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. 1988 Feb;54(2):619–621. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.2.619-621.1988

Isolation and identification of a morpholine-degrading bacterium.

J S Cech 1, P Hartman 1, M Slosárek 1, J Chudoba 1
PMCID: PMC202509  PMID: 3355148

Abstract

A gram-positive, slowly growing rod effectively utilizing morpholine as the sole source of organic carbon, nitrogen, and energy was isolated from a mixed culture in a laboratory reactor. The strain was tentatively identified as Mycobacterium aurum. Its growth characteristics at 20 degrees C and pH 6.5 were as follows: maximum specific growth rate, 0.052 h-1; half-velocity constant, 1.3 mg/liter; and yield, 0.37 g/g. The optimum temperature and pH were 31 degrees C and 6.0, respectively.

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