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ArticlePloS one2019

The genome of Alcaligenes aquatilis strain BU33N: Insights into hydrocarbon degradation capacity.

Mouna Mahjoubi, Habibu Aliyu, Simone Cappello, Mohamed Naifer, Yasmine Souissi, Don A Cowan, Ameur Cherif

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mouna MahjoubiUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabet, Ariana, Tunisia.
Habibu AliyuInstitute of Process Engineering in Life Science 2: Technical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Simone CappelloIstituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero (IAMC)-CNR of Messina. Sp. San Raineri, Messina, Italy.
Mohamed NaiferUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabet, Ariana, Tunisia.
Yasmine SouissiUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabet, Ariana, Tunisia.
Don A CowanCentre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Ameur CherifUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabet, Ariana, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-0474-1530
Institute for Coastal Marine Environment · ITKarlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental contamination with hydrocarbons though natural and anthropogenic activities is a serious threat to biodiversity and human health. Microbial bioremediation is considered as the effective means of treating such contamination. This study describes a biosurfactant producing bacterium capable of utilizing crude oil and various hydrocarbons as the sole carbon source. Strain BU33N was isolated from hydrocarbon polluted sediments from the Bizerte coast (northern Tunisia) and was identified as Alcaligenes aquatilis on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. When grown on crude oil and phenanthrene as sole carbon and energy sources, isolate BU33N was able to degrade ~86%, ~56% and 70% of TERHc, n-alkanes and phenanthrene, respectively. The draft genome sequence of the A. aquatilis strain BU33N was assembled into one scaffold of 3,838,299 bp (G+C content of 56.1%). Annotation of the BU33N genome resulted in 3,506 protein-coding genes and 56 rRNA genes. A large repertoire of genes related to the metabolism of aromatic compounds including genes encoding enzymes involved in the complete degradation of benzoate were identified. Also genes associated with resistance to heavy metals such as copper tolerance and cobalt-zinc-cadmium resistance were identified in BU33N. This work provides insight into the genomic basis of biodegradation capabilities and bioremediation/detoxification potential of A. aquatilis BU33N.

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AlcaligenesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalEnvironmental PollutantsGenome, BacterialGeologic SedimentsHumansHydrocarbonsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMultigene FamilyPhylogenySpecies SpecificitySurface-Active AgentsEnvironmental PollutantsHydrocarbonsSurface-Active Agents

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PMID31550268
PMCPMC6759156
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