Cellulolytic potential of a novel strain of Paenibacillus sp. isolated from the armored catfish Parotocinclus maculicauda gut

A cellulolytic bacterial strain, designated P118, isolated from the gut of the tropical fish Parotocinclus maculicauda was identified as belonging to the genus Paenibacillus based on phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and the 16S rRNA gene sequence. The novel strain was Gram-positive, spo...

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Main Authors: André L. M. de Castro, Renata E. Vollú, Raquel S. Peixoto, André L. Grigorevski-Lima, Rosalie R. R. Coelho, Elba P. S. Bon, Alexandre S. Rosado, Lucy Seldin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000400048