Impact of anthracene addition on microbial community structure in soil microcosms from contaminated and uncontaminated sites / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>This paper aims to investigate the impact of anthracene addition on microbial community in agricultural soil irrigated with tap water or reclaimed wastewater.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The changes of microbial community were characterized by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism in combination with 16S rRNA gene clone library analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A significant change in microbial community composition was observed during the biodegradation of anthracene, with dominantly enriched members from the genus Methylophilus.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>This work might be useful for developing techniques for the isolation of novel putative PAH degrader.</p>