CHEMOTAXIS OF PSEUDOMONAS SPP. TO THE POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON NAPHTHALENE

Authors
GRIMM AC HARWOOD CS
Citation
Ac. Grimm et Cs. Harwood, CHEMOTAXIS OF PSEUDOMONAS SPP. TO THE POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON NAPHTHALENE, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(10), 1997, pp. 4111-4115
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
63
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4111 - 4115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1997)63:10<4111:COPSTT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Two naphthalene-degrading bacteria, Pseudomonas putida G7 and Pseudomo nas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4, were chemotactically attracted to naphthal ene in drop assays and modified capillary assays. Growth on naphthalen e or salicylate induced the chemotactic response. P. putida G7 was als o chemotactic to biphenyl; other polyaromatic hydrocarbons that were t ested did not appear to be chemoattractants for either Pseudomonas str ain. Strains that were cured of the naphthalene degradation plasmid we re not attracted to naphthalene.