A combination of genomics analyses and cultivation experiments from activated sludge leads to the identification of ‘Candidatus Mycosynbacter amalyticus’, an ultrasmall epiparasitic bacterium that can lyse other bacteria such as Gordonia amarae, a filamentous actinomycete commonly associated with foams in wastewater treatment plants.
- Steven Batinovic
- Jayson J. A. Rose
- Steve Petrovski
