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Lett Appl Microbiol
; 28(1): 27-30, 1999 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10030028
ABSTRACT
A new bacterial strain capable of chlorobenzene degradation has been isolated from sludge of an industrial wastewater treatment plant. The micro-organism is short, rod-shaped, Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented and has been identified as Escherichia hermanii. It was observed that high chlorobenzene concentrations (up to 394 mg l-1) had low toxic effects towards this strain, which was able to degrade chlorobenzene without any previous adaptation.