1965 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 1-14
Determinative studies were carried out with Brevibacterium, Arthrobacter, Micrococcus, Sarcina, Alcaligenes and Achromobacter isolated from oil-brines obtained in petroleum zones in Japan, and the following species were identified: Brevibacterium pusillum nov. sp., 2 strains; Brev. Helvolum (ZIMMERMANN) LOCHHEAD, 4 strains; Brev. Sulfureum (BERGEY et al.) BREED, 1 strain; Arthrobacter ureafaciens (KREBS and EGGLESTON) CLARK, 2 strains; Arth. tumescens (JENSEN) CONN and DIMMICK, 2 strains; Micrococcus varians MIGULA, 2 strains; Micr. conglomeratus MIGULA, 3 strains; Micr. luteus (SCHROETER) COHN, 1 strain; Micr. candidus COHN, 2 strains: Sarcina lutea SCHROETER, 1 strain; S. lutea subsp. flava KOCUR and MARTINEC, 12 strains; Alcaligenes faecalis CASTELLANI and CHALMERS, 2 strains; and Achromobacter delicatulus (JORDAN) BERGEY et al., 1 strain.
This paper was read at the 191st Meeting of the Kanto Branch of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan held on February 28, 1959.
