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Appl Environ Microbiol
; 68(4): 2057-60, 2002 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11916733
RESUMO
A 17beta-estradiol (E2)-degrading bacterium was isolated from activated sludge in a sewage treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan. The isolate was suggested to be a new Novosphingobium species. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of the metabolites of E2 degradation suggested that no toxic products accumulated in the culture medium.