title: Isolation and characterization of aromatics-degrading microorganisms from the gut of the lower termite Coptotermes formosanus.
abstract: We isolated aromatics-degrading bacteria from the gut of a lower termite, Coptotermes formosanus, using a mineral salt medium containing various aromatic compounds as the sole carbon source. Two species, Burkholderia sp. strain VE22 and Citrobacter sp. strain VA53, were isolated by aerobic enrichment culture with veratraldehyde and vanillin, respectively. Strain VA53 could also grow and metabolize vanillin anaerobically.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial, Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan. harazono-koichi@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harazono
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shinzato
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takema
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukatsu
authors.forename: Ryuichiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurane
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000378:metabolism; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D020049:Isoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D001547:Benzaldehydes; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; C100058:vanillin