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Escherichia hermanii —a new bacterial strain for chlorobenzene degradation
Author(s) -
Kiernicka J.,
Seignez C.,
Peringer P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00475.x
Subject(s) - chlorobenzene , library science , bacterial strain , biology , computer science , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , catalysis
A new bacterial strain capable of chlorobenzene degradation has been isolated from sludge of an industrial wastewater treatment plant. The micro‐organism is short, rod‐shaped, Gram‐negative, yellow‐pigmented and has been identified as Escherichia hermanii . It was observed that high chlorobenzene concentrations (up to 394 mg l −1 ) had low toxic effects towards this strain, which was able to degrade chlorobenzene without any previous adaptation.