| aurantimonas altamirensis sp. nov., a member of the order rhizobiales isolated from altamira cave. | a bacterial strain, s21bt, was isolated from altamira cave (cantabria, spain). the cells were gram-negative, short rods growing aerobically. comparative 16s rrna gene sequence analysis revealed that strain s21bt represented a separate subline of descent within the family 'aurantimonadaceae' (showing 96% sequence similarity to aurantimonas coralicida) in the order rhizobiales (alphaproteobacteria). the major fatty acids detected were c16:0 and c18:1omega7c. the g+c content of the dna from strain ... | 2006 | 17082395 |