Enumeration of Flexibacter canadensis in environmental samples by using a bacteriophage isolated from soil.
The denitrifier Flexibacter canadensis, in the presence of sulfide, can reduce N2O in the presence of concentrations of C2H2 which normally inhibit N2O reduction. Most-probable-number estimates of naturally occurring F. canadensis populations in various soils and sediments were made with a bacteriophage which is active against and specific for a strain of denitrifying F. canadensis (Is-11). Our survey suggests that F. canadensis is common in the natural environment.
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Department of Microbiology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
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D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods; D003589:Cytophaga / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012988:Soil Microbiology