<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Savvides, A.L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C. P. Andriopoulos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">K. K. Kormas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D.G. Hatzinikolaou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katsifas, E.A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karagouni, A.D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selective isolation of indigenous &lt;em&gt;Pseudomonas syringae&lt;/em&gt; strains with ice nucleation activity properties from a ski resort</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Biological Research</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.jbr.gr/papers20111/07-Savvides-et-al.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">67-73</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;span&gt;Four sampling sites were selected in the area of Velouhi mountain, Greece in order to screen for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pseudomonas syringae&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;isolates with high ice nucleation activity from a ski resort environment. Bacterial isolates (n=147) were obtained from soil and phyllosphere samples. Seven isolates exhibited morphological, biochemical and physiological profile similar to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;P. syringae&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Phylogenetic relationships of the seven isolates were determined by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Two isolates were phylogenetically affiliated to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;P. syringae&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;, three to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;P. viridiflava&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;, one to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;P. avellanae&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and one&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pseudomonas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;strain could not be assigned to a known species. The seven isolates were examined for their ice-nucleation activity properties. Three out of the seven studied isolates exhibited ice nucleation activity from –4.67 to –4.35 ice nuclei per cell, values similar to those obtained from a known ice-nucleation protein producer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;P. syringae&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;strain and therefore could be used for the production of artificial snow in ski resort areas with short snow periods.&lt;/span&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>