title: Rhodococcus baikonurensis BTM4c, a boron-tolerant actinobacterial strain isolated from soil.
abstract: By screening a bacterial population from the soil in Tokyo, Japan, we isolated a boron-tolerant bacterium, strain BTM4c. Strain BTM4c grew under the boron excess conditions with 100 mM boric acid, which is generally toxic to bacteria. Molecular phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic, and physiological data showed that the strain belongs to the genus Rhodococcus, and is to be identified as Rhodococcus baikonurensis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan. ayoon@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jaewoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Iftikhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001895:Boron / Q000633:toxicity*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D001895:Boron