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A previously uncultured, paper mill Propionibacterium is able to degrade O-aryl alkyl ethers and various aromatic hydrocarbons.
Chemosphere - 1 Jun 2009
Thorenoor Nithyananda, Kim Yong-Hak, Lee Cheolju, Yu Myeong-Hee, Engesser Karl-Heinrich
Abstract excerpt
A previously uncultured Propionibacterium was isolated from a highly diluted sample (10(-6)mL) of activated sludge of paper mill effluent. The isolate MOB600 was able to grow on anisole, phenetole, benzene, toluene, phenol, styrene and biphenyl, although it used only limited carbon sources in the minimal media. The partial DNA sequence of 16S ribosomal RNA gene was 93% identical to Luteococcus peritoni CCUG38120...
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