title: Isolation of a bacterium from mangrove soil for degradation of sea sludge.
abstract: Sea sludge, which is sediment of fish excrement and sewage on the sea bottom, continues to be a serious environmental problem. It has the potential to cause eutrophication and red tide, resulting in the death of shellfish and leading to an offensive odor. Soil taken from a mangrove swamp was added to sea sludge, which promoted an initial fermentation of the sludge components. This article reports on the isolation of a bacterium from mangrove soil that is involved in that fermentation. Three bacteria were isolated on a marine agar plate after incubating for 12 h at 60 degrees C. One of these bacteria fermented sea sludge. 16S rDNA of this bacterium was sequenced, and it had a high homology with that of Bacillus fumarioli LMG17489 (AJ250056).
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsugi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karube
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005285:Fermentation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny; D012722:Sewage; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012722:Sewage; D002245:Carbon Dioxide