Unique gel-like colony forming bacterium Novosphingobium pituita sp. nov., isolated from a membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating sewage.

ABSTRACT: A novel, gelatinous, colony-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated IK01^T was isolated from biofilms formed on the membrane surface of a sewage-treating membrane bioreactor (MBR). Strain IK01^T produced gelatinous and almost transparent colonies at lower medium concentrations. Fourier transform infrared analysis of the gelatinous colony matrix showed that the matrix could be a biofilm substance. This suggests that strain IK01^T is a fouling-causing bacteria in the MBR. Furthermore, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain IK01^T was phylogenetically placed in the genus Novosphingobium. The average nucleotide identity values for IK01^T and the other 50 species of the genus Novosphingobium ranged from 78.5 to

SUBMITTER: Ikarashi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11665390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature