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In this study 28 bacterial strains, isolated from greenwaters-polluted-soil, were investigated for their ability to grow in presence of phenols added to Mineral Basal Medium (MBM) in aerobic conditions. In particular, three of them were found to be able to use as sole carbon source phenol, cathecol, caffeic acid and ferulic acid with efficiency ranging from 76% (phenol in 5 days, millimolar concentration from 3.7 10−2 to 9 10−3) to 95% (ferulic acid in 2 days millimolar concentration from 6.8 10−1 to 3 10−2). For these strains the taxonomic position was studied by amplification and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes. The isolated strains were classified belonging to Arthrobacter sulfureus, Pseudomonas synxantha and Pseudomonas oryzihabitans. Noteworthy, for the first time such Pseudomonas strains have been shown to be able to use polyphenols as the only carbon source in vitro. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, this kind of study were not done on Ps. Synxantha, while it was recently shown the ability of P. oryzihabitans to degrade catechol. These findings may open to new biotechnological applications for the degradation of polyphenols.
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Aresta, M., Acquaviva, M.I., Baruzzi, F. et al. Isolation and characterization of polyphenols-degrading bacteria from olive-mill wastewaters polluted soil. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 26, 639–647 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-009-0217-x
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