rdx). in the present study, a novel obligately respiratory, denitrifying and rdx-mineralizing bacterium, designated strain haw-eb4(t), was isolated from the marine sediment. this bacterium utilized peptone, yeast extract, casamino acids, ... | 2006 | 16403888 |