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  • Research Article   
  • Innovative Energy Policies,
  • DOI: 10.4172/2090-5009.1000111

Dynamic Changes in Aromatic Hydrocarbon Associated Catabolic Gene Profiles Linked to Aerobic and Anaerobic Microcosm Studies

Flanagan PV1*, Kulakov LA1, Kulakova AN1, Spence M2 and Allen CCR1
1School of Biological Sciences, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, , 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
2Shell Global Solutions (UK), Shell Technology Centre Thornton, , P.O. Box 1, Chester CH1 3SH, UK
*Corresponding Author : Flanagan PV, School of Biological Sciences, pflanagan04@gmail.com

Received Date: Jan 27, 2014 / Accepted Date: Nov 28, 2014 / Published Date: Jan 01, 2015

Abstract

The biodegradation of BTEX pollutants is often facilitated by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in the environment. Developing strategies to enable a rapid characterisation of related microbial populations is of importance to many industries, including the petrochemical industry. Here we use a qPCR assay to show that dynamic changes in key catabolic genes, from aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria involved in the breakdown of benzoate and toluene through microcosm studies, can be linked to the aerobic or anaerobic nature of these microcosms. This approach may prove useful in further studies of the biodegradation of pollutants by eubacteria in situ.

Keywords: qPCR; Bioremediation; Environment

Citation: Flanagan PV, Kulakov LA, Kulakova AN, Spence M, Allen CCR (2015) Dynamic Changes in Aromatic Hydrocarbon Associated Catabolic Gene Profiles Linked to Aerobic and Anaerobic Microcosm Studies. Innovative Energy Policies 4: 111. Doi: 10.4172/2090-5009.1000111

Copyright: ©2015 Flanagan PV, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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