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Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene and coronene by Burkholderia cepacia.
Citation
Juhasz, AL and Britz, ML and Stanley, GA, Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene and coronene by Burkholderia cepacia. , Water Science and Technology, 36, (10) pp. 45-51. ISSN 0273-1223 (1997) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00641-0
Abstract
A Burkholderia cepacia strain (VUN 10,001) isolated from manufacturing gas plant soil was selected for its ability to grow on and degrade pyrene as a sole source of carbon and energy. VUN 10,001 was able to grow on fluorene, phenanthrene, benz[a]anthracene, fluoranthene and pyrene, but not benzo[a]pyrene and dibenz[a,h]anthracene when tested using inocula with low cell numbers. However, a small decrease in the concentrations of these latter compounds was observed. When media were inoculated at a high cell density, VUN 10,001 degraded the high molecular weight PAHs benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene and coronene when these were present as individual substrates or as components of a complex mixture. Degradation of the high molecular weight PAHs was found to increase in the presence of the lower molecular weight compounds.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Environmental biotechnology |
| Research Field: | Bioremediation |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Britz, ML (Professor Margaret Britz) |
| ID Code: | 73284 |
| Year Published: | 1997 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 38 |
| Deposited By: | Research Division |
| Deposited On: | 2011-09-23 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-09-23 |
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