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Delftia tsuruhatensis sp. nov., a terephthalate-assimilating bacterium isolated from activated sludge.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Shigematsu Toru, Yumihara Kazuyo, Ueda Yutaka, Numaguchi Masaki, Morimura Shigeru, Kida Kenji
Abstract excerpt
A terephthalate-assimilating bacterium was isolated from activated sludge collected from a domestic wastewater treatment plant in Japan by enrichment with terephthalate as sole carbon source. The isolate, designated strain T7(T), was a Gram-negative, short rod-shaped micro-organism. A phylogenetic study based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain T7(T) should be placed in the genus DELFTIA: A DNA-DNA...
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