Degradation of 17beta-estradiol by a gram-negative bacterium isolated from activated sludge in a sewage treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan.
A 17beta-estradiol (E2)-degrading bacterium was isolated from activated sludge in a sewage treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan. The isolate was suggested to be a new Novosphingobium species. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of the metabolites of E2 degradation suggested that no toxic products accumulated in the culture medium.
Fujii
Katsuhiko
K
Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, Mizumoto, Muroran 050-8585, Japan. kfu@mmm.muroman-it.ac.jp
Kikuchi
Shintaro
S
Satomi
Masataka
M
Ushio-Sata
Noriko
N
Morita
Naoki
N
D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012722:Sewage; D004958:Estradiol