Tobacco Science & Technology, 2012, 12, p. 60-67, ISSN.1002-0861
Isolation, identification and characteristics of nicotine-degrading bacterium from flue-cured tobacco leaves during aging
LI Tianli(1,2); ZHOU Yawei(1); TANG Chaoqi(2); QU Yongsheng(2); LI Pengfu(1,2)
(1) College of Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P.R. China; (2) Shanghai Tobacco Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200082, P.R. China
A bacterial community named Q6 with the ability of nicotine degrading was isolated from flue-cured tobacco leaves during aging. The results of PCR-DGGE analysis of 16S rDNA segment suggested that the bacterial community Q6 consisted of eight species....