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The opportunistic pathogen Nocardia farcinica is a foam‐producing bacterium in activated sludge plants
Author(s) -
Stratton H.M.,
Seviour R.J.,
Soddell J.A.,
Blackall L.L.,
Muir D.
Publication year - 1996
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 - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1996.tb01175.x
Subject(s) - activated sludge , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogen , actinomycetales , biology , nocardia , 16s ribosomal rna , nocardiaceae , streptomyces , sewage treatment , waste management , genetics , engineering
H.M. STRATTON, R.J. SEVIOUR, J.A. SODDELL, L.L. BLACKALL AND D. MUIR. 1996. A Grampositive unicellular coccal‐diphtheroid rod causing foam in an activated sludge plant was successfully isolated by micromanipulation. Phenotypic characterization and 16S rDNA sequencing identified it as Nocardia farcinica . This is the first report that this opportunistic pathogen is a foam‐causing bacterium in activated sludge, and the clinical implications of these observations are discussed.