Isolation and identification of myxobacteria from saline-alkaline soils in Xinjiang, China.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23936436.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0070466 and PMC identifier 3735578.
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Abstract
Fifty-eight terrestrial and salt-tolerant myxobacteria were isolated from the saline-alkaline soils collected from Xinjiang, China. Based on the morphologies and the 16S rRNA gene sequences, these isolates were assigned into 6 genera, Myxococcus, Cystobacter, Corallococcus, Sorangium, Nannocystis and Polyangium. All the strains grew better with 1% NaCl than without NaCl. Some Myxococcus strains were able to grow at 2% NaCl concentration, suggesting that these strains may be particular type of terrestrial myxobacteria.
Medical subject headings
- Myxococcales
- Soil
- Soil Microbiology