Isolation, identification, and diversity analysis of bacteria able to degrade humic substances from Arctic soil, 2012

A total of 20 cold-adapted bacterial strains having an ability to degrade or bioconvert humic substances were isolated from surrounding area of the Dasan Station. The isolates were identified through the analysis of their 16S rRNA genes and the bacterial diversity was analyzed to be simple. The objective is to isolate bacterial strains able to degrade humic substances from cold environments in the Arctic and Antarctic regions and to analyze their microbial diversity. Also, a functional genomic study on the microbial degradative pathway(s) for soil humic substances is an another main purpose.