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Isolation and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate-degrading bacteria in seawater at two different depths from Suruga Bay
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Researchers isolated 91 strains of PHA-degrading bacteria from seawater at two depths in Suruga Bay, identifying five genera and demonstrating that marine microorganisms capable of breaking down this biodegradable plastic are broadly distributed across different ocean depth environments.
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is a highly biodegradable microbial polyester, even in marine environments. In this study, we incorporated an enrichment culture-like approach in the process of isolating marine PHA-degrading bacteria. The resulting 91 isolates were suggested to fall into five genera (Alloalcanivorax, Alteromonas, Arenicella, Microbacterium, and Pseudoalteromonas) based on 16S rRNA analysis, including two novel genera (Arenicella and Microbacterium) as marine PHA-degrading bacteria. Microbacterium schleiferi (DSM 20489) and Alteromonas macleodii (NBRC 102226), the type strains closest to the several isolates, have an extracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] depolymerase homolog that does not fit a marine-type domain composition. However, A. macleodii exhibited no PHA degradation ability, unlike M. schleiferi. This result demonstrates that the isolated Alteromonas spp. are different species from A. macleodii. P(3HB) depolymerase homologs in the genus Alteromonas should be scrutinized in the future, particularly about which ones work as the depolymerase.
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