Isolation of marine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading Cycloclasticus strains from the Gulf of Mexico and comparison of their PAH degradation ability with that of Puget Sound Cycloclasticus strains
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A study was conducted to test whether polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria like the Cycloclasticus spp in Puget Sound occur in the Gulf of Mexico. Sediment samples were obtained from the nearshore and offshore sites of Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico. Results showed that the genus Cycloclasticus can be found in the two geographic locales and is cosmopolitan in nature. Findings also showed that Cycloclasticus strains supported broad PAH substrate values.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1998
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Molecular characterization and substrate preference of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dioxygenase from Cycloclasticus sp. strain A5
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A set of genes that are for degradation of naphthalene, methylnaphthalene, phenanthrene, and dibenzothiophene from the marine bacterium Cycloclasticus sp. strain A5 is isolated to analyze the structure and function of the genes and the enzymes, which they encode. The 10.5-kb DNA fragment was sequenced and found to contain 10 open reading frames (ORFs).
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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Isolation, characterization, and polyaromatic hydrocarbon degradation potential of aerobic bacteria from marine macrofaunal burrow sediments and description of Lutibacterium anuloederans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Cycloclasticus spirillensus sp. nov
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Researchers isolated an entirely new genus of bacterium that can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and have tentatively name it Lutibacterium anuloederans. It was isolated from a polychaete in Lowes Cove, Maine and was able to enhance phenanthrene degradation in PAH-contaminated sediment from Little Mystic Cove, Boston Harbor.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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