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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 http://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/jspui/handle/20.500.12398/1226 |
Appears in Collections: | Research Articles |
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