Degradation of pyrene and characterization of Saccharothrix sp. PYX-6 from the oligotrophic Tianchi Lake in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

Focuses on the isolation of bacterial strain PYX-6 that utilizes anthracene, phenanthrene or pyrene for carbon and energy sources for growth from Tianchi Lake in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. Morphology, physiological and biochemical properties; Cell wall pattern; rRNA gene of strain PYX-6; Disappearance of pyrene in medium.