title: Characterization of a strain of Sphingobacterium sp. and its degradation to herbicide mefenacet.
abstract: A bacterium (designated strain Y1) degrading acetanilide herbicide mefenacet was isolated from aerobic sludge. Based on the analyses of partial 16S rRNA gene, cellular fatty acid and BIOLOG-GN, and general physiological and biochemical characteristics, strain Y1 was identified as Sphingobacterium multivolum. Strain Y1 was able to degrade mefenacet used as sources of carbon and energy. Degradation of mefenacet was accompanied by producing the metabolites N-methylaniline and an unidentified compound with molecular weight 205, indicating a metabolic pathway of mefenacet initiated by hydrolysis of amido bond.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Yang-fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Yu-feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000083:Acetanilides; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D006540:Herbicides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology; D045249:Sphingobacterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000083:Acetanilides; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D006540:Herbicides; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012722:Sewage; D013844:Thiazoles; C425686:mefenacet; C021313:methylaniline