The marine isolate Novosphingobium sp. PP1Y shows specific adaptation to use the aromatic fraction of fuels as the sole carbon and energy source.
Novosphingobium sp. PP1Y, isolated from a surface seawater sample collected from a closed bay in the harbour of Pozzuoli (Naples, Italy), uses fuels as its sole carbon and energy source. Like some other Sphingomonads, this strain can grow as either planktonic free cells or sessile-aggregated flocks. In addition, this strain was found to grow as biofilm on several types of solid and liquid hydrophobic surfaces including polystyrene, polypropylene and diesel oil. Strain PP1Y is not able to grow on pure alkanes or alkane mixtures but is able to grow on a surprisingly wide range of aromatic compounds including mono, bi, tri and tetracyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds. During growth on diesel oil, the organic layer is emulsified resulting in the formation of small biofilm-coated drops, whereas during growth on aromatic hydrocarbons dissolved in paraffin the oil layer is emulsified but the drops are coated only if the mixtures contain selected aromatic compounds, like pyrene, propylbenzene, tetrahydronaphthalene and heterocyclic compounds. These peculiar characteristics suggest strain PP1Y has adapted to efficiently grow at the water/fuel interface using the aromatic fraction of fuels as the sole carbon and energy source.
Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy. notomist@unina.it
Eugenio
E
Notomista
Francesca
F
Pennacchio
Valeria
V
Cafaro
Giovanni
G
Smaldone
Viviana
V
Izzo
Luca
L
Troncone
Mario
M
Varcamonti
Alberto
A
Di Donato
D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005742:Gasoline / Q000382:microbiology*; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D007558:Italy; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D042301:Sphingomonadaceae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005742:Gasoline; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002244:Carbon
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