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Phylogenetic and physiological characterization of a heterotrophic, chemolithoautotrophic Thiothrix strain isolated from activated sludge.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Rossetti Simona, Blackall Linda L, Levantesi Caterina, Uccelletti Daniela, Tandoi Valter
Abstract excerpt
The sheathed filamentous bacterium known as strain CT3, isolated by micromanipulation from an activated sludge treatment plant in Italy, is a member of the genus Thiothrix in the gamma-Proteobacteria according to 16S rDNA sequence analysis. The closest phylogenetic neighbours of strain CT3 are strains I and Q(T), which were also isolated from activated sludge and belong to the species Thiothrix fructosivorans....
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