title: Screening of a hypersaline cyanobacterium, Phormidium tenue, for the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons: naphthalene and anthracene.
abstract: Hypersaline Phormidium strains were grown in media amended with naphthalene and anthracene. Phormidium tenue was identified as tolerating and effectively degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that may be toxic in the environment. GC/MS analysis explained the degradation of these compounds by P. tenue. A dioxygenase enzyme system was evident by the formation of anthracene dione as the first degradation compound. This strain could be used for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydorcarbon pollution on seashores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Palkalai perur, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, 620024, India.
authors.forename: Muthukannan Satheesh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Gangatharan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muralitharan
authors.forename: Nooruddin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thajuddin
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D009281:Naphthalenes; C031721:naphthalene; D049308:Dioxygenases; C034020:anthracene