Marinobacter strain NCE312 has a Pseudomonas-like naphthalene dioxygenase

• Published in: FEMS microbiology letters Vol. 201; no. 1; pp. 47 - 51
• Main Authors: Hedlund, Brian P., Geiselbrecht, Allison D., Staley, James T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 10.07.2001; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: 2-methylnaphthalene; Bacteria; Biodegradation, Environmental; Burkholderia; Carbon sources; Contaminated sediments; Continuous culture; Creosote; Dioxygenase; Dioxygenases; Gammaproteobacteria - classification; Gammaproteobacteria - enzymology; Gammaproteobacteria - genetics; Gammaproteobacteria - isolation & purification; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Genes, Bacterial; Genes, rRNA; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; Horizontal gene transfer; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic - metabolism; Marine; Marine bacterium; Marine pollution; Marine sediments; Marinobacter; Microbiology; Multienzyme Complexes - metabolism; Naphthalene; Naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase; Naphthalenes - metabolism; Oxygenases - metabolism; Phylogeny; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas - enzymology; Pseudomonas - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; rRNA 16S; Seawater; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Substrate Specificity; Marine bacterium; Dioxygenase; Naphthalene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Horizontal gene transfer

Abstract One strain of bacteria, designated NCE312, was isolated from a naphthalene-digesting chemostat culture that was inoculated with creosote-contaminated marine sediment. The strain was isolated based on its ability to grow using naphthalene as a sole carbon source. In addition, the strain degr...