title: Relative abundance and the relationships between aniline, phenol and catechol degraders in fresh water.
abstract: Relative abundance and relationships between aniline, phenol and catechol degraders were investigated in unpolluted and polluted fresh waters in Osaka prefecture, Japan. Phenol and catechol degraders were found more frequently compared to aniline degraders. The results indicate that these degraders were more abundant in polluted waters than in unpolluted waters. Aniline degraders isolated from the Ina River water showed a higher capability of degrading catechol than phenol. Analysis on sequence homology among these three kinds of degraders indicated a possible relationship between aniline degraders and certain strains of both catechol and phenol degraders.
authors: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nasu
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Goonewardena
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kogame
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Yamaguchi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Tani
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002396:Catechols / Q000378:metabolism; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D007564:Japan; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D014876:Water Pollution
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002396:Catechols; D010636:Phenols; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical