The Diversity of Bacteria Isolated from Antarctic Freshwater Reservoirs Possessing the Ability to Produce Polyhydroxyalkanoates

The diversity of polyhydroxyalkanoates-producing bacteria in freshwater reservoirs in the Ecology Glacier foreland, Antarctica, was examined by a cultivation-dependent method. Isolated strains were analyzed phylogenetically by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and classified as members of Alpha-, Beta-, or...

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Published in:Current Microbiology
Main Authors: Ciesielski, Slawomir, Górniak, Dorota, Możejko, Justyna, Świątecki, Aleksander, Grzesiak, Jakub, Zdanowski, Marek
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2014
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Antarctic
Ecology Glacier
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201758
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24939384
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-014-0629-1
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Summary:The diversity of polyhydroxyalkanoates-producing bacteria in freshwater reservoirs in the Ecology Glacier foreland, Antarctica, was examined by a cultivation-dependent method. Isolated strains were analyzed phylogenetically by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and classified as members of Alpha-, Beta-, or Gammaproteobacteria classes. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect PHA synthase genes. Potential polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) producers belonging mainly to Pseudomonas sp., and Janthinobacterium sp. were isolated from all five sampling sites, suggesting that PHA synthesis is a common bacterial feature at pioneer sites. All Pseudomonas strains had the genetic potential to synthesize medium-chain-length PHAs, whereas some isolated Janthinobacterium strains might produce short-chain-length PHAs or medium-chain-length PHAs. It is the first report revealing that Janthinobacterium species could have the potential to produce medium-chain-length PHAs.

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