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Identification of bacteria contaminating pulp and a paper machine in a Canadian paper mill

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Over 100 bacteria from pulp and slime samples in a Canadian paper mill were identified by partial sequencing of their 16S rDNAs. Seventy-one percent of the isolates could be assigned to a bacterial genus with a high level of confidence. Another 12% exhibited at least 95% similarity within their 16S rDNA sequence with unidentified organisms that originate from warm or wet environments. Pseudomonas, Bacillus, and Pseudoxanthomonas isolates were represented at a relatively high proportion in both pulp and slime samples. This is the first time that Pseudoxanthomonas strains have been isolated from pulp and slime samples on a paper machine.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a contract from Domtar Inc. We thank Julie Talbot, Daniel Vallée and Richard Gratton for valuable information on paper fabrication processes and Antonin Gauthier for a critical review of the manuscript.

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  1. Centre d'Étude et de Valorisation de la Diversité Microbienne, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada

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Desjardins, E., Beaulieu, C. Identification of bacteria contaminating pulp and a paper machine in a Canadian paper mill. J IND MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL 30, 141–145 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-002-0017-x

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