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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 31, Issue 12, Pages 1863-1866Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0085-3
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Anthracene; Dioxygenase; Hypersaline cyanobacteria; Naphthalene; Phormidium; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
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- Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
- University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India
- Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) Scheme
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Hypersaline Phormidium strains were grown in media amended with naphthalene and anthracene. Phormidium tenue was identified as tolerating and effectively degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that may be toxic in the environment. GC/MS analysis explained the degradation of these compounds by P. tenue. A dioxygenase enzyme system was evident by the formation of anthracene dione as the first degradation compound. This strain could be used for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydorcarbon pollution on seashores.
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