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Molecular characterization of early colonizer bacteria from wastes in a steel plant.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Oct 2008
Freitas D B, Lima-Bittencourt C I, Reis M P, Costa P S, Assis P S, Chartone-Souza E, Nascimento A M A
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AIMS: Forty-nine bacteria isolated from four newly-produced waste samples of a steel industry, which had a high content of CaO, MgO, Cr and P2O5, were characterized molecularly and phenotypically by susceptibility testing against heavy metals. METHODS AND RESULTS: Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolates belonged to nine genera, Pseudomonas, Micrococcus, Acinetobacter,...
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