[Identification of a new steroid transforming strain of mycobacteria as Mycobacterium neoaurum]

N E Voĭshvillo; V A Andriushina; T S Savinova; T S Stytsenko; N A Vasil'eva; T P Turova; T V Kolganova; K G Skriabin

[Identification of a new steroid transforming strain of mycobacteria as Mycobacterium neoaurum]

Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol. 2003 Mar-Apr;39(2):173-9.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

N E Voĭshvillo¹, V A Andriushina, T S Savinova, T S Stytsenko, N A Vasil'eva, T P Turova, T V Kolganova, K G Skriabin

Affiliation

¹ Bioengineering Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119312 Russia.

PMID: 12722650

Abstract

The ability to utilize sterols as a sole source of carbon was studied in 80 strains and consortia of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria. One of the strains, which efficiently transformed both individual sterols and their mixtures, was identified as Mycobacterium neoaurum, based on the analysis of the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Hydrocarbons / metabolism
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycobacterium / classification*
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium / metabolism
Oxidation-Reduction
Phylogeny
RNA, Bacterial / analysis
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / analysis
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Sterols / metabolism*

Substances

Hydrocarbons
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sterols

Associated data

GENBANK/AY159803