| sphingomonas mucosissima sp. nov. and sphingomonas desiccabilis sp. nov., from biological soil crusts in the colorado plateau, usa. | two bacterial strains, cp173-2(t) and cp1d(t), were isolated from biological soil crusts (bscs) collected in the colorado plateau, usa. both strains were pigmented, gram-negative, non-motile rods and produced abundant mucus. they contained c(16 : 0), c(18 : 1)omega7c and c(14 : 0) 2-oh as the predominant cellular fatty acids, ubiquinone-10 as the isoprenoid quinone and sphingoglycolipid. based on the above characteristics, the isolates were assigned to the family sphingomonadaceae; 16 rrna gene ... | 2007 | 17473253 |