title: Carbazole angular dioxygenation and mineralization by bacteria isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated tropical African soil.
abstract: Four bacterial strains isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in Lagos, Nigeria, displayed extensive degradation abilities on carbazole, an N-heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. Physicochemical analyses of the sampling sites (ACPP, MWO, NESU) indicate gross pollution of the soils with a high hydrocarbon content (157,067.9 mg/kg) and presence of heavy metals. Phylogenetic analysis of the four strains indicated that they were identified as Achromobacter sp. strain SL1, Pseudomonas sp. strain SL4, Microbacterium esteraromaticum strain SL6, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain BA. The rates of degradation of carbazole by the four isolates during 30 days of incubation were 0.057, 0.062, 0.036, and 0.050 mg L(-1) h(-1) for strains SL1, SL4, SL6, and BA. Gas chromatographic (GC) analyses of residual carbazole after 30 days of incubation revealed that 81.3, 85, 64.4, and 76 % of 50 mg l(-1) carbazole were degraded by strains SL1, SL4, SL6, and BA, respectively. GC-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatographic analyses of the extracts from the growing and resting cells of strains SL1, SL4, and SL6 cultured on carbazole showed detection of anthranilic acid and catechol while these metabolites were not detected in strain BA under the same conditions. This study has established for the first time carbazole angular dioxygenation and mineralization by isolates from African environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria, babssalaam@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Salam
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ilori
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Amund
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Numata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horisaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nojiri
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009549:Nigeria; D010802:Phylogeny; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; C041514:carbazole
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