| sphingomonas jaspsi sp. nov., a novel carotenoid-producing bacterium isolated from misasa, tottori, japan. | a yellow-pigmented, gram-negative, motile, strictly aerobic, pleomorphic bacterium (strain tdma-16(t)) was isolated from a freshwater sample collected at misasa (tottori, japan). strain tdma-16(t) was slightly tolerant to gamma-ray irradiation and produced carotenoids, including zeaxanthin, nostoxanthin and an unknown carotenoid, effectively [1.7 mg (g dry cells)(-1)]. the dna g+c content of strain tdma-16(t) was 63.3 mol%. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences placed strain tdm ... | 2007 | 17625171 |