DEGRADATION OF PHENANTHRENE, FLUORENE, FLUORANTHENE, AND PYRENE BY A MYCOBACTERIUM SP

Authors
BOLDRIN B TIEHM A FRITZSCHE C
Citation
B. Boldrin et al., DEGRADATION OF PHENANTHRENE, FLUORENE, FLUORANTHENE, AND PYRENE BY A MYCOBACTERIUM SP, Applied and environmental microbiology, 59(6), 1993, pp. 1927-1930
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
59
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1927 - 1930
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1993)59:6<1927:DOPFFA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Mycobacterium sp. strain BB1 was isolated from a former coal gasificat ion site. It was able to utilize phenanthrene, pyrene, and fluoranthen e as sole sources of carbon and energy and to degrade fluorene cometab olically. Exponential growth with solid phenanthrene, pyrene, and fluo ranthene was obtained in fermentor cultures. The growth rates were 0.0 69, 0.056, and 0.040 h-1, respectively. Several metabolites of phenant hrene and fluorene metabolism were identified.