scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

Characterization of Rhodococcus opacus R7, a strain able to degrade naphthalene and o-xylene isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil.

TLDR
Rhodococcus opacus R7 is the first strain thus far described both in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria which has the ability to degrade both a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon such as naphthalene and a monocyclic aromatic oil such as o-xylene.
About
This article is published in Research in Microbiology.The article was published on 2001-09-01. It has received 63 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rhodococcus opacus & Aromatic hydrocarbon.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Biodegradation potential of the genus Rhodococcus.

TL;DR: The large genomes of rhodococci, their redundant and versatile catabolic pathways, their ability to uptake and metabolize hydrophobic compounds, to form biofilms, to persist in adverse conditions and the availability of recently developed tools for genetic engineering in r Rhodococci make them suitable industrial microorganisms for biotransformations and the biodegradation of many organic compounds.
Journal ArticleDOI

Bacteria-mediated PAH degradation in soil and sediment.

TL;DR: This review aims to discuss PAH degradation under various redox potential conditions, the factors affecting the biodegradation rates, degrading bacteria, the relevant genes in molecular monitoring methods, and some recent-year bioremediation field studies.
Journal ArticleDOI

Biodegradation of naphthalene by strain Bacillus fusiformis (BFN).

TL;DR: Given these metabolites are water-soluble and non-toxic, the findings suggest a potential bioremediation role of Bacillus fusiformis (BFN) in the removal of naphthalene from wastewaters.
Journal ArticleDOI

Role of oxygenases in guiding diverse metabolic pathways in the bacterial degradation of low-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review.

TL;DR: The present review of bacterial degradation of low-molecular-weight (LMW) PAHs describes the current knowledge about the diverse metabolic pathways depicting novel metabolites, enzyme-substrate/metabolite relationships, the role of oxygenases and their distribution in phylogenetically diverse bacterial species.
Journal ArticleDOI

Aerobic bacteria degrading both n -alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons: an undervalued strategy for metabolic diversity and flexibility

TL;DR: The study proves that the co-occurrence of genes responsible for concomitant metabolic bioconversion reactions of structurally-diverse hydrocarbons is not unique among various systematic groups.
References
More filters
Book

Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual

TL;DR: Molecular Cloning has served as the foundation of technical expertise in labs worldwide for 30 years as mentioned in this paper and has been so popular, or so influential, that no other manual has been more widely used and influential.
Journal ArticleDOI

The biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons by bacteria

Mark R. Smith
- 01 Jan 1990 - 
TL;DR: The biodegradation of benzene, certain arenes, biphenyl and selected fused aromatic hydrocarbons, by single bacterial isolates, are dealt with in detail.
Journal ArticleDOI

A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Nocardia with 16S rRNA gene sequences

TL;DR: The results of isoprenoid quinone analyses provided evidence that nocardiae can be distinguished from all other actinomycete taxa on the basis of their characteristic menaquinone profiles.
Book

Microbial degradation of organic compounds.

TL;DR: In this paper, chemical characterisation of biodegradients is discussed, including the following: Degradative pathways, degradation pathways, degradative pathway, degradation pathway, and degradation pathways.
Journal ArticleDOI

The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP)

TL;DR: The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) is a curated database that offers ribosome-related data, analysis services and associated computer programs that include phylogenetically ordered alignments of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences, derived phylogenetic trees, rRNA secondary structure diagrams and various software for handling, analyzing and displaying alignments and trees.
Related Papers (5)