Isolation and characterization of a novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium, sphingopyxis sp. strain M2R2, capable of passive spreading motility through soil

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-512

  Laroe, Sarah L ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Han, Jong In ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bioremediation; characterization; degradation; isolation; PAH; phenanthrene; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; sphingomonad; Sphingopyxis; spreading motility

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIA; DEGRADING BACTERIA; FIELD STUDIES; FLUORENES; ISOLATION; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; POLLUTED SITES; POLLUTED SOILS; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SOLID MEDIA;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIZATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; GLUCOSE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ADIPIC ACID; ANTHRACENE; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALASE; CITRATE TRISODIUM; DECANOIC ACID; ESCULIN; FLUORENE; GELATIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE; INDOLE; MANNITOL; NAPHTHALENE; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLACETIC ACID; PHTHALALDEHYDIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PYRENE; RNA 16S; SALICYLIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOIL INOCULATION; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOPYXIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOPYXIS;

EID: 77954194404     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0054     Document Type: Article

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