Article
Sphingobium ummariense sp. nov., a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-degrading bacterium, isolated from HCH-contaminated soil.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Singh Ajaib, Lal Rup
Abstract excerpt
A hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-degrading bacterial strain (RL-3T) was isolated from an HCH dump site located in the northern part of India. Resting cell assays and analytical GC studies confirmed the ability of strain RL-3T to degrade HCH isomers. Southern blot hybridization studies revealed the presence of lin genes, which are involved in the HCH degradation pathway, in this bacterium. The 16S rRNA gene sequence...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Composition
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Fatty Acids
- Genes, rRNA
- Hexachlorocyclohexane
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Soil Microbiology
- Soil Pollutants
- Species Specificity
- Sphingomonadaceae