Bacterial flocculation and production of poly- -hydroxybutyrate.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 24 ·No. 6 ·1972-12-00 ·Pages 857-8

Deinema MH

Abstract

Experiments with a number of bacteria isolated from activated sludge have shown that flocculation is independent of the presence of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) in the cells. Several strains gave flocculent growth without any PHB detectable. Other strains, producing PHB in varying amounts, utilized this compound as an endogenous substrate, and after its disappearance the floc structure remained unchanged. The PHB content of various samples of activated sludge was found to be negligible.

MeSH Terms

Alcaligenes/growth & development,metabolism Arginine/metabolism Cellulose Culture Media Flavobacterium/growth & development,metabolism Flocculation Hydroxybutyrates/analysis,biosynthesis,metabolism Polymers Pseudomonas/growth & development,metabolism Sewage/analysis Water Microbiology Zoogloea/growth & development,metabolism

Chemicals

Culture Media Hydroxybutyrates Polymers Sewage Cellulose Arginine

Authors & Affiliations

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Deinema M H

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6 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.24.6.857-858.1972

Published

1972-12-00

Pages

857-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC380686

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.24.6.857-858.1972 PMC Full Text

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