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ArticleBMC biotechnology2020

Characterization and genomic analysis of a diesel-degrading bacterium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus CA16, isolated from Canadian soil.

Margaret T Ho, Michelle S M Li, Tim McDowell, Jacqueline MacDonald, Ze-Chun Yuan

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Article in BMC biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Margaret T HoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Michelle S M LiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Tim McDowellLondon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada.
Jacqueline MacDonaldDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Ze-Chun YuanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada. zyuan27@uwo.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-2685-1669

Funding

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada GFII-1428, 1670, 2038Mitacs FR33310Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2015-06052Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada STPGP-506399-2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the high demand for diesel across the world, environmental decontamination from its improper usage, storage and accidental spills becomes necessary. One highly environmentally friendly and cost-effective decontamination method is to utilize diesel-degrading microbes as a means for bioremediation. Here, we present a newly isolated and identified strain of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ('CA16') as a candidate for the bioremediation of diesel-contaminated areas.

resultsAcinetobacter calcoaceticus CA16 was able to survive and grow in minimal medium with diesel as the only source of carbon. We determined through metabolomics that A. calcoaceticus CA16 appears to be efficient at diesel degradation. Specifically, CA16 is able to degrade 82 to 92% of aliphatic alkane hydrocarbons (C

conclusionsThe results presented here suggest that Acinetobacter strain CA16 has good potential in the bioremediation of diesel-polluted environments.

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GasolineGenomicsSoil MicrobiologyAcinetobacter calcoaceticusAlkanesBacteriaBiodegradation, EnvironmentalCanadaCarbonGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHydrocarbonsMetabolomicsPhylogenySoilAlkanesCarbonGasolineHydrocarbonsSoilAcinetobacter calcoaceticus CA16Aliphatic hydrocarbonsDiesel bioremediationDiesel-degrading bacteriaMicrobial bioremediationn-alkanes

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PMCPMC7477861

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