| characteristics of a pink-pigmented bacterium isolated from biofilm in a cooling tower in tokyo, japan. | strain k-20, a gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming and strictly aerobic rod, which produces a pale pink pigment, was isolated from biofilm in a cooling tower in tokyo, japan. the taxonomic feature of the strain was studied using phenotypic tests and phylogenetic analysis. phylogenetic analysis of 16s rrna gene sequences showed that the strain was related to roseomonas gilardii subsp. rosea, roseomonas gilardii subsp. gilardii, roseomonas cervicalis and roseomonas mucosa at 94.3-94.6 seq ... | 2007 | 17579276 |