Pseudomonas veronii strain 7-41 degrading medium-chain n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

ABSTRACT: Pollution of the environment by crude oil and oil products (represented by various types of compounds, mainly aliphatic, mono- and polyaromatic hydrocarbons) poses a global problem. The strain Pseudomonas veronii 7-41 can grow on medium-chain n-alkanes (C₈-C₁₂) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as naphthalene. We performed a genetic analysis and physiological/biochemical characterization of strain 7-41 cultivated in a mineral medium with decane, naphthalene or a mixture of the hydrocarbons. The genes responsible for the degradation of alkanes and PAHs are on the IncP-7 conjugative plasmid and are organized into the alk and nah operons typical of pseudomonads. A natural plasmid carrying functional operons for the degradation of two different classes of hydrocar

SUBMITTER: Mullaeva SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9705281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature