Nucleic acid fragments for the identification of bacteria in industrial wastewater bioreactors

An isolated 16S rDNA sequence indicative of an activated sludge bacterial strain from the group consisting of:

• (a) SEQ ID NO:
• 16, SEQ ID NO:
• 17, SEQ ID NO:
• 18, SEQ ID NO:
• 19, SEQ ID NO:
• 20, SEQ ID NO:
• 21, SEQ ID NO:
• 22, SEQ ID NO:
• 23, SEQ ID NO:
• 24, SEQ ID NO:
• 25, SEQ ID NO:
• 26, SEQ ID NO:
• 27, SEQ ID NO:
• 28, SEQ ID NO:
• 29, and SEQ ID NO:
• 30;
• (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes with (a) under the following hybridization conditions:
• 6×SSC (1 M NaCl), 50% formamide, 1% SDS at 37° C., and a wash in 0.1×SSC at 60 to 65° C.
• (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that has at least 97% identity to (a);
• and
• (d) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that is completely complementary to (a), (b) or (c).

An isolated 16S rDNA sequence indicative of an activated sludge bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:

• 1, SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 3, SEQ ID NO:
• 4, SEQ ID NO:
• 5, SEQ ID NO:
• 6, SEQ ID NO:
• 7;
• SEQ ID NO:
• 16, SEQ ID NO:
• 17, SEQ ID NO:
• 18, SEQ ID NO:
• 19, SEQ ID NO:
• 20, SEQ ID NO:
• 21, SEQ ID NO:
• 22, SEQ ID NO:
• 23, SEQ ID NO:
• 24, SEQ ID NO:
• 25, SEQ ID NO:
• 26, SEQ ID NO:
• 27, SEQ ID NO:
• 28, SEQ ID NO:
• 29, and SEQ ID NO:
• 30.

A pyruvate degrading bacterial strain having the 16S rDNA sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:

• 1, SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 5, SEQ ID NO:
• 6, and SEQ ID NO:
• 7.