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    Unique aliphatic amidase from a psychrotrophic and haloalkaliphilic nesterenkonia isolate
    (American Society for Microbiology, 2011) Nel, A. J. M.; Tuffin, I. M.; Sewell, B. T.
    Nesterenkonia strain AN1 was isolated from a screening program for nitrile- and amide-hydrolyzing microorganisms in Antarctic desert soil samples. Strain AN1 showed significant 16S rRNA sequence identity to known members of the genus. Like known Nesterenkonia species, strain AN1 was obligately alkaliphilic (optimum environmental pH, 9 to 10) and halotolerant (optimum environmental Na+ content, 0 to 15% [wt/vol]) but was also shown to be an obligate psychrophile with optimum growth at approximately 21°C.