title: Novel actinomycete isolated from bulking industrial sludge.
abstract: A novel actinomycete was the predominant filamentous microorganism in bulking activated sludge in a bench-scale reactor treating coke plant wastewater. The bacterium was isolated and identified as an actinomycete that is biochemically and morphologically similar to Amycolatopsis orientalis; however, a lack of DNA homology excludes true relatedness. At present, the isolate (NRRL B 16216) cannot be assigned to the recognized taxa of actinomycetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Northern Regional Research Center, Peoria, Illinois 61604; and Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-0759.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Labeda
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lechevalier
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gauthier