Characterization of Bacterial Flora from Afşin-Elbistan Lignite Mine for Potential Microbial Biotech Applications

The energy demand is enhancing day by day all over the world with the increasing of huge population. Lignite, a fossil fuel with low energy efficiency, is used in many different fields. However, lignite is primarily an energy source and its use without treatment causes environmental pollution as wel...

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Published inGeomicrobiology journal Vol. 37; no. 9; pp. 798 - 803
Main Authors Sezen, Selma, Gulluce, Medine, Karadayi, Mehmet, Işik, Ceyda, Alaylar, Burak, Dogan, Selin, Koc, Taha Yasin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Taylor & Francis 01.09.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
16S rDNA
Afşin-Elbistan lignite mine
Arthrobacter
Bacteria
Biotechnology
Collection
Energy
Energy demand
Energy efficiency
Flora
Fossil fuels
isolation
Lignite
Microorganisms
Plants
Pollution
Rhodococcus
Streptomyces
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Summary:The energy demand is enhancing day by day all over the world with the increasing of huge population. Lignite, a fossil fuel with low energy efficiency, is used in many different fields. However, lignite is primarily an energy source and its use without treatment causes environmental pollution as well as low energy efficiency. Advantages are known for the use of microorganisms in lignite processing technologies, and research is underway to improve this process. In this research designed to meet this need, isolation and characterization of bacteria with potential for use in biotechnological applications resistant to extreme conditions were performed from lignite mine. Turkey's largest lignite mine bacterial flora have been identified for the first time in this study. In addition to lignite processing technologies, a bacterial strain collection has been created to be used in other biotechnological studies. This collection of bacteria includes Methylorubrum zatmanii, Streptomyces argenteolus, Streptomyces galilaeus, Pseudomonas mandelii, Paenarthrobacter aurescens, Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus, Arthrobacter humicola, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus safensis, Kocuria polaris, Arthrobacter sp., Rhodococcus sp. This specific bacteria collection is open to sharing with other researchers who want to do field applications.
ISSN:0149-0451
1521-0529
DOI:10.1080/01490451.2020.1779418