| Title | Phylogenetic Analysis of Mycobacterium sp. C2-3 Degrading Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
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| Author | Il-Gyu Lee, Suk-Kyun Han, You-Seak Go, and Tae-Young Ahn * |
| Address | Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 39(4),326-330, 2001, |
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| Key Words | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, pyrene, Mycobacterium sp. |
| Abstract | Mycobacterium sp. C2-3 was isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil around an oil reservoir and identified by analysis of its 16S rRNA gene sequence. Strain C2-3 was able to use fluorene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene as sole sources of carbon and energy, yet unable to degrade naphthalene. The strain was also able to use n-alkanes, such as hexadecane and heptadecane, and phenanthrene and pyrene, in particular, were degraded rapidly. The phylogenetic data suggested that the isolate C2-3 is a thermosensitive, fast-growing strain of Mycobacterium sp. |
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