What’s New! 

 

   

 

New species of bacterium named in honor of MPPL scientist:

The new bacterial species, Pseudomonas kuykendallii, was recently described and named “in honor of Dr. L. David Kuykendall for his contributions to the field of microbiology”. 

 

Reference:

Hunter W.J., and Manter D.K.  2012.  Pseudomonas kuykendallii sp. Nov.: A novel   -protobacteria isolated from a hexazinone degrading reactor.  Current Microbiology DOI 10.1007/s00284-012-0141-4

 

abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22580889