title: Degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by organic solvent-tolerant bacteria from deep sea.
abstract: We isolated three organic solvent (OS)-tolerant bacterial strains DS-1051, DS-1902, and DS-313 from a depth of 1,168 m in Sagami Bay, Japan. These isolates were tolerant to various kinds of toxic OSs such as benzene, toluene, and p-xylene. They also could degrade polyaromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene or biphenyl, in a medium-OS (9:1) two-liquid-phase system. Percentage degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in OS by these strains were higher than those obtained from cultures in which substrates were in the medium without OS.
authors.affiliation: Deep Star Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Usami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horikoshi
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001554:Benzene / Q000494:pharmacology; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D012623:Seawater; D014050:Toluene / Q000494:pharmacology; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014992:Xylenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D014992:Xylenes; D014050:Toluene; C031286:4-xylene; D001554:Benzene