@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02628-0, author = "Reddy, G. S. N. and Matsumoto, G. I. and Shivaji, S.", title = "Sporosarcina macmurdoensis sp. nov., from a cyanobacterial mat sample from a pond in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2003", volume = "53", number = "5", pages = "1363-1367", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02628-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02628-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Strain CMS 21wT was isolated from a cyanobacterial mat sample taken from a pond located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Based on its phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, strain CMS 21wT was identified as a member of the genus Sporosarcina. At the 16S rRNA gene level, CMS 21wT exhibited about 93–96 % similarity to all reported species of Sporosarcina and exhibited a maximum similarity of 96 % to both Sporosarcina globispora and Sporosarcina psychrophila. Based on more than 3 % difference at the 16S rRNA gene sequence level and the presence of distinct differences with respect to phenotypic, biochemical and chemotaxonomic features, strain CMS 21wT (=MTCC 4670T=DSM 15428T=CIP 107784T) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species of Sporosarcina, Sporosarcina macmurdoensis sp. nov.", }