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Description of Croceitalea gen. nov. in the family Flavobacteriaceae with two species, Croceitalea eckloniae sp. nov. and Croceitalea dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of the marine alga Ecklonia kurome
Supplementary Fig. S1. Scanning electron micrographs of
cells of
Croceitalea eckloniae DOKDO 025
T(a) and
Croceitalea dokdonensis DOKDO 023
T(b) grown in MB for 3 days at 25 °C.
Supplementary Fig. S1. Scanning electron micrographs of
cells of
Croceitalea eckloniae DOKDO 025
T(a) and
Croceitalea dokdonensis DOKDO 023
T(b) grown in MB for 3 days at 25 °C.