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Alcaligenes

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Alcaligenes [‚al·kə′lij·ə‚nēz]
(microbiology)
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic rods and cocci of uncertain affiliation; cells are motile, and species are commonly found in the intestinal tract of vertebrates.


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The highly studied bacterium Alcaligenes eutrophus, produces a brittle thermoplastic poly([beta]-hydroxybutyrate), (PHB), when grown on glucose.
, isolated from wounds and ear infections in humans, and reassessment of Alcaligenes denitrificans Ruger and Tan 1983.
Extensive degradation of Aroclors and environmentally transformed polychlorinated biphenyls by Alcaligenes eutrophus H850.
 
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