Article
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 1999
Hedlund B P, Geiselbrecht A D, Bair T J, Staley J T
Abstract excerpt
Two strains of bacteria were isolated from creosote-contaminated Puget Sound sediment based on their ability to utilize naphthalene as a sole carbon and energy source. When incubated with a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compound in artificial seawater, each strain also degraded 2-methylna...
Topics
- Bacteria
- Base Sequence
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Dioxygenases
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multienzyme Complexes
- Oxygenases
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny