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Int J Phytoremediation

Title:		Bioremediation of Atmospheric Hydrocarbons via Bacteria Naturally Associated with Leaves of Higher Plants
Author(s):		Ali N; Al-Awadhi H; Dashti N; Khanafer M; El-Nemr I; Sorkhoh N; Radwan SS;
Address:		"a Department of Biological Sciences , Faculty of Science, Kuwait University , Safat , Kuwait"
Journal Title:		Int J Phytoremediation
Year:		2015
Volume:		17
Issue:		12
Page Number:		1160 - 1170
DOI:		10.1080/15226514.2015.1045125
ISSN/ISBN:		1549-7879 (Electronic) 1522-6514 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Bacteria associated with leaves of sixteen cultivated and wild plant species from all over Kuwait were analyzed by a culture-independent approach. This technique depended on partial sequencing of 16S rDNA regions in total genomic DNA from the bacterial consortia and comparing the resulting sequences with those in the GenBank database. To release bacterial cells from leaves, tough methods such as sonication co-released too much leaf chloroplasts whose DNA interfered with the bacterial DNA. A more satisfactory bacterial release with a minimum of chloroplast co-release was done by gently rubbing the leaf surfaces with soft tooth brushes in phosphate buffer. The leaves of all plant species harbored on their surfaces bacterial communities predominated by hydrocarbonoclastic (hydrocarbon-utilizing) bacterial genera. Leaves of 6 representative plants brought about in the laboratory effective removal of volatile hydrocarbons in sealed microcosms. Each individual plant species had a unique bacterial community structure. Collectively, the phyllospheric microflora on the studied plants comprised the genera Flavobacterium, Halomonas, Arthrobacter, Marinobacter, Neisseria, Ralstonia, Ochrobactrum. Exiguobacterium, Planomicrobium, Propionibacterium, Kocuria, Rhodococcus and Stenotrophomonas. This community structure was dramatically different from the structure we determined earlier for the same plants using the culture-dependent approach, although in both cases, hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria were frequent"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/*metabolism Bacteria/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification/*metabolism Biodegradation, Environmental DNA, Bacterial/genetics/metabolism Environmental Restoration and Remediation/*methods Hydrocarbons/*metabolism Kuwait Magnoliop;"
Notes:		"MedlineAli, N Al-Awadhi, H Dashti, N Khanafer, M El-Nemr, I Sorkhoh, N Radwan, S S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2015/05/07 Int J Phytoremediation. 2015; 17(12):1160-70. doi: 10.1080/15226514.2015.1045125"