Table 8.3 List of genes identified by various sources and found to contribute to bioremediation
(Gedalanga et al. 2014)
Name of the gene
Specific heavy metal
bioremediation
Citation
(mer gene cluster) merA, merT, merP, merF,
merR and merD
Removal of mercury,
Hg contaminant
Zheng et al. (2018)
ArsM, aioA, aioB, arxA, arxB/arxB2, aioS/
arxR, aioX/arX, moeA, arxC, arxD, arsH,
arrA, arrB, arrC, arrD, arrS, arsC, ACR1,
ACR2, arrR/arsR, arsI, arsB, arsA, arsD,
arsC, Ycflp, ACR3, arsP, arsJ, arsO, arsT,
pgpA
Arsenic (As)m
treatment
pheA, pheB, pheC, pheD, pheR
Phenol catabolic genes
alk gene (alkB, alkB1, alkB2, alkM)
Alkane degradation
van Beilen et al.
(2002), Wang and
Shao (2012)
sMMO
Methane degeneration
Ross and Rosenzweig
(2016)
P450–1
Poly aromatic
hydrocarbons
Schneiker et al.
(2006)
P450–2
Poly aromatic
hydrocarbons
Schneiker et al.
(2006)
P450–3
Poly aromatic
hydrocarbons
Schneiker et al.
(2006)
Pcs
Bioremediation of nontoxic essential heavy
metals
Shine et al. (2015)
yiLac
Phenolic compounds
Deshmukh et al.
(2016)
pmoA
Trichloroethylene
degradation
Shukla et al. (2009)
ethB
Transformation of
methyl-ter-butyl ether
Jechalke et al. (2011)
pMMO
Dioxane degradation
Ross and Rosenzweig
(2016)
Dxmo
Dioxane degradation
Ross and Rosenzweig
(2016)
thmB
Tetrahydrofuram
Thiemer et al. (2003)
thmH
Dioxane degradation
Kampfer et al. (2006)
gsh1, gsh2
Cadmium tolerance
Liu et al. (2015)
Tdn
Aniline degradation
Lee et al. (2016)
pcaG, pcaH, pcaB, pcaC, pcaD
Hydroxybenzoate
degradation
Lee et al. (2016)
nagG, nagH, nagI, nagL, nagK
Salicylate degradation
Lee et al. (2016)
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