Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by a newly discovered enteric bacterium, Leclercia adecarboxylata

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 May;70(5):3163-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.3163-3166.2004.

Abstract

A bacterial strain, PS4040, capable of degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for use as the sole carbon source was isolated from oily-sludge-contaminated soil. The 16S rRNA gene showed 98.8% homology to that of Leclercia adecarboxylata. Comparative molecular typing with the clinical strain of L. adecarboxylata revealed that there were few comigrating and few distinct amplimers among them.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Enterobacteriaceae / classification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / growth & development
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Petroleum
  • Phenotype
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / metabolism*
  • Pyrenes / metabolism*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Soil Microbiology*
  • Soil Pollutants

Substances

  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Petroleum
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Pyrenes
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Soil Pollutants

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY451327