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Paenibacillus hodogayensis sp. nov., capable of degrading the polysaccharide produced by Sphaerotilus natans.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Takeda Minoru, Suzuki Ichiro, Koizumi Jun-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
Sphaerotilus natans is a sheathed bacterium often found in activated sludge that has a bulking problem. A bacterial strain that is able to degrade the extracellular polysaccharide produced by S. natans was isolated. The isolate was a spore-forming, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. The Gram reaction was variable or negative. The optimum growth temperature was 30 degrees C and the optimum pH was 8. The G+C content of...
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