Notice of RetractionIsolation and Identification of an Anaerobic Cellulolytic Bacterium

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Municipal solid waste compost contains some cellulosic substances which are highly recalcitrant to enzymatic digestion. Because the process of compost usually occurs in anaerobic circumstance, anaerobic cellulolytic microbes are needed in municipal solid waste compost. In this paper, a strain of anaerobic cellulolytic cocci was isolated from the rumen of Mongolia sheep by an enrichment method with Whatman No. 1 filter paper as the selective substrate. The isolate formed transparent circle on the plate with carboxymethyl cellulose sodium as sole carbon source and was found to degrade filter paper, waste paper and corn stalk in solution. Based on its phenotypical and biochemical identification, as well as gene identification, the bacterium was identified as Ruminococcus flavefaciens and it was designated as strain LYQ.