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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 15, Pages 14997-15002Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6616-2
Keywords
Bioremediation; Melamine; Arthrobacter sp.; Nocardioides sp.; Biostimulation; Betaine
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- Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan (MST Foundation)
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This study aimed to investigate the biodegrading potential of Arthrobacter sp. MCO, Arthrobacter sp. CSP, and Nocardioides sp. ATD6 in melamine-contaminated upland soil (melamine: approx. 10.5 mg/kg dry weight) after 30 days of incubation. The soil sample used in this study had undergone annual treatment of lime nitrogen, which included melamine; it was aged for more than 10 years in field. When R2A broth was used as the pre-culture medium, Arthrobacter sp. MCO could degrade 55 % of melamine after 30 days of incubation, but the other strains could hardly degrade melamine (approximately 25 %). The addition of trimethylglycine (betaine) in soil as an activation material enhanced the degradation rate of melamine by each strain; more than 50 % of melamine was degraded by all strains after 30 days of incubation. In particular, strain MCO could degrade 72 % of melamine. When the strains were pre-cultured in R2A broth containing melamine, the degradation rate of melamine in soil increased remarkably. The highest (72 %) melamine degradation rate was noted when strain MCO was used with betaine addition.
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