SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

Table 1S – Bacterial strains screened for decolourisation of synthetic dyes.

Bacterial species / Strain / Origina/Reference
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas sp. / M1 / P. M. Santos
Pseudomonas sp. / CF600 / P. M. Santos
P. marginalis / HT-04-1B / A. M. Fialho
P. suttzeri / Lab stock / Fialho et al. 1990
P. viridiflava / SF-03-12B / Fialho et al. 1990
P. glycinea / Lab stock / Fialho et al. 1990
P. pseudoalcaligenes / KF707 / P. M. Santos
P. aeruginosa / 7NSK2 / M. J. Fernandes
P. fluorescens / 006 / M. J. Fernandes
P. fluorescens / ANP15 / M. J. Fernandes
P. fluorescens / ST / P. M. Santos
P. fluorescens / PC25 / P. M. Santos
P. fluorescens / PC29 / P. M. Santos
P. fluorescens / PC30 / P. M. Santos
P. fluorescens / W4F1607 / Fialho et al. 1990
P. fluorescens / 13525 / Fialho et al. 1990
P. fluorescens / SBW25 / T. M. Timms-Wilson
P. fluorescens / Pf0-1 / M. Silby
P. fluorescens / JBMF1 / M. J. Fernandes
P. putida / KT2440 / P. M. Santos
P. putida / mt2 K2440/TOL / P. M. Santos
P. putida / NCIMB 8248 / P. M. Santos
P. putida / F1 / P. M. Santos
P. putida / PRS2000 / P. M. Santos
P. fluorescens / AR41 / M. J. Fernandes
P. putida / pPG1 / P. M. Santos
P. putida / S12, Lab stock / P. M. Santos
P. putida / UWC1 / M. J. Fernandes
P. fluorescens / JBMF1 / M. J. Fernandes
P. putida / PC16, Lab stock / P. M. Santos
P. aeruginosa / MPB1 / M. J. Fernandes
P. putida / UWC3 / M. J. Fernandes
P. putida / UWC9 / M. J. Fernandes
P. putida / MET94, Lab stock / M. J. Fernandes
Others
Bacillus subtilis / MB24 / A. O. Henriques
Bacillus subtilis / 168 T+ / I. Sá-Nogueira
Bacillus gordonae / NCIMB12553 / NCIMB
Bacillus benzeovorans / NCIMB 12555 / NCIMB
Alcaligenes eutrophus / JMP134 / M. J. Fernandes
Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Dsn 30150 / M. J. Fernandes
Alcaligenes eutrophus / AE815 / M. J. Fernandes
Sphingomonas elodea / ATCC 31461 / A. M. Fialho
Sphingomonas aromaticivorans / DSM 12444 / DSMZ
Sphingomonas xenophaga / DSM 6383 / DSMZ
Burkholderia sp. / LB400 / P. M. Santos
Xanthomonas maltophila / 024 / M. J. Fernandes
Alcaligenes eutrophus / AE104 / M. J. Fernandes
Comamonas acidivorans / EE723 / M. J. Fernandes

aBacterial strains were obtained from public collections (DSMZ, DSM collection, Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany, NCIMB, The National Collection of Industrial, Marine and Food Bacteria, Aberdeen, UK) or kindly supplied by Pedro M. Santos, Arsénio M. Fialho (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal), Maria João Fernandes, Adriano Henriques, Isabel Sá-Nogueira (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal), Mark Silby (Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA) and Tracey M. Timms-Wilson (CEH-Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK). Reference: Fialho, A.M., Zielinski, N.A., Fett, W.F., Chakrabarty, A.M., and Berry, A. 1990. Distribution of alginate gene sequences in the Pseudomonas rRNA homology group l-Azomonas-Azotobacter lineage of superfamily B prokaryotes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56, 436-43.

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