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Phylum XXV. Planctomycetes Garrity and Holt 2001, 137 emend. Ward (this volume)

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Abstract

The phylum Planctomycetes was circumscribed for this volume on the basis of phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences; the phylum contains the class Planctomycetia.

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Notes

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    Medium 13a (Schlesner, 1994) (g/l or ml/l)): peptone, 0.25; yeast extract, 0.25; glucose, 0.25; artificial seawater (ASW; Lyman and Fleming, (1940)), 500; vitamin solution no. 6 (Staley, 1968), 10; Hutner’s basal salts medium (HBM; Cohen-Bazire et al., (1957)) 20; 0.1 M Tris/HCl pH 7.5, 50 ml; distilled water, 420.

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    Medium 13f (Schlesner et al., 2004): (g/l or ml/l)): peptone, 0.75; yeast extract, 0.75; glucose, 5.0; artificial seawater (ASW; Lyman and Fleming, (1940)), 250; vitamin solution no. 6 (Staley, 1968), 10; Hutner’s basal salts medium (HBM; Cohen-Bazire et al., (1957)) 20; 0.1 M Tris/HCl pH 7.5, 50 ml; distilled water, 670.

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    Medium 30 (Staley et al., 1992): (g/l or ml/l)): N-acetylglucosamine, 2.0; artificial seawater (ASW; Lyman and Fleming, (1940)), 250; vitamin solution no. 6 (Staley, 1968), 10; Hutner’s basal salts medium (HBM; Cohen-Bazire et al., (1957)) 20; 0.1 m Tris/HCl pH 7.5, 50 ml; distilled water, 670.

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