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Enrichment of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic acids by oil-degrading bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of plants growing in oil-contaminated soil from Kazakhstan

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Three microbial strains were isolated from the rhizosphere of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), grass mixture (Festuca rubra, 75 %; Lolium perenne, 20 %; Poa pratensis, 10 %), and rape (Brassica napus) on the basis of their high capacity to use crude oil as the sole carbon and energy source. These isolates used an unusually wide spectrum of hydrocarbons as substrates (more than 80), including n-alkanes with chain lengths ranging from C12 to C32, monomethyl- and monoethyl-substituted alkanes (C12–C23), n-alkylcyclo alkanes with alkyl chain lengths from 4 to 18 carbon atoms, as well as substituted monoaromatic and diaromatic hydrocarbons. These three strains were identified as Gordonia rubripertincta and Rhodococcus sp. SBUG 1968. During their transformation of this wide range of hydrocarbon substrates, a very large number of aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic acids was detected, 44 of them were identified by GC/MS analyses, and 4 of them are described as metabolites for the first time. Inoculation of plant seeds with these highly potent bacteria had a beneficial effect on shoot and root development of plants which were grown on oil-contaminated sand.

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We thank R. Jack (Institute of Immunology, University of Greifswald) for help in preparing the manuscript. We thank Central Asian Biodiversity Network (CABNET), in particular the project manager Michael Manthey (Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald), for the opportunity to establish active contacts between scientists from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and the University of Greifswald. Financial support from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) (project code 50754935, project title “CABNET-Central Asian Biodiversity Network”) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 15, 17487, Greifswald, Germany

    Annett Mikolasch, Anne Reinhard & Frieder Schauer

  2. Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Building 6, Al-Farabi Ave. 71, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    Anel Omirbekova, Ramza Berzhanova & Togzhan Mukasheva

  3. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Peter Schumann

  4. Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria

    Halah Sheikhany

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Mikolasch, A., Omirbekova, A., Schumann, P. et al. Enrichment of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic acids by oil-degrading bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of plants growing in oil-contaminated soil from Kazakhstan. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 99, 4071–4084 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-6320-4

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