title: Isolation and identification of a novel strain of the genus Ochrobactrum with phenol-degrading activity.
abstract: A bacterial strain AS1 belonging to the genus Ochrobactrum, was isolated from an enriched phenol-activated sludge in Egypt. This strain grew aerobically on phenol as the sole carbon source using the meta-cleavage pathway at high phenol-degrading rates compared with those in a previous report.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbasia, Cairo 11566, Egypt. waelsme@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Wael S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: El-Sayed
authors.forename: Mohamed K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abu-Shady
authors.forename: Fawkia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: El-Beih
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohmura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.forename: Akikazu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ando