Substrate specificity of a long-chain alkylamine-degrading Pseudomonas sp isolated from activated sludge.

A bacterium strain BERT, which utilizes primary long-chain alkylamines as nitrogen, carbon and energy source, was isolated from activated sludge. This rod-shaped motile, Gram-negative strain was identified as a Pseudomonas sp. The substrate spectrum of this Pseudomonas strain BERT includes primary alkylamines with alkyl chains ranging from C(3) to C(18), and dodecyl-1,3-diaminopropane.