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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2002, p. 2057-2060, Vol. 68, No. 4
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.4.2057-2060.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Degradation of 17ß-Estradiol by a Gram-Negative Bacterium Isolated from Activated Sludge in a Sewage Treatment Plant in Tokyo, Japan

Katsuhiko Fujii,^1* Shintaro Kikuchi,¹ Masataka Satomi,² Noriko Ushio-Sata,³ and Naoki Morita⁴

Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, Mizumoto, Muroran 050-8585,¹ Fisheries Research Agency, Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama 236-8648,² Department of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Kohoku, Yokohama 223-8522,³ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukizamu, Toyohira, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan⁴

Received 20 September 2001/ Accepted 16 January 2002

A 17ß-estradiol (E2)-degrading bacterium was isolated from activated sludge in a sewage treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan. The isolate was suggested to be a new Novosphingobium species. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of the metabolites of E2 degradation suggested that no toxic products accumulated in the culture medium.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, Mizumoto, Muroran 050-8585, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-143-46-5750. E-mail: kfu{at}mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp.

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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2002, p. 2057-2060, Vol. 68, No. 4
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.4.2057-2060.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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