Biodegradative potential and characterization of psychrotolerant polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading marine bacteria isolated from a coastal station in the Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1754-1761

  Michaud, Luigi ^a   Di Marco, Gaetano ^b   Bruni, Vivia ^a   Lo Giudice, Angelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic marine bacteria; Bacterial characterization; PCB degradation; Psychrotolerant bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ANTARCTIC MARINE BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CHARACTERIZATION; PCB-DEGRADATION; PSYCHROTOLERANT BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER; TOBRAMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PCB; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; TOLERANCE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSYCHROBACTER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TERRA NOVA BAY;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSYCHROBACTER;

EID: 36049023539     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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