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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2009, p. 6924-6928, Vol. 75, No. 21
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01928-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Isolation and Identification of Novel Microcystin-Degrading Bacteria{triangledown}

Pathmalal M. Manage,1 Christine Edwards,2 Brajesh K. Singh,3 and Linda A. Lawton2*

Department of Zoology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka,1 School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom AB25 1HG,2 Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, United Kingdom3

Received 12 August 2009/ Accepted 27 August 2009

Of 31 freshwater bacterial isolates screened using the Biolog MT2 assay to determine their metabolism of the microcystin LR, 10 were positive. Phylogenetic analysis (16S rRNA) identified them as Arthrobacter spp., Brevibacterium sp., and Rhodococcus sp. This is the first report of microcystin degraders that do not belong to the Proteobacteria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom AB25 1HG. Phone: 44 (0) 1224262823. Fax: 44 (0) 1224262828. E-mail: l.lawton{at}rgu.ac.uk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 4 September 2009.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2009, p. 6924-6928, Vol. 75, No. 21
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01928-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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