Isolation and Characterization of Levoglucosan-Metabolizing Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria were isolated from wastewater and soil containing charred wood remnants based on their ability to use levoglucosan as a sole carbon source and on their levoglucosan dehydrogenase (LGDH) activity. On the basis of their 16S rRNA gene sequences, these bacteria represented the diverse genera Microbacterium, Paenibacillus, Shinella, and Klebsiella. Genomic sequencing of the isolates verified that two isolates represented novel species, Paenibacillus athensensis MEC069^T and Shinella sumterensis MEC087^T, while the remaining isolates were closely related to Microbacterium lacusdiani or Klebsiella pneumoniae. The genetic sequence of LGDH, lgdA, was found in the genomes of these four isolates as well as Pseudarthrobacter phenan

SUBMITTER: Arya AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature