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Polyphasic Analysis of the Bacterial Community in the Rhizosphere and Roots of Cyperus rotundus L. Grown in a Petroleum-Contaminated Soil  

Jurelevicius, Diogo (Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Korenblum, Elisa (Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Casella, Renata (Fundacao Gorceix)
Vital, Ronalt Leite (CENPES, PETROBRAS)
Seldin, Lucy (Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.20, no.5, 2010 , pp. 862-870 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cyperus rotundus L. is a perennial herb that was found to be dominating an area in northeast Brazil previously contaminated with petroleum. In order to increase our knowledge of microorganism-plant interactions in phytoremediation, the bacterial community present in the rhizosphere and roots of C. rotundus was evaluated by culture-dependent and molecular approaches. PCR-DGGE analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene showed that the bacterial community in bulk soil, rhizosphere, and root samples had a high degree of similarity. A complex population of alkane-utilizing bacteria and a variable nitrogen-fixing population were observed via PCR-DGGE analysis of alkB and nifH genes, respectively. In addition, two clone libraries were generated from alkB fragments obtained by PCR of bulk and rhizosphere soil DNA samples. Statistical analyses of these libraries showed that the compositions of their respective populations were different in terms of alkB gene sequences. Using culturedependent techniques, 209 bacterial strains were isolated from the rhizosphere and rhizoplane/roots of C. rotundus. Dot-blot analysis showed that 17 strains contained both alkB and nifH gene sequences. Partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that these strains are affiliated with the genera Bosea, Cupriavidus, Enterobacter, Gordonia, Mycoplana, Pandoraea, Pseudomonas, Rhizobium, and Rhodococcus. These isolates can be considered to have great potential for the phytoremediation of soil with C. rotundus in this tropical soil area.
Keywords
Petroleum; phytoremediation; Cyperus rotundus; nitrogen fixation; alkane degradation;
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