Isolation and Transcriptome Analysis of Phenol-Degrading Bacterium From Carbon-Sand Filters in a Full-Scale Drinking Water Treatment Plant.

ABSTRACT: Phenol is a typical organic contaminant in the environment. To date, the biodegradation of phenol by microorganisms remains the preferred method for its removal and remediation, but data on phenol removal by drinking water biofilters are lacking. In this study, we used high-throughput sequencing to investigate the microbial community structure in a carbon-sand biofilter. The results indicated that the predominant bacterial group was Bacilli, followed by Gammaproteobacteria, Clostridia, and Alphaproteobacteria. In addition, a strain was capable of degrading phenol at low concentrations of 500 μg/L within 100 min was isolated and identified as Rhodococcus sp. CS-1. Transcriptome analysis results showed that Rhodococcus sp. CS-1 was able to degrade ph

SUBMITTER: Gu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160575 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature