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      Numerical taxonomy of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria isolated from the Chesapeake Bay.

      Applied and Environmental Microbiology
      Bacteria, classification, metabolism, Maryland, Phenanthrenes, Water Microbiology

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          Phenanthrene-degrading bacteria were isolated from Chesapeake Bay samples by the use of a solid medium which had been overlaid with an ethanol solution of phenanthrene before inoculation. Eighteen representative strains of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria with 21 type and reference bacteria were examined for 123 characteristics representing physiological, biochemical, and nutritional properties. Relationships between strains were computed with several similarity coefficients. The phenogram constructed by unweighted-pair-group arithmetic average linkage and use of the simple Jaccard (SJ) coefficient was used to identify seven phena. Phenanthrene-degrading bacteria were identified as Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio fluvialis by their clustering with type and reference strains. Several phenanthrene-degrading bacteria resembled Enterobacteriaceae family members, although some Vibrio-like phenanthrene degraders could not be identified.

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          6508314
          241663
          10.1128/AEM.48.5.988-993.1984

          Chemistry
          Bacteria,classification,metabolism,Maryland,Phenanthrenes,Water Microbiology
          Chemistry
          Bacteria, classification, metabolism, Maryland, Phenanthrenes, Water Microbiology

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