title: Degradation of pyridine and 4-methylpyridine by Gordonia terrea IIPN1.
abstract: Gordonia terrea IIPN1 was isolated and characterized from soils collected at petroleum drilling sites. The strain was able to catabolize pyridine and 4-methylpyridine as sole carbon and nitrogen source. The strain failed to catabolize other pyridine derivatives. Growing cells completely degraded 30 mM of pyridine in 120 h with growth yield of 0.29 g g(-1). Resting Cells grown on 5 mM pyridine degraded 4-methylpyridine without a lag time and vice versa. Supplementary carbon and nitrogen source did not significantly change the specific growth rate and degradation rate by the resting cells.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Area, PEACBD, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India. dilipadhikari@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tsering
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stobdan
authors.forename: Amita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Ravindra Pal
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Dilip Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Adhikari
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D033601:Gordonia Bacterium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010847:Picolines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D010847:Picolines; D011725:Pyridines; C023666:pyridine; C515325:4-methylpyridine