In the article titled "Biodegradation of PAHs by Burkholderia sp. VITRSB1 Isolated from Marine Sediments" [1], there is an error in the Results and Discussion section where the text reading "PAHs are group of compounds composed of fused aromatic rings that are highly stable and carcinogenic" should be corrected to "Some PAH compounds and their metabolites are highly stable and carcinogenic.". Copyright © 2019 T. Revathy et al.

Revathy S

Department of Computational Intelligence

School of Computer Science and Engineering

Vellore Campus

Jayasri M-A

Department of Bio-Medical Sciences

School of Bio Sciences and Technology

Suthindhiran K

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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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Corrigendum to "Biodegradation of PAHs by Burkholderia sp. VITRSB1 Isolated from Marine Sediments".

Scientifica

The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution to the environment is a major threat to the living organisms, and hence the degradation of these PAHs is necessary. Studies on PAHs degrading bacteria have focussed on terrestrial microbes and the potential of marine derived microbes is undermined. Herein we report the isolation and characterization of PAHs degrading Burkholderia sp. from lagoon sediments collected at the Southern coast of India. The strain was Gram negative, rod-shaped, motile, and ∼2–5μm in length. Based on the phylogenetic data the strain was identified as Burkholderia and designated as VITRSB1. Initial PAHs degradation ability of the strain was assessed using basal salt medium supplemented with diesel, kerosene, toluene, aniline, naphthalene, and phenol. The strain was found to be effectively degrading kerosene, diesel, toluene, and aniline even at higher concentration (1%). However, naphthalene and aniline were degraded only at lower concentration (0.1%) and phenol, camphor, and DAP inhibited the growth of the strain. Furthermore, the degraded end products of the PAHs were determined using FTIR. Notably, none of the end products were found to be toxic to the biosphere. Our results indicate that the isolated Burkholderia sp. could be a prospective candidate for the effective degradation of selective PAHs.

Biodegradation of PAHs by Burkholderia sp. VITRSB1 Isolated from Marine Sediments

Corrigendum to “Biodegradation of PAHs by Burkholderia sp. VITRSB1 Isolated from Marine Sediments”

Journal	Scientifica
Publisher	Hindawi Limited
ISSN	2090908X
Open Access	Yes