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Molecular characterization of a bacterial consortium enriched from an oilfield that degrades phenanthrene.
Biotechnology letters - 1 May 2006
Wang Zhenyu, Zhang Jing, Zhang Yu, Hesham Abdel Latif, Yang Min
Abstract excerpt
Characterization of functional and phylogenetic genes was carried out on a bacterial consortium, enriched from a water treatment system of an oilfield, that could use phenanthrene as the sole carbon source. The mixed culture degraded 130 mg phenanthrene l(-1) in 16 days, which is significantly faster than previously reported pure cultures. The existence of catabolic genes (nahAc, C23O) in the mixed culture was...
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