Isolation and identification of myxobacteria from saline-alkaline soils in Xinjiang, China.

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 an...

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Main Authors: Xianjiao Zhang, Qing Yao, Zhuoping Cai, Xiaolin Xie, Honghui Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3735578?pdf=render