@article {300,
	title = {Brevibacterium ammoniilyticum sp nov., an ammonia-degrading bacterium isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant},
	journal = {Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol.},
	volume = {63},
	year = {2013},
	note = {Kim, Jinsoo Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj You, Taek Bang, John J. Park, Sujeong Lee, Sang-Seob3},
	month = {03/2013},
	pages = {1111-1118},
	abstract = {A Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, chemo-organotrophic, mesophilic, aerobic bacterium, designated A1(T), was isolated from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant. Strain A1(T) showed good ability to degrade ammonia and grew well on media amended with methanol and ammonia. Strain A1(T) grew with 0-11 \% (w/v) NaCl, at 20-42 {\textdegree}C, but not <15 or >45 {\textdegree}C and at pH 6-10 (optimum pH 8.0-9.0). The isolate was catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. The DNA G+C content was 70.7 mol\%. A comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain A1(T) formed a distinct phyletic lineage in the genus Brevibacterium and showed high sequence similarity with Brevibacterium casei NCDO 2048(T) (96.9 \%), Brevibacterium celere KMM 3637(T) (96.9 \%) and Brevibacterium sanguinis CF63(T) (96.4 \%). DNA-DNA hybridization revealed <43 \% DNA-DNA relatedness between the isolate and its closest phylogenetic relatives. The affiliation of strain A1(T) with the genus Brevibacterium was supported by the chemotaxonomic data: predominant quinone menaquinone MK-7(H2); polar lipid profile containing diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified glycolipid; characteristic cell-wall diamino acid meso-diaminopimelic acid; whole-cell sugars galactose, xylose and ribose; absence of mycolic acids; and major fatty acids iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed phenotypic differentiation of strain A1(T) from members of the genus Brevibacterium. On the basis of the results in this study, a novel species, Brevibacterium ammoniilyticum sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is A1(T) ( = KEMC 41-098(T)  = JCM 17537(T)  = KACC 15558(T)).},
	isbn = {1466-5026},
	doi = {10.1099/ijs.0.039305-0},
	author = {Kim, J. and Srinivasan, S. and You, T. and Bang, J. J. and Park, S. and Lee, S. S.}
}
