1976 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 165-176
Nine strains of obligately psychrophilic bacteria, which were isolated from regions near Showa Station in Antarctica, were studied taxonomically. These strains were identified as Curtobacterium psychrophilum sp. n. (1 strain), Cytophaga antarctica sp. n. (3 strains), Cytophaga xantha sp. n. (1 strain), Spirillum pleomorphum sp. n. (2 strains), Micrococcus cryophilus McLean, Sulzbacker and Mudd, and Pseudomonas putrefaciens (Derby and Hammer) Long and Hammer (1 strain).