Isolated from the near-neutral fen Tarskoye (peat water pH 6.8 and conductivity 55 uS/cm) located in the mountainous area of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, the southern part of the North Caucasus region, Russia (42 deg 97 min 14 sec N, 44 deg 76 min 49 sec E).
Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Naumoff DG, Zlatogorskaya AA, Kachmazov GS, Dedysh SN
Title
Schlesneria sphaerica sp. nov., a neutrophilic, xylan-degrading planctomycete from a mountain wetland, and emended description of the genus Schlesneria.