Issue |
Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 17, Number 3, July-September 2004
The "Erika" Oil Spill: Environmental Contamination and Effects in the Bay of Biscay
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Page(s) | 269 - 272 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/alr:2004030 | |
Published online | 15 July 2004 |
Analysis of the adaptation to alkanes of the marine bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus sp 17 by two dimensional gel electrophoresis
Laboratoire d'Écologie Moléculaire, IBEAS Université de Pau,
Av. de l'Université, BP 1155, 64013 PAU Cedex, France
Corresponding author: regis.grimaud@univ-pau.fr
Received:
21
November
2003
Accepted:
17
May
2004
To better understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the biodegradation of hydrocarbon compounds from the “Erika” oil-spill, we have studied the ability of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus strain sp 17 to cope with hexadecane as sole carbon and energy source. Growth kinetics of cultures shifted from acetate to hexadecane revealed the presence of a 20 hours adaptation phase. Changes in global protein expression in response to hexadecane was analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Of the 370 proteins detected 42 had their expression level altered in presence of hexadecane indicating that alkane adaptation may involve many cellular functions.
Key words: Alkanes / Biodegradation / Proteomic / 2D Electrophoresis
© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2004
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