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ArticleInternational microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology2025

Brucella pituitosa strain BU72, a new hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium through exopolysaccharide-based surfactant production.

Mouna Mahjoubi, Hanene Cherif, Habibu Aliyu, Habib Chouchane, Simone Cappello, Mohamed Neifar, Francesca Mapelli, Yasmine Souissi, Sara Borin, Don A Cowan and 1 more

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Article in International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors.

Mouna MahjoubiUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia.
Hanene CherifUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia.
Habibu AliyuInstitute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-5), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Habib ChouchaneUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia.
Simone CappelloIstituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (IRBIM)-CNR of Messina., Sp. San Raineri, 86, 98122, Messina, Italy.
Mohamed NeifarCommon Services Unit "Bioreactor Coupled With an Ultrafilter"; APVA‑LR16ES20; ENIS, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Francesca MapelliDeFENS- University of Milan via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Yasmine SouissiDepartment of Engineering, German University of Technology in Oman, P.O. Box 1816, PC 130, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Sara BorinCommon Services Unit "Bioreactor Coupled With an Ultrafilter"; APVA‑LR16ES20; ENIS, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Don A CowanCentre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Ameur CherifUniv. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia. ameur.cherif@uma.tn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrocarbon and heavy metal pollution are amongst the most severe and prevalent environmental problems due to their toxicity and persistence. Bioremediation using microorganisms is considered one of the most effective ways to treat polluted sites. In the present study, we unveil the bioremediation potential of Brucella pituitosa strain BU72. Besides its ability to grow on multiple hydrocarbons as the sole carbon source and highly tolerant to several heavy metals, BU72 produces different exopolysaccharide-based surfactants (EBS) when grown with glucose or with crude oil as sole carbon source. These EBS demonstrated particular and specific functional groups as determined by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectral analysis that showed a strong absorption peak at 3250 cm

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BrucellaHydrocarbonsPolysaccharides, BacterialSurface-Active AgentsBiodegradation, EnvironmentalGenome, BacterialMetals, HeavyPetroleumSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredHydrocarbonsMetals, HeavyPetroleumPolysaccharides, BacterialSurface-Active AgentsBioremediationBrucella pituitosaExopolysaccharide-based surfactantsGenomeHeavy metal

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PMID38867105

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