| belnapia moabensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from biological soil crusts in the colorado plateau, usa. | strain cp2ct was isolated from biological soil crusts in the colorado plateau, usa. the isolate was aerobic, facultatively fermentative, gram-negative, non-motile and red-pigmented (due to the presence of carotenoids), but did not contain bacteriochlorophyll a. the strain tested positive for catalase, oxidase and urease and was negative for lysine and ornithine decarboxylases and arginine dihydrolase. the major fatty acids present were c(18 : 1)omega7c and c(16 : 0). it had a high dna g+c conten ... | 2006 | 16403866 |