Article
Isolation and characterization of a novel hydrocarbon-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium, isolated from intertidal beach sediment, and description of Planococcus alkanoclasticus sp. nov.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Feb 2001
Engelhardt M A, Daly K, Swannell R P, Head I M
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Characterization of a bacterial isolate (strain MAE2) from intertidal beach sediment capable of degrading linear and branched alkanes. METHODS AND RESULTS: A Gram-positive, aerobic, heterotrophic bacterium (strain MAE2), that was capable of extensive degradation of alkanes in crude oil but had a limited capacity for the utilization of other organic compounds, was isolated from intertidal beach sediment....
Topics
- Alkanes
- Base Composition
- Fatty Acids
- Genes, rRNA
- Geologic Sediments
- Gram-Positive Bacteria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction