Research Article
Pahbase, a Freely Available Functional Database of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs) Degrading Bacteria
| Jaimin J. Surani, Viral G. Akbari, Megha K. Purohit and Satya P. Singh* | |
| Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India-360 005 | |
| Corresponding Author : | Dr. Satya P. Singh Department of Biosciences Saurashtra University Rajkot, Gujarat, India-360 005 E-mail: satyapsingh@yahoo.com satyapsingh125@gmail.com |
| Received December 22, 2011; Accepted January 30, 2011; Published February 02, 2011 | |
| Citation: Surani JJ, Akbari VG, Purohit MK, Singh SP (2011) Pahbase, a Freely Available Functional Database of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs) Degrading Bacteria. J Bioremed Biodegrad 2:116. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000116 | |
| Copyright: © 2011 Surani JJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
PAHbase is a freely available functional database of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) degrading bacteria. The database consists of relevant information obtained from scientific literature and databases. The database provides a comprehensible representation of PAH degrading bacteria with reference to its occurrence, phylogeny, and stress adaptation, potential to withstand extreme conditions, biodegradative ability, metabolic pathways and genetic basis of the degradation. The narrow search and limit options of the constructed database provide comparable information from the relevant PAH degrading candidates. The user friendly approach of PHP front end facilitates to add sequences of reported entries leading to scientific information for the specific purpose. The functional PAH database available freely on internet under URL: www.pahbase.in .
