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Cellulomonas chitinilytica sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from cattle-farm compost.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Aug 2008
Yoon Min-Ho, Ten Leonid N, Im Wan-Taek, Lee Sung-Taik
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A bacterial strain, designated X.bu-b T, with chitin-, xylan-, cellulose- and starch-degrading activities, was isolated from compost at a cattle farm near Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The strain comprised Gram-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria. On the basis of an analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, the phylogenetic position of X.bu-b T was within the genus Cellulomonas,...
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