| Literature DB >> 16763938 |
Mina Yasumoto-Hirose1, Miyuki Nishijima, Metiek Kimie Ngirchechol, Kaneo Kanoh, Yoshikazu Shizuri, Wataru Miki.
Abstract
Polyurethane foam (PUF) supplemented with various agar media was used in situ to trap marine bacteria and it consequently provided a substrate on which they could be cultivated while exposed to natural seawater in the coral reef area. The bacterial population on the PUF blocks was analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified 16S rDNA fragments. Changing the composition of the cultivation medium in the PUF blocks and selecting different sampling sites resulted in different bacteria being detected on the PUF blocks. For example, iron-utilizing (IU) bacteria, siderophore-producing (SP) bacteria, and petroleum-degrading (PD) bacteria were isolated from PUF blocks and it was discovered that IU and SP contained iron and PD contained hydrocarbon. This method opens up the possibility for isolating novel and useful marine bacteria.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16763938 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-005-5015-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mar Biotechnol (NY) ISSN: 1436-2228 Impact factor: 3.619