| [isolation, identification of 17alpha-ethynylestradiol-degrading strain and its degradation characteristics]. | a bacterial strain that degrades 17alpha-ethynylestradiol (ee2) was isolated from activated sludge of wastewater treatment plant treating wastewater from pharmacy factory mainly producing contraceptive medicine in beijing, china. based on its morphology, physiological and biochemical characters, as well as 16s rdna sequence analysis, this strain was identified as sphingobacterium sp. jcr5. strain jcr5 can use ee2 as sole carbon and energy source for growth. the optimal temperature and ph for str ... | 2006 | 16921959 |