Research Article

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

Table 2

16S rRNA identification of PAH-degrading bacterial isolates from enrichment cultures containing manufacturing gas plant soil, uncontaminated agricultural soil, and kangaroo faeces. The top ten aligned sequences between bacterial isolates and members of the BLAST sequence database are shown.

IsolatePrimer setAligned sequences from BLAST% Similarity

Manufacturing gas plant soil (strain BS5)27f-765rMycobacterium sp. PYR GCK98
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM058398
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM044298
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM055298
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM050498
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM050598
Mycobacterium sp. strain BB198
Mycobacterium sp. HE598
Mycobacterium mucogenicum strain ATCC 4964998
Mycobacterium mucogenicum strain ATCC 4964998

Uncontaminated agricultural soil (Strain KA5)fD1-rD1Mycobacterium monacense B9-21-17894
Mycobacterium sp. KMS94
Mycobacterium sp. JLS94
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM044293
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM055293
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM050493
Mycobacterium gilvum isolate VM050593
Mycobacterium sp. PYR GCK93
Mycobacterium petroleiphilum93
Mycobacterium chlorophenolicus (PCP-1)93

Kangaroo faeces (Strain KF4)27f-765rMycobacterium sp. JLS95
Mycobacterium monacense B9-21-17895
Mycobacterium vaccae isolate VM058895
Mycobacterium vaccae isolate VM058795
Mycobacterium sp. KMS95
Mycobacterium sp. MCS95
Mycobacterium doricum strain DSM 4433994
Mycobacterium doricum94
Mycobacterium duvalii94
Mycobacterium duvalii strain CIP 10453994