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Novel heliobacteria of a few semi-arid tropical soils

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Out of forty rhizosphere soils collected from semi arid tropical regions of Andhra Pradesh, India, 30 gave positive enrichments for heliobacteria. These bacteria were recognized by the presence of bacteriochlorophyll-g together with endospores in the initial enrichments. Using group specific primers of 16S rRNA gene, ten monoheliobacterial cultures were sequenced. They were finally grouped into 3 clusters based on the 16S rRNA gene similarity. Based on a few phenotypic characters, in addition to genetic characterization, we identified them as potential novel species and the 16S rRNA gene sequences were deposited with EMBL.

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  1. Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Environment, IST., JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, 500 085, India

    K. R. Girija, B. Vinay, Ch. Sasikala & Ch. V. Ramana

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Girija, K.R., Vinay, B., Sasikala, C. et al. Novel heliobacteria of a few semi-arid tropical soils. Indian J Microbiol 50 (Suppl 1), 17–20 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-010-0069-y

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