title: Gram-positive bacteria of marine origin: a numerical taxonomic study on Mediterranean isolates.
abstract: A numerical taxonomic study was performed on 65 Gram-positive wild strains of heterotrophic, aerobic, marine bacteria, and 9 reference strains. The isolates were obtained from oysters and seawater sampled monthly over one year, by direct plating on Marine Agar. The strains were characterized by 96 morphological, biochemical, physiological and nutritional tests. Clustering yielded 13 phena at 0.62 similarity level (Sl coefficient). Only one of the seven phena containing wild isolates could be identified (Bacillus marinus). A pronounced salt requirement was found in most isolates.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Microbiologia i Ecologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortigosa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garay
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pujalte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D002244:Carbon