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Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Rapala Jarkko, Berg Katri A, Lyra Christina, Niemi R Maarit, Manz Werner, Suomalainen Sini, Paulin Lars, Lahti Kirsti
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Thirteen bacterial isolates from lake sediment, capable of degrading cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin, were characterized by phenotypic, genetic and genomic approaches. Cells of these isolates were Gram-negative, motile by means of a single polar flagellum, oxidase-positive, weakly catalase-positive and rod-shaped. According to phenotypic characteristics (carbon utilization, fatty acid and...
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