Article
Effect of 2-hydroxybenzoate on the maintenance of naphthalene-degrading pseudomonads in seeded and unseeded soil.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 1991
Ogunseitan O A, Delgado I L, Tsai Y L, Olson B H
Abstract excerpt
The addition of specific nontoxic inducers of catabolic operons to contaminated sites is an approach that may enhance the efficiency of in situ biodegradation. We determined the genetic response of six pseudomonads to salicylate (also known as 2-hydroxybenzoate) added directly to 50 g of nonsterile soil samples. The strains, isolated from a polyaromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, metabolized naphthalene as...
Topics
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- Colony Count, Microbial
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Naphthalenes
- Pseudomonas
- Salicylates
- Salicylic Acid
- Soil Microbiology
- Transcription, Genetic
