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Title: Biodegradation of anthracene by a novel actinomycete, Microbacterium sp. isolated from tropical hydrocarboncontaminated soil
Authors: Salam, Lateef B.
Obayori, Oluwafemi S.
Olatoye, Nojeem O.
Keywords: Biodegradation
Anthracene
Hydrocarbon-contaminated soil
Microbacterium
Issue Date: Jul-2013
Publisher: Springer: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Citation: Salam, L. B., Obayori, O. S., & Olatoye, N. O. (2013). Biodegradation of anthracene by a novel actinomycete, Microbacterium sp. isolated from tropical hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 30(1), 335–341. doi:10.1007/s11274-013-1437-7 
Abstract: A novel anthracene-degrading Gram-positive actinomycete, Microbacterium sp. strain SL10 was isolated from a hydrocarbon-contaminated soil at a mechanical engineering workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. The polluted soil had an unusually high total hydrocarbon content of 157 g/kg and presence of various heavy metals. The isolate tolerated salt concentration of more than 4 %. It resisted cefotaxime, streptomycin and ciprofloxacin, but susceptible to meropenem, linezolid and vancomycin. The isolate exhibited growth rate and doubling time of 0.82 days-1 and 0.84 days, respectively on anthracene. It degraded 57.5 and 90.12 % of anthracene within 12 and 21 days, respectively while the rate of anthracene utilization by the isolate was 4.79 mg l-1 d-1. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of isolation and characterization of anthracene-degrading Microbacterium sp.
Description: Staff Publication
URI: DOI 10.1007/s11274-013-1437-7
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