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. 2005 Nov;71(11):7630. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7630.2005

Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample

Fred A Rainey 1, Keren Ray 1, Margarida Ferreira 1, Bridget Z Gatz 1, Fernanda Nobre 1, Danielle Bagaley 1, Brian A Rash 1, Mie-Jung Park 1, Ashlee M Earl 1, Nicole C Shank 1, Alanna M Small 1, Margaret C Henk 1, John R Battista 1, Peter Kämpfer 1, Milton S da Costa 1
PMCID: PMC1287754

Volume 71, no. 9, p. 5225-5235, 2005. Page 5232, column 1, section “Description of Deinococcus hohokamensis sp. nov. Rainey and da Costa,” lines 19-20: “Strain KR-33 (LMG 22130 = NRRL B-23944) is a reference strain.” should read “Strain KR-245 (LMG 22130 = NRRL B-23944) is a reference strain.”

Page 5232, column 2, section “Description of Deinococcus hopiensis sp. nov. Rainey and da Costa,” lines 17-18: “Strain KR-140 (LMG 22133 = NRRL B-23843) is the type strain.” should read “Strain KR-140 (LMG 22133 = NRRL B-23943) is the type strain.”

Page 5233, column 1, section “Description of Deinococcus pimensis sp. nov. Rainey and da Costa,” lines 19-21: “Strain KR-242 (LMG 22244 = NRRL B-23994) is the type strain. Strain KR-33 (LMG 22245 = NRRL B-23995) is a reference strain.” should read “Strain KR-235 (LMG 2224 = NRRL B-23994) is the type strain. Strain KR-242 (LMG 22245 = NRRL B-23995) is a reference strain.”

Page 5233, column 1, section “Description of Deinococcus yavapaiensis sp. nov. Rainey and da Costa,” line 17: “NRRL B-2360” should read “NRRL B-23960.”

Page 5233, column 2, section “Description of Deinococcus sonorensis sp. nov. Rainey and da Costa,” lines 16-19: “Strain KR-114 (LMG 22172 = NRRL B-23941) is the type strain.” should read “Strain KR-87 (LMG 22172 = NRRL B-23941) is the type strain.”


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