Isolation and Identification of Pyrene Mineralizing Mycobacterium spp. from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Sources

Table 3

Growth of Mycobacterium sp. isolates on various carbohydrates and potential PAH metabolites. Growth was scored visually on the basis of turbidity and ranked accordingly.

Substrate	Mycobacterium sp. strain BS5	Mycobacterium sp. Strain KA5	Mycobacterium sp. strain KF4
Carbohydrates
Adonitol, Arabinose, Glucose, Lactose, Maltose, Mannitol, Mannose, Raffinose, Rhamnose, Sorbitol, Sucrose	+++^a	+++	+++
PAH metabolites
Succinate	++	++	+++
Pyruvate	++	++	+++
Salicylate	++^b	++	+++
Catechol	+^c	++	+++
Cinnamic, Maleic, d-Pantothenic, Phthalic Protocatechuic acids	—^d	—	—
Sodium benzoate	++	+++	+++
p-aminobenzoic acid	++	++	+++

^ahigh turbidity, ^bmedium turbidity, ^clow turbidity, ^dno observed turbidity.