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Article: Characterization of aerobic bacteria involved in degrading polyethylene glycol (PEG)-3400 obtained by plating and enrichment culture techniques
Title | Characterization of aerobic bacteria involved in degrading polyethylene glycol (PEG)-3400 obtained by plating and enrichment culture techniques |
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Keywords | Aerobic Degradation Culturability Gram-Positive Bacteria Polyethylene Glycol |
Issue Date | 2007 |
Publisher | Springer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1566-2543 |
Citation | Journal Of Polymers And The Environment, 2007, v. 15 n. 1, p. 57-65 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3400-degrading aerobic bacteria were isolated from tap water and wetland sediments and then characterized. Only one Sphingomonas strain was obtained in enrichment cultures from each inoculum source whereas a total of 15 bacterial strains were isolated on agar plates. Nine of the 15 isolates were confirmed as PEG 3400 degraders. Three of the 9 PEG 3400 degraders were Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas and genus Sphingomonas. The remaining six isolates were Gram-positive bacteria belonging to genera Rhodococcus, Williamsia, Mycobacterium and Bacillus. PEG 3400 was quantified at 194 nm spectrophotometrically and, at the same time, the growth of two Gram-negative (isolates P1 and P7) and five Gram-positive (isolates P2, P3, P4, P5 and P6) PEG 3400-degrading bacteria were assayed in liquid media and on agar plates amended with PEG 3400, and also on Nutrient Agar plates and pure agar plates without PEG 3400 addition. No growth was observed on the pure agar plates for all the tested strains for a period of 31 days. All tested PEG 3400 degraders showed much lower viability in liquid culture than on the corresponding agar plates in the presence of PEG 3400. Two Gram-negative isolates P1 and P7 did not show significant growth advantage over the Gram-positive isolates both on the agar plates and in the liquid medium amended with PEG 3400. Our results suggest that diversity of PEG degrading bacteria is high in the environments and culturing techniques affect the successful isolation of the bacteria responsible for degradation. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/178982 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.782 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Pan, L | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gu, JD | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-19T09:51:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-19T09:51:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Polymers And The Environment, 2007, v. 15 n. 1, p. 57-65 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1566-2543 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/178982 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3400-degrading aerobic bacteria were isolated from tap water and wetland sediments and then characterized. Only one Sphingomonas strain was obtained in enrichment cultures from each inoculum source whereas a total of 15 bacterial strains were isolated on agar plates. Nine of the 15 isolates were confirmed as PEG 3400 degraders. Three of the 9 PEG 3400 degraders were Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas and genus Sphingomonas. The remaining six isolates were Gram-positive bacteria belonging to genera Rhodococcus, Williamsia, Mycobacterium and Bacillus. PEG 3400 was quantified at 194 nm spectrophotometrically and, at the same time, the growth of two Gram-negative (isolates P1 and P7) and five Gram-positive (isolates P2, P3, P4, P5 and P6) PEG 3400-degrading bacteria were assayed in liquid media and on agar plates amended with PEG 3400, and also on Nutrient Agar plates and pure agar plates without PEG 3400 addition. No growth was observed on the pure agar plates for all the tested strains for a period of 31 days. All tested PEG 3400 degraders showed much lower viability in liquid culture than on the corresponding agar plates in the presence of PEG 3400. Two Gram-negative isolates P1 and P7 did not show significant growth advantage over the Gram-positive isolates both on the agar plates and in the liquid medium amended with PEG 3400. Our results suggest that diversity of PEG degrading bacteria is high in the environments and culturing techniques affect the successful isolation of the bacteria responsible for degradation. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1566-2543 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Polymers and the Environment | en_US |
dc.subject | Aerobic Degradation | en_US |
dc.subject | Culturability | en_US |
dc.subject | Gram-Positive Bacteria | en_US |
dc.subject | Polyethylene Glycol | en_US |
dc.title | Characterization of aerobic bacteria involved in degrading polyethylene glycol (PEG)-3400 obtained by plating and enrichment culture techniques | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Gu, JD: jdgu@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Gu, JD=rp00701 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10924-006-0047-y | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-33847093415 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 134297 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847093415&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 15 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 57 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 65 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000244300400008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Pan, L=54393873900 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Gu, JD=7403129601 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 1167241 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1566-2543 | - |