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Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis, sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from oil-polluted site produces extracellular surface activity.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Chang Jo-Shu, Chou Cheng-Liang, Lin Guang-Huey, Sheu Shih-Yi, Chen Wen-Ming
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During screening for biosurfactant-producing bacteria, a strain designated J36T was isolated from oil-polluted site near Kaohsiung city located in southern Taiwan. Cells of this organism were gram-negative rods motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Strain J36T grew well in complex media under optimum conditions of 35 degrees C and pH 7. The extracellular products of the strain expressed emulsification...
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