Biodiversity amongst cultivable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-transforming bacteria isolated from an abandoned industrial site

FEMS Microbiology Letters
Chiara ZoccaGiovanni Vallini

Abstract

The characterisation of a microbial community of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated site (formerly Carbochimica, Trento, Italy) was carried out. A preliminary evaluation of the heterogeneity and the metabolic activity of the microbial community were attempted by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and reverse transcriptase-denaturing gel electrophoresis (RT-DGGE). The presence of a heterogeneous and metabolically active microbial community was found. To evaluate the PAH-transforming potential of the soil bacterial community, enrichment cultures were set up. Taxonomically diverse bacteria, showing different biochemical PAH-transforming pathways were obtained. Some of the isolates showed not nah-homologous PAH-transforming genotypes.

Citations

Jul 14, 2010·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·F Fernández-LuqueñoL Dendooven
Jun 6, 2006·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Sinéad M Ní ChadhainGerben J Zylstra
Jul 8, 2005·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·D J VaccaW J Hickey
Dec 24, 2008·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Silvia LampisGiovanni Vallini
Jun 13, 2009·The Science of the Total Environment·A FabianiG Berta
May 8, 2007·Chemosphere·Lorraine MuckianNicholas Clipson
May 26, 2012·Environmental Microbiology·Alexandre de MenezesEvelyn Doyle
Feb 7, 2015·World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology·Arpita ChakrabortyMaitree Bhattacharyya
Mar 18, 2006·FEMS Microbiology Ecology·Dawn M CastleDavid L Kirchman
Sep 9, 2006·FEMS Microbiology Ecology·Timo P SipiläKim Yrjälä
Nov 6, 2013·BioMed Research International·Amira Abdel-DaimMohammad M Aboulwafa

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Bioremediation (ASM)

Bioremediation is the treatment and removal of harmful pollutants or contaminants through the use of microorganisms. Discover the latest research here.