THE OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN NOCARDIA-FARCINICA IS A FOAM-PRODUCING BACTERIUM IN ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PLANTS

Authors
STRATTON HM SEVIOUR RJ SODDELL JA BLACKALL LL MUIR D
Citation
Hm. Stratton et al., THE OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN NOCARDIA-FARCINICA IS A FOAM-PRODUCING BACTERIUM IN ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PLANTS, Letters in applied microbiology, 22(5), 1996, pp. 342-346
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
342 - 346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1996)22:5<342:TOPNIA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A Grampositive unicellular coccal-diphtheroid rod causing foam in an a ctivated sludge plant was successfully isolated by micromanipulation. Phenotypic characterization and 16S rDNA sequencing identified it as N ocardia farcinica. This is the first report that this opportunistic pa thogen is a foam-causing bacterium in activated sludge, and the clinic al implications of these observations are discussed.