| sphingomonas gimensis sp. nov., a novel gram-negative bacterium isolated from abandoned lead-zinc ore mine. | a novel bacterial strain designated 9pnm-6(t) was isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc ore mine site in meizhou, guangdong province, china. the isolate was found to be gram-negative, rod-shaped, orange-pigmented, strictly aerobic, oxidase- and catalase-positive. growth occurred at 0-4 % nacl (w/v, optimum, 0 %), at ph 6.0-8.0 (optimum, ph 7.0) and at 15-32 °c (optimum, 28-30 °c). phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequence similarities showed that strain 9pnm-6(t) belongs to the genus ... | 2014 | 24718620 |