Isolation of a bacterium from mangrove soil for degradation of sea sludge

• Published in: Applied biochemistry and biotechnology Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 175 - 182
• Main Authors: Ando, Y, Mitsugi, N, Yano, K, Karube, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 2001; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: agar; algal blooms; Bacillus fumarioli; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteria - metabolism; Biodegradation; Biological and medical sciences; Biological treatment of sewage sludges and wastes; Biotechnology; Brackish; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; death; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Environment and pollution; eutrophication; Fermentation; fish; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects; mangrove soils; Marine; Molecular Sequence Data; Oceans; Oceans and Seas; odors; Phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; sediments; Sewage; shellfish; Sludge; soil degradation; Soil Microbiology; Studies; swamps; Trees; Soils; Bacterium; Mangrove; Red tide; Bacteria; Isolate; Fermentation; Animal waste; Aquaculture; Eutrophication
• ISSN: 0273-2289; 1559-0291; 0273-2289
• DOI: 10.1385/ABAB:95:3:175

Sea sludge, which is sediment of fish excrement and sewage on the sea bottom, continues to be a serious environmental problem. It has the potential to cause eutrophication and red tide, resulting in the death of shellfish and leading to an offensive odor. Soil taken from a mangrove swamp was added to sea sludge, which promoted an initial fermentation of the sludge components. This article reports on the isolation of a bacterium from mangrove soil that is involved in that fermentation. Three bacteria were isolated on a marine agar plate after incubating for 12 h at 60 degrees C. One of these bacteria fermented sea sludge. 16S rDNA of this bacterium was sequenced, and it had a high homology with that of Bacillus fumarioli LMG17489T (AJ250056).