Microbial community structure during fluoranthene degradation in the presence of plants

Autor: Mardiana Mohd Ashaari, Sean Storey, O. Doyle, Gráinne McCabe, Evelyn Doyle, Mary Harty, Rita Dempsey, Nicholas Clipson
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 117:74-84
ISSN: 1364-5072
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12518
Popis: Aims To investigate bacterial and fungal community structure during degradation of varying concentrations (0–5000 mg kg−1) of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) fluoranthene in the presence or absence of tomato plants. Method and Results Fluoranthene amended or unamended growing media, with or without a plant, were incubated in pots in a glasshouse for 30 days. Fluoranthene concentration was quantified using GC-FID, while bacterial and fungal community structure was investigated using trflp and arisa, respectively. The abundance of two ring hydroxylating dioxygenase genes was measured using qPCR. More fluoranthene was degraded in the presence of tomato plants at 500 and 5000 mg fluoranthene kg−1 (P
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