Isolation and identification of a morpholine-degrading bacterium. |
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Authors: | J S Cech, P Hartman, M Slos rek, J Chudoba |
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Affiliation: | J S Cech, P Hartman, M Slosárek, and J Chudoba |
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Abstract: | A gram-positive, slowly growing rod effectively utilizing morpholine as the sole source of organic carbon, nitrogen, and energy was isolated from a mixed culture in a laboratory reactor. The strain was tentatively identified as Mycobacterium aurum. Its growth characteristics at 20 degrees C and pH 6.5 were as follows: maximum specific growth rate, 0.052 h-1; half-velocity constant, 1.3 mg/liter; and yield, 0.37 g/g. The optimum temperature and pH were 31 degrees C and 6.0, respectively. |
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