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SUBMITTER: Takenaka S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1828831 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takenaka Shinji S Tonoki Takashi T Taira Kazuya K Murakami Shuichiro S Aoki Kenji K
Applied and environmental microbiology 20070119 6
Pseudomonas sp. strain 7-6, isolated from active sludge obtained from a wastewater facility, utilized a quaternary ammonium surfactant, n-dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC), as its sole carbon, nitrogen, and energy source. When initially grown in the presence of 10 mM DTAC medium, the isolate was unable to degrade DTAC. The strain was cultivated in gradually increasing concentrations of the surfactant until continuous exposure led to high tolerance and biodegradation of the compound. Based ...[more]