Molecular and microbiological characterisation of an acinetobacter sp., isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Abstract
A bacteria isolated from a petroleum-contaminated soil was characterised using molecular and microbiological methods. Strain PCS was able to utilized medium and long chain n-alkanes. Following phylogenetic analysis based on partial 16S rRNA gene sequence, this bacteria was placed in the genus Acinetobacter. Acinetobacter baumannii was the most closely related species in the phylogenetic tree. Based on the pylogenetic analysis, this strain may possibly be a new Acinetobacter sp.
Keywords
16S rRNA gene, Acinetobacter sp., Hydrocarbon biodegradation, petroleum, RNA 16S, Acinetobacter, article, bacterial strain, bacterium identification, bacterium isolation, controlled study, gene sequence, Malaysia, nonhuman, phylogeny, sequence analysis, soil pollution
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Publication Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Volume
10
Issue
1
Publisher
Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Additional Information
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA