title: [Degradation of mineral oil by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain].
abstract: The Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain TM-31 has been isolated from a microbial assemblage of a pilot plant purifying waste water polluted with mineral oil. This strain is capable of efficient degradation of components of mineral oil (alkanes, isoalkanes, and alkyl residues of the naphthene and arene fraction. The strain bears stably inherited plasmids of sizes 120, 9, and 8 kb, which can be transferred into plasmid-free cells of the parental strain and into bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas and ensure the degradation of hexadecane and mineral oil.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, 410015 Russia.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Pleshakova
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Muratova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Turkovskaia
mesh_terms: D016954:Acinetobacter calcoaceticus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D008899:Mineral Oil / Q000378:metabolism*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D008899:Mineral Oil
vernacular_title: Degradatsiia mineral'nogo masla shtammom Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.