Ability for biodegradation and bioadsorption of the bacteria from Ochrobactrum genus important in bioremediation

• Authors: M. Poddebniak , S. Jafra
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Bacteria from Ochrobactrum genus are found in various environments. They were isolated from soil, sewage, plant tissue and human body, where they acted as a human opportunistic pathogens. Ochrobactrum are able to degrade a wide variety of chemical substances, such as atrazine, nicotine, phenol or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and accumulate heavy metals. Many of those substances pose a threat to the environment and to mankind. The representatives of this genus also play an important role in the nitrogen cycle as one of the symbiotic bacteria of legume plants that reduce nitrites to atmospheric nitrogen. There is still little information about the genus Ochrobactrum and this is why it is necessary to focus more attention on it in terms of environmental protection.

Keywords

EN

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; OCHROBACTRUM; POLLUTION

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 152-167

Contributors

author

M. Poddebniak

author

S. Jafra

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: Sylwia Jafra, Miedzyuczelniany Wydzial Biotechnologii UG i AMG, Zaklad Ochrony i Biotechnologii Roslin, ul. Kladki 24, Gdansk, Poland