Isolation and identification of a morpholine-degrading bacterium.
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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Section of Hydrobiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Science.
Hartman
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Slosárek
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Chudoba
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D007700:Kinetics; D009025:Morpholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D014871:Water Microbiology
D009025:Morpholines