NEW BACTERIAL STRAIN HAVING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING ACTIVITY AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new bacterial strain having a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-decomposing activity and a method for decomposing the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon by using the same. SOLUTION: This new bacterial strain having the activity of decomposing the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and also having a 16S rRNA gene showing≥97% homology to a base sequence described in a sequence number 1 (in the specification) is provided. The representative strain is a Sphingomonas sp. P-2 strain. Also, the method for decomposing the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon comprises a process of bringing the new bacterial strain in contact with a specimen containing the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI