title: Isolation and characterization of a marine bacterium capable of utilizing 2-methylphenanthrene.
abstract: A marine bacterium isolated from a coastal hydrocarbon-polluted sediment has been described and attributed on the basis of its phenotypic and genotypic characteristics to the genus Sphingomonas sp. This strain was capable of using an alkylated phenanthrene 2-methylphenanthrene, as sole source of carbon and energy. In experiments, 2-methylphenanthrene (0.2 g/l) was added as crystals to the culture medium. After 5 days of aerobic growth at 30 degrees C, 70% was degraded and the complete dissipation occurred after 20 days. Furthermore, the strain could degrade various kinds of polyaromatic compounds, but failed to grow on aliphatic hydrocarbons.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Biogéochimie, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, France. gilewicz@com.univ-mrs.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilewicz
authors.lastname: Ni'matuzahroh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nadalig
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Budzinski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doumenq
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Michotey
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002617:Chemical Industry; D005602:France; D016946:Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D014876:Water Pollution
chemical_list: D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C109834:2-methylphenanthrene; D010100:Oxygen