Andrew E. Cook

TL;DR: A rapid method for identifying filamentous actinomycete genera was developed based on 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment patterns, which allowed unknown, non-Streptomyces soil isolates to be identified to a genus or small subgroup of genera.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that Antarctic Dry Valley desert soil harbours highly diverse actinobacterial communities and suggests that many of the phylotypes identified may represent novel, uncultured species.

TL;DR: Two novel mechanisms for granule formation are hypothesized to form by outgrowth from a single microcolony into a granule dominated by one bacterial type, while yellow granules are hypothesized to form via multiplemicrocolony aggregation into a microcolonies-segregated granule with a mixed microbial population.

TL;DR: This study characterizes the eDNA extracted from the novel activated sludge biofilm process of aerobic granules, which indicates a functional role in EPS.

TL;DR: The physiological, phylogenetic and DNA-relatedness data support the description of strain UM16T as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Amycolatopsis umgeniensis sp.