title: The diversity of bacteria isolated from antarctic freshwater reservoirs possessing the ability to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates.
abstract: The diversity of polyhydroxyalkanoates-producing bacteria in freshwater reservoirs in the Ecology Glacier foreland, Antarctica, was examined by a cultivation-dependent method. Isolated strains were analyzed phylogenetically by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and classified as members of Alpha-, Beta-, or Gammaproteobacteria classes. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect PHA synthase genes. Potential polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) producers belonging mainly to Pseudomonas sp., and Janthinobacterium sp. were isolated from all five sampling sites, suggesting that PHA synthesis is a common bacterial feature at pioneer sites. All Pseudomonas strains had the genetic potential to synthesize medium-chain-length PHAs, whereas some isolated Janthinobacterium strains might produce short-chain-length PHAs or medium-chain-length PHAs. It is the first report revealing that Janthinobacterium species could have the potential to produce medium-chain-length PHAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Sloneczna 45G, 10-718, Olsztyn, Poland, slavcm@uwm.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Slawomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciesielski
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Górniak
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Możejko
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Świątecki
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grzesiak
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zdanowski
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D044822:Biodiversity; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D054813:Polyhydroxyalkanoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D054813:Polyhydroxyalkanoates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S