The filamentous morphotype Eikelboom type 1863 is not a single genetic entity.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00111.x

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The filamentous morphotype Eikelboom type 1863 is not a single genetic entity.

Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Apr 1997

Seviour E M, Blackall L L, Christensson C, Hugenholtz P, Cunningham M A, Bradford D, Stratton H M, Seviour R J

Abstract excerpt

Five isolates of a filamentous bacterial morphotype with the distinctive diagnostic microscopic features of Eikelboom Type 1863 were obtained from activated sludge sewage treatment plants in Victoria, Australia. On the basis of phenotypic evidence and 16S rDNA sequence data, these isolates proved...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Sewage
Victoria

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