Microlunatus antarcticus

Microlunatus antarcticus
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M. antarcticus
Binomial name
Microlunatus antarcticus
(Schumann et al. 1997) Nouioui et al. 2018
Synonyms
  • Friedmanniella antarctica Schumann et al. 1997

Microlunatus antarcticus is an LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing actinomycete, the type species of its genus. It is gram-positive, aerobic and slowly growing. The type strain is AA-1042 (= DSM 11053).[1]

References

  1. Schumann, P.; Prauser, H.; Rainey, F. A.; Stackebrandt, E.; Hirsch, P. (1997). "Friedmanniella antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-Diaminopimelic Acid-Containing Actinomycete from Antarctic Sandstone". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 278–283. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-278. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103610.

Further reading

  • Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
  • Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Vol. 3. Springer Verlag, 2006.


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