''Millisia brevis'' is a
mycolic acid
Mycolic acids are long fatty acids found in the cell walls of the Mycolata taxon, a group of bacteria that includes ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'', the causative agent of the disease tuberculosis. They form the major component of the cell wall of ...
producing bacterium from the family
Nocardiaceae
The Nocardiaceae are a family of aerobic, non-fastidious, high G+C, Gram-positive actinomycetes that are commonly found in soil and water. Members of this family have been isolated from Antarctic soils. Nocardiaceae present coccobacilli, fila ...
which has been isolated from
activated sludge
The activated sludge process is a type of biological wastewater treatment process for treating sewage or industrial wastewaters using aeration and a biological floc composed of bacteria and protozoa. It uses air (or oxygen) and microorganism ...
in
Australia.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Millisia brevis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mycobacteriales
Bacteria described in 2006
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