Comamonas badia sp. nov., a floc-forming bacterium isolated from activated sludge

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 243-248

  Tago, Yoshitaka ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

proteobacteria; 16S rDNA; Comamonas badia sp. nov.; Floc; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CATALASE; DNA 16S; FATTY ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SUGAR;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LEVEL; COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS BADIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOCCULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BASE COMPOSITION; COMAMONAS; FATTY ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

EID: 14644393574     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.50.243     Document Type: Article

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