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Andreolli M, Villanova V, Zanzoni S, D'Onofrio M, Vallini G, Secchi N, Lampis S. Characterization of trehalolipid biosurfactant produced by the novel marine strain Rhodococcus sp. SP1d and its potential for environmental applications. Microb Cell Fact 2023; 22:126. [PMID: 37443119 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02128-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Biosurfactants are surface-active compounds with environmental and industrial applications. These molecules show higher biocompatibility, stability and efficiency compared to synthetic surfactants. On the other hand, biosurfactants are not cost-competitive to their chemical counterparts. Cost effective technology such as the use of low-cost substrates is a promising approach aimed at reducing the production cost. This study aimed to evaluate the biosurfactant production and activity by the novel strain Rhodococcus sp. SP1d by using different growth substrates. Therefore, to exploit the biosurfactant synthesized by SP1d for environmental applications, the effect of this compound on the bacteria biofilm formation was evaluated. Eventually, for a possible bioremediation application, the biosurfactant properties and its chemical characteristics were investigated using diesel as source of carbon. RESULTS Rhodococcus sp. SP1d evidence the highest similarity to Rhodococcus globerulus DSM 43954T and the ability to biosynthesize surfactants using a wide range of substrates such as exhausted vegetable oil, mineral oil, butter, n-hexadecane, and diesel. The maximum production of crude biosurfactant after 10 days of incubation was reached on n-hexadecane and diesel with a final yield of 2.38 ± 0.51 and 1.86 ± 0.31 g L- 1 respectively. Biosurfactants produced by SP1d enhanced the biofilm production of P. protegens MP12. Moreover, the results showed the ability of SP1d to produce biosurfactants on diesel even when grown at 10 and 18 °C. The biosurfactant activity was maintained over a wide range of NaCl concentration, pH, and temperature. A concentration of 1000 mg L- 1 of the crude biosurfactant showed an emulsification activity of 55% towards both xylene and olive oil and a reduction of 25.0 mN m- 1 of surface tension of water. Eventually, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy indicated that the biosurfactant is formed by trehalolipids. CONCLUSIONS The use of low-cost substrates such as exhausted oils and waste butter reduce both the costs of biosurfactant synthesis and the environmental pollution due to the inappropriate disposal of these residues. High production yields, stability and emulsification properties using diesel and n-hexadecane as substrates, make the biosurfactant produced by SP1d a sustainable biocompound for bioremediation purpose. Eventually, the purified biosurfactant improved the biofilm formation of the fungal antagonistic strain P. protegens MP12, and thus seem to be exploitable to increase the adherence and colonization of plant surfaces by this antagonistic strain and possibly enhance antifungal activity.
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- Marco Andreolli
- VUCC-DBT Verona University Culture Collection, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15, Verona, 37134, Italy.
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15, Verona, 37134, Italy.
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Centro Piattaforme Tecnologiche, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15, Verona, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15, Verona, 37134, Italy
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- Eurovix S.p.A, Viale Mattei 17, Entratico, Bergamo, 24060, Italy
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- VUCC-DBT Verona University Culture Collection, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15, Verona, 37134, Italy
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15, Verona, 37134, Italy
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Bitalac JMS, Lantican NB, Gomez NCF, Onda DFL. Attachment of potential cultivable primo-colonizing bacteria and its implications on the fate of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastics in the marine environment. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 451:131124. [PMID: 36871466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plastics released in the environment become suitable matrices for microbial attachment and colonization. Plastics-associated microbial communities interact with each other and are metabolically distinct from the surrounding environment. However, pioneer colonizing species and their interaction with the plastic during initial colonization are less described. Marine sediment bacteria from sites in Manila Bay were isolated via a double selective enrichment method using sterilized low-density polyethylene (LDPE) sheets as the sole carbon source. Ten isolates were identified to belong to the genera Halomonas, Bacillus, Alteromonas, Photobacterium, and Aliishimia based on 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, and majority of the taxa found exhibit a surface-associated lifestyle. Isolates were then tested for their ability to colonize polyethylene (PE) through co-incubation with LDPE sheets for 60 days. Growth of colonies in crevices, formation of cell-shaped pits, and increased roughness of the surface indicate physical deterioration. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy revealed significant changes in the functional groups and bond indices on LDPE sheets separately co-incubated with the isolates, demonstrating that different species potentially target different substrates of the photo-oxidized polymer backbone. Understanding the activity of primo-colonizing bacteria on the plastic surface can provide insights on the possible mechanisms used to make plastic more bioavailable for other species, and their implications on the fate of plastics in the marine environment.
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- Justine Marey S Bitalac
- The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines; Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 Laguna, Philippines
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- Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 Laguna, Philippines
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- The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines; Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 Laguna, Philippines
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- The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines.
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Modelling of n-Hexadecane bioremediation from soil by slurry bioreactors using artificial neural network method. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19662. [PMID: 36385121 PMCID: PMC9669037 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21996-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Diesel oil is known to be one of the major petroleum products that can pollute water and soil. Soil pollution caused by petroleum hydrocarbons has substantially impacted the environment, especially in the Middle East. In this study, modeling and optimization of hexadecane removal from soil was performed using two pure cultures of Acinetobacter and Acromobacter and consortium culture of both bacterial species using artificial neural network (ANN) method. Then the best ANN structure was proposed based on mean square error (MSE) as well as correlation coefficient (R) for pure cultures of Acinetobacter and Acromobacter as well as their consortium. The results showed that the correlations between the actual data and the data predicted by ANN (R2) in Acromobacter, Acinetobacter and consortium of both cultures were 0.50, 0.47 and 0.63, respectively. Despite the low correlation between the experimental data and the data predicted by the ANN, the correlation coefficient and the precision of ANN for the consortium was higher. As a result, ANN had desirable precision to predict hexadecan removal by the cobsertium culture of Ochromobater and Acintobacter.
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Rodrigues EM, Cesar DE, Santos de Oliveira R, de Paula Siqueira T, Tótola MR. Hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial species growing on hexadecane: Implications for bioaugmentation in marine ecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115579. [PMID: 33254655 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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of bioaugmentation strategies are an obstacle for damage mitigation caused by oil spills in marine environments. Cells added to the contaminated sites are quickly lost by low adherence to the contaminants, rendering ineffective. This study used two hydrocarbonoclastic species - Rhodococcus rhodochrous TRN7 and Nocardia farcinica TRH1 cells - growing in mineral medium containing hexadecane to evaluate cell distribution in a crude-oil contaminated marine water. Cell affinity to hydrophobic compounds was quantified using Microbial Adhesion to Hydrocarbons test and analysis of fatty acids profile was performed using the Microbial Identification System. Bioremediation simulations were set up and cell populations of both strains were quantified by Fluorescent in situ Hybridization. R. rhodochrous and N. farcinica reached up to 97% and 60% of adhesion to hexadecane, respectively. The carbon source had more influence on the fatty acid profiles of both strains than the microbial species. The presence of 45.24% of 13:0 anteiso on total fatty acids in R. rhodochrous and 12.35% of saturated fatty acids with less than 13 carbons atoms in N. farcinica, as well as the occurrence of fatty alcohols only in presence of hexadecane in both species, are indicators that fatty acid changes are involved in the adaptation of the cells to remain at the water/oil interface. Cell quantification after bioremediation simulations revealed an increase in the density of both species, suggesting that the bioremediation strategies resulted on the increase of hydrocarbonoclastic species and up to 27.9% of all prokaryotic microbial populations in the microcosms were composed of R. rhodochrous or N. farcinica. These findings show the potential of application of these two bacterial strains in bioaugmentation of hydrocarbon-contaminated marine ecosystems.R. rhodochrous TRN7 and N. farcinica TRH1 hydrocarbonoclastic strains modify the fatty acid profile and increases density, optimizing hydrocarbons biodegradation.
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- Edmo Montes Rodrigues
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade para o Meio Ambiente, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Do Ceará - IFCE - Campus Camocim, Camocim, Ceará, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biologia Molecular de Microorganismos, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biologia Molecular de Microorganismos, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade para o Meio Ambiente, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade para o Meio Ambiente, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Zdarta A, Smułek W, Kaczorek E. Multilevel changes in bacterial properties on long-term exposure to hydrocarbons and impact of these cells on fresh-water communities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 729:138956. [PMID: 32498169 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To handle the impact of habitat transformations, the microbial cells developed mechanisms aimed at adjustment of their biological processes in response to signals indicating environmental changes. One of the first changes in their properties is observed on their surface, which has direct contact with the dynamically varying surroundings. In this study, we present results of changes in the cell surface properties which may have a decisive impact on the xenobiotics' bioavailability and microbial cell survival. These changes influence their ability to remove xenobiotics by accelerating and empowering this process. Moreover, the application of microorganisms exposed for long-term to hydrocarbons in bioremediation processes might have positive impact on biodegradation of the latter in the natural environment as well as natural microbial community diversity. This study demonstrates a variety of microbial cell mechanisms of adaptation to long-term exposure to hydrocarbons and their potential as the bioremediation tools.
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- Agata Zdarta
- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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Liu X, Li Z, Zhang C, Tan X, Yang X, Wan C, Lee DJ. Enhancement of anaerobic degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons by electron intermediate: Performance and mechanism. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 295:122305. [PMID: 31675520 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A quinone-respiring strain capable of degrading multitudinous petroleum hydrocarbons was isolated by selective medium and identified as Bacillus sp. (named as C8). Maximum 76.7% of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) were degraded by the biosurfactant-mediated C8 with the aid of nitrate and electron intermediate (anthraquinone-2,6-disulphonate, AQDS). The quantitative real-time PCR results of several intracellular key functional genes suggested that AQDS could participate in the transformation of intermediates and accelerate the electron transfer in the degradation of TPH and nitrate, thereby eliminating the accumulation of nitrite and increasing the degradation efficiency of TPH. A strengthening mechanism, which promoted electron transport in the anaerobic denitrification degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons by quinone-respiring strain with the aid of electron intermediate, was proposed. The influencing factors were evaluated by using response surface methodology, and the TPH removal was positively related to temperature but negatively to pH.
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- Xiang Liu
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
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Demkina EV, Doroshenko EV, Babich TL, Mironov VV, Borisov AV, Demkina TS, El’-Registan GI. Buried Soils as a New Source for Isolation of Biotechnologically Significant Bacterial Strains. Microbiology (Reading) 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261719050059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Diversity and degradative capabilities of bacteria and fungi isolated from oil-contaminated and hydrocarbon-polluted soils in Kazakhstan. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:7261-7274. [PMID: 31346684 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10032-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Bacteria and fungi were isolated from eight different soil samples from different regions in Kazakhstan contaminated with oil or salt or aromatic compounds. For the isolation of the organisms, we used, on the one hand, typical hydrocarbons such as the well utilizable aliphatic alkane tetradecane, the hardly degradable multiple-branched alkane pristane, and the biaromatic compound biphenyl as enrichment substrates. On the other hand, we also used oxygenated derivatives of alicyclic and monoaromatic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexanone and p-tert-amylphenol, which are known as problematic pollutants. Seventy-nine bacterial and fungal strains were isolated, and 32 of them that were clearly able to metabolize some of these substrates, as tested by HPLC-UV/Vis and GC-MS analyses, were characterized taxonomically by DNA sequencing. Sixty-two percent of the 32 isolated strains from 14 different genera belong to well-described hydrocarbon degraders like some Rhodococci as well as Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Fusarium, Candida, and Yarrowia species. However, species of the bacterial genus Curtobacterium, the yeast genera Lodderomyces and Pseudozyma, as well as the filamentous fungal genera Purpureocillium and Sarocladium, which have rarely been described as hydrocarbon degrading, were isolated and shown to be efficient tetradecane degraders, mostly via monoterminal oxidation. Pristane was exclusively degraded by Rhodococcus isolates. Candida parapsilosis, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani, and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa degraded cyclohexanone, and in doing so accumulate ε-caprolactone or hexanedioic acid as metabolites. Biphenyl was transformed by Pseudomonas/Stenotrophomonas isolates. When p-tert-amylphenol was used as growth substrate, none of the isolated strains were able to use it.
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Ferrari VB, Cesar A, Cayô R, Choueri RB, Okamoto DN, Freitas JG, Favero M, Gales AC, Niero CV, Saia FT, de Vasconcellos SP. Hexadecane biodegradation of high efficiency by bacterial isolates from Santos Basin sediments. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2019; 142:309-314. [PMID: 31232308 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of the study was the investigation of bacterial diversity from sediments collected at Santos Estuarine System, regarding to their abilities for hexadecane biotransformation. Hexadecane is a medium-chain linear alkane, considered as a model molecule for hydrocarbon biodegradation studies. It is a component from aliphatic fraction of crude petroleum, commonly related to environmental contamination by diesel oil. Santos Basin is an area with historical petroleum contamination. In the present work, sediment samples from this area were inoculated in artificial seawater (ASW), containing hexadecane as carbon source. Six bacterial isolates were selected as resistant to hexadecane. Chromatographic results showed biodegradation indexes above 97%. After 48 h of culture, five of them could degrade >80% of the initial hexadecane added. These isolates were characterized by 16S rDNA gene sequencing analysis. The following species were found: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus luteus, Nitratireductor aquimarinus, and Bacillus pumilus.
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- Vitor B Ferrari
- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP 09913-030, Brazil
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- Institute of the Sea, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Santos, SP 11015-020, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), ALERTA Laboratory, Department of Medicine, São Paulo Medicine School - EPM, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 781, São Paulo, SP 04039-032, Brazil
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- Institute of the Sea, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Santos, SP 11015-020, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP 09913-030, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP 09913-030, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP 09913-030, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), ALERTA Laboratory, Department of Medicine, São Paulo Medicine School - EPM, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 781, São Paulo, SP 04039-032, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP 09913-030, Brazil
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- Institute of the Sea, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Santos, SP 11015-020, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP 09913-030, Brazil,.
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Kuyukina MS, Ivshina IB. Production of Trehalolipid Biosurfactants by Rhodococcus. BIOLOGY OF RHODOCOCCUS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11461-9_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Comparison of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Degradation by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/app8122551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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: The aim of this work was to develop bacterial communities to effectively degrade petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs). We investigated the biotic and abiotic contributors to differences in PHs degradation efficacy between two bacterial strains, Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa), screened out from the activated sludge of a petroleum refinery. We characterized the temporal variations in degradation efficacy for diesel and its five major constituents as a sole carbon source and identified more constituents they degraded. The growth characteristics, surface tension, hydrophobicity and emulsifiability of these two strains were measured. We further estimated the relationships between their degradation efficacy and all the biotic and abiotic factors. Results showed that the Pa strain had higher diesel degradation efficacy (58% on Day 14) and utilized more diesel constituents (86%) compared to Kp. Additionally, the growth of the Pa strain in diesel medium was faster than that of the Kp strain. The Pa strain had a lower surface tension and higher hydrophobicity and emulsifiability than Kp, while the surfactant produced by Pa was identified as rhamnolipids. Degradation of PHs was positively related to bacterial growth, hydrophobicity and emulsification but negatively related to surface tension. Overall, differences in degrading capacity for diesel constituents, relative growth rate, and biosurfactant production contributed to the variation in the PHs degradation efficacy of these two bacterial strains.
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Ní Chadhain SM, Miller JL, Dustin JP, Trethewey JP, Jones SH, Launen LA. An assessment of the microbial community in an urban fringing tidal marsh with an emphasis on petroleum hydrocarbon degradative genes. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 136:351-364. [PMID: 30509817 PMCID: PMC6281173 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Small fringing marshes are ecologically important habitats often impacted by petroleum. We characterized the phylogenetic structure (16S rRNA) and petroleum hydrocarbon degrading alkane hydroxylase genes (alkB and CYP 153A1) in a sediment microbial community from a New Hampshire fringing marsh, using alkane-exposed dilution cultures to enrich for petroleum degrading bacteria. 16S rRNA and alkB analysis demonstrated that the initial sediment community was dominated by Betaproteobacteria (mainly Comamonadaceae) and Gammaproteobacteria (mainly Pseudomonas), while CYP 153A1 sequences predominantly matched Rhizobiales. 24 h of exposure to n-hexane, gasoline, dodecane, or dilution culture alone reduced functional and phylogenetic diversity, enriching for Gammaproteobacteria, especially Pseudomonas. Gammaproteobacteria continued to dominate for 10 days in the n-hexane and no alkane exposed samples, while dodecane and gasoline exposure selected for gram-positive bacteria. The data demonstrate that small fringing marshes in New England harbor petroleum-degrading bacteria, suggesting that petroleum degradation may be an important fringing marsh ecosystem function.
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- Sinéad M Ní Chadhain
- Department of Biology, LSCB 217, University of South Alabama, 5871 USA Drive N., Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, 285 Rudman Hall, 46 College Rd., Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA.
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Godfrin MP, Sihlabela M, Bose A, Tripathi A. Behavior of Marine Bacteria in Clean Environment and Oil Spill Conditions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:9047-9053. [PMID: 29974750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Alcanivorax borkumensis is a bacterial community that dominates hydrocarbon-degrading communities around many oil spills. The physicochemical conditions that prompt bacterial binding to oil/water interfaces are not well understood. To provide key insights into this process, A. borkumensis cells were cultured either in a clean environment condition (dissolved organic carbon) or in an oil spill condition (hexadecane as the sole energy source). The ability of these bacteria to bind to the oil/water interface was monitored through interfacial tension measurements, bacterial cell hydrophobicity, and fluorescence microscopy. Our experiments show that A. borkumensis cells cultured in clean environment conditions remain hydrophilic and do not show significant transport or binding to the oil/water interface. In sharp contrast, bacteria cultured in oil spill conditions become partially hydrophobic and their amphiphilicity drives them to oil/water interfaces, where they reduce interfacial tension and form the early stages of a biofilm. We show that it is A. borkumensis cells that attach to the oil/water interface and not a synthesized biosurfactant that is released into solution that reduces interfacial tension. This study provides key insights into the physicochemical properties that allow A. borkumensis to adhere to oil/water interfaces.
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- Michael P Godfrin
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering , Brown University , Providence 02912 , Rhode Island , United States
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering , Brown University , Providence 02912 , Rhode Island , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Rhode Island , Kingston 02881 , Rhode Island , United States
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering , Brown University , Providence 02912 , Rhode Island , United States
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Rizzo C, Rappazzo AC, Michaud L, De Domenico E, Rochera C, Camacho A, Lo Giudice A. Efficiency in hydrocarbon degradation and biosurfactant production by Joostella sp. A8 when grown in pure culture and consortia. J Environ Sci (China) 2018; 67:115-126. [PMID: 29778143 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Joostella strains are emerging candidates for biosurfactant production. Here such ability was analyzed for Joostella strain A8 in comparison with Alcanivorax strain A53 and Pseudomonas strain A6, all previously isolated from hydrocarbon enrichment cultures made of polychaete homogenates. In pure cultures Joostella sp. A8 showed the highest stable emulsion percentage (78.33%), hydrophobicity rate (62.67%), and an optimal surface tension reduction during growth in mineral medium supplemented with diesel oil (reduction of about 12mN/m), thus proving to be highly competitive with Alcanivorax and Pseudomonas strains. During growth in pure culture different level of biodegradation were detected for Alcanivorax strain A53 (52.7%), Pseudomonas strain A6 (38.2%) and Joostella strain A8 (26.8%). When growing in consortia, isolates achieved similar abundance values, with the best efficiency that was observed for the Joostella-Pseudomonas co-culture. Gas-chromatographic analysis revealed an increase in the biodegradation efficiency in co-cultures (about 90%), suggesting that the contemporary action of different bacterial species could improve the process. Results were useful to compare the efficiencies of well-known biosurfactant producers (i.e. Pseudomonas and Alcanivorax representatives) with a still unknown biosurfactant producer, i.e. Joostella, and to confirm them as optimal biosurfactant-producing candidates.
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- Carmen Rizzo
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm), University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontrès 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- Institute for the Coastal Marine Environment, National Research Council (IAMC-CNR), Spianata San Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm), University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontrès 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm), University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontrès 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Carrer del Catedrátic José Beltrán Martinez 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain; Regional Centre for Water Studies (CREA), University of Castilla-La Mancha, C/ Altagracia 50, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Carrer del Catedrátic José Beltrán Martinez 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm), University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontrès 31, 98166 Messina, Italy; Institute for the Coastal Marine Environment, National Research Council (IAMC-CNR), Spianata San Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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Rodrigues EM, Morais DK, Pylro VS, Redmile-Gordon M, de Oliveira JA, Roesch LFW, Cesar DE, Tótola MR. Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Enhances Phenanthrene Degradation by Autochthonous Prokaryotic Communities from a Pristine Seawater. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2018; 75:688-700. [PMID: 28971238 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-1078-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The microbial diversity and functioning around oceanic islands is poorly described, despite its importance for ecosystem homeostasis. Here, we aimed to verify the occurrence of microbe-driven phenanthrene co-oxidation in the seawater surrounding the Trindade Island (Brazil). We also used Next-Generation Sequencing to evaluate the effects of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on these microbial community assemblies. Microcosms containing seawater from the island enriched with either labelled (9-14C) or non-labelled phenanthrene together with hexadecane, weathered oil, fluoranthene or pyrene, and combinations of these compounds were incubated. Biodegradation of phenanthrene-9-14C was negatively affected in the presence of weathered oil and PAHs but increased in the presence of hexadecane. PAH contamination caused shifts in the seawater microbial community-from a highly diverse one dominated by Alphaproteobacteria to less diverse communities dominated by Gammaproteobacteria. Furthermore, the combination of PAHs exerted a compounded negative influence on the microbial community, reducing its diversity and thus functional capacity of the ecosystem. These results advance our understanding of bacterial community dynamics in response to contrasting qualities of hydrocarbon contamination. This understanding is fundamental in the application and monitoring of bioremediation strategies if accidents involving oil spillages occur near Trindade Island and similar ecosystems.
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- Edmo Montes Rodrigues
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade para o Meio Ambiente, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Institute of Sciences (CAS), Prague, Czech Republic
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- Soil Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Soil Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Laboratório de Biofísica Ambiental, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro para Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Biotecnologia, CIP-Biotec, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Biologia Molecular de Microrganismos, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade para o Meio Ambiente, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Demonstration of bioprocess factors optimization for enhanced mono-rhamnolipid production by a marine Pseudomonas guguanensis. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 108:531-540. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.10.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 10/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rahsepar S, Langenhoff AAM, Smit MPJ, van Eenennaam JS, Murk AJ, Rijnaarts HHM. Oil biodegradation: Interactions of artificial marine snow, clay particles, oil and Corexit. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2017; 125:186-191. [PMID: 28821355 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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During the Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill, interactions between oil, clay particles and marine snow lead to the formation of aggregates. Interactions between these components play an important, but yet not well understood, role in biodegradation of oil in the ocean water. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of these interactions on biodegradation of oil in the water. Laboratory experiments were performed, analyzing respiration and n-alkane and BTEX biodegradation in multiple conditions containing Corexit, alginate particles as marine snow, and kaolin clay. Two oil degrading bacterial pure cultures were added, Pseudomonas putida F1 and Rhodococcus qingshengii TUHH-12. Results show that the presence of alginate particles enhances oil biodegradation. The presence of Corexit alone or in combination with alginate particles and/or kaolin clay, hampers oil biodegradation. Kaolin clay and Corexit have a synergistic effect in increasing BTEX concentrations in the water and cause delay in oil biodegradation.
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- Shokouh Rahsepar
- Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Eurofins Analytico, P.O. Box 459, 3770 AL Barneveld, The Netherlands
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- Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Marine Animal Ecology Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Fulekar MH. Microbial degradation of petrochemical waste-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2017; 4:28. [PMID: 28725525 PMCID: PMC5493705 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-017-0158-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Petrochemical industry is one of the fastest growing industries. This industry has immense importance in the growth of economy and manufacture of large varieties of chemicals. The petrochemical industry is a hazardous group of industry generating hazardous waste containing organic and inorganic compounds. In spite of the present treatment process, the hazardous waste compounds are found untreated to the acceptable level and found discharged at soil–water environment resulting into the persistent organic–inorganic pollutant into the environment. The bioremediation will be the innovative techniques to remove the persistent pollutants in the environment. Result Petrochemical contaminated site was found to be a rich source of microbial consortium degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Indigenous microbial consortiums were identified and used for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene and anthracene) at the concentrations of 250, 500, and 750 ppm. The potential microorganism was also identified for naphthalene and anthracene, and their bioremediation was studied at varying concentrations. The bioremediation with consortium was found to be comparatively more effective than the potential microorganism used for bioremediation of each compound. Pseudomonas aeruginosa a potential organism was identified by 16S rRNA and further studied for the gene responsible for the PAH compounds. Conclusion Indigenous microorganism as a consortium has been found effective and efficient source for remediation of organic compound—Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and this will also be applicable to remediate the toxic compounds to clean up the environment.
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- M H Fulekar
- School of Environment and Sustainable Development, Central University of Gujarat, Sector 30, Gandhinagar, 382030 India.,Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai, 400098 India
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Branchu P, Canette A, Medina Fernandez S, Mounier J, Meylheuc T, Briandet R, Grimaud R, Naïtali M. Impact of temperature on Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus SP17 morphology and biofilm structure during growth on alkanes. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 163:669-677. [PMID: 28535844 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Alkanes are widespread pollutants found in soil, freshwater and marine environments. Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus (Mh) strain SP17 is a marine bacterium able to use many hydrophobic organic compounds, including alkanes, through the production of biofilms that allow their poor solubility to be overcome. This study pointed out that temperature is an environmental factor that strongly affects the biofilm formation and morphology of Mh on the model alkanes, hexadecane and paraffin. We showed that Mh biofilm formation and accumulation of intracytoplasmic inclusions are higher on solid alkanes (hexadecane at 10 °C and paraffin at 10 °C and 30 °C) than on liquid alkane (hexadecane at 30 °C) or soluble substrate (lactate at both temperatures). We also found that Mh produces more extracellular polymeric substances at 30 °C than at 10 °C on alkanes and none on lactate. We observed that bacterial length is significantly higher at 10 °C than at 30 °C on lactate and hexadecane. On paraffin, at 30 °C, the cell morphology is markedly altered by large rounded or irregularly shaped cytoplasmic inclusions. Altogether, the results showed that Mh is able to adapt and use alkanes as a carbon source, even at low temperature.
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- Priscilla Branchu
- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.,Present address: IRSD, Université de Toulouse, INSERM, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, 64000, Pau, France
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- CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, 64000, Pau, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, 64000, Pau, France
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- Micalis Institute, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Gkorezis P, Daghio M, Franzetti A, Van Hamme JD, Sillen W, Vangronsveld J. The Interaction between Plants and Bacteria in the Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: An Environmental Perspective. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1836. [PMID: 27917161 PMCID: PMC5116465 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Widespread pollution of terrestrial ecosystems with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) has generated a need for remediation and, given that many PHCs are biodegradable, bio- and phyto-remediation are often viable approaches for active and passive remediation. This review focuses on phytoremediation with particular interest on the interactions between and use of plant-associated bacteria to restore PHC polluted sites. Plant-associated bacteria include endophytic, phyllospheric, and rhizospheric bacteria, and cooperation between these bacteria and their host plants allows for greater plant survivability and treatment outcomes in contaminated sites. Bacterially driven PHC bioremediation is attributed to the presence of diverse suites of metabolic genes for aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, along with a broader suite of physiological properties including biosurfactant production, biofilm formation, chemotaxis to hydrocarbons, and flexibility in cell-surface hydrophobicity. In soils impacted by PHC contamination, microbial bioremediation generally relies on the addition of high-energy electron acceptors (e.g., oxygen) and fertilization to supply limiting nutrients (e.g., nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium) in the face of excess PHC carbon. As an alternative, the addition of plants can greatly improve bioremediation rates and outcomes as plants provide microbial habitats, improve soil porosity (thereby increasing mass transfer of substrates and electron acceptors), and exchange limiting nutrients with their microbial counterparts. In return, plant-associated microorganisms improve plant growth by reducing soil toxicity through contaminant removal, producing plant growth promoting metabolites, liberating sequestered plant nutrients from soil, fixing nitrogen, and more generally establishing the foundations of soil nutrient cycling. In a practical and applied sense, the collective action of plants and their associated microorganisms is advantageous for remediation of PHC contaminated soil in terms of overall cost and success rates for in situ implementation in a diversity of environments. Mechanistically, there remain biological unknowns that present challenges for applying bio- and phyto-remediation technologies without having a deep prior understanding of individual target sites. In this review, evidence from traditional and modern omics technologies is discussed to provide a framework for plant-microbe interactions during PHC remediation. The potential for integrating multiple molecular and computational techniques to evaluate linkages between microbial communities, plant communities and ecosystem processes is explored with an eye on improving phytoremediation of PHC contaminated sites.
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- Panagiotis Gkorezis
- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt UniversityDiepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-BicoccaMilano, Italy
- Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, KamloopsBC, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-BicoccaMilano, Italy
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt UniversityDiepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt UniversityDiepenbeek, Belgium
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Sphingobium hydrophobicum sp. nov., a hydrophobic bacterium isolated from electronic-waste-contaminated sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3912-3916. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mikolasch A, Reinhard A, Alimbetova A, Omirbekova A, Pasler L, Schumann P, Kabisch J, Mukasheva T, Schauer F. From oil spills to barley growth - oil-degrading soil bacteria and their promoting effects. J Basic Microbiol 2016; 56:1252-1273. [PMID: 27624187 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201600300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Heavy contamination of soils by crude oil is omnipresent in areas of oil recovery and exploitation. Bioremediation by indigenous plants in cooperation with hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms is an economically and ecologically feasible means to reclaim contaminated soils. To study the effects of indigenous soil bacteria capable of utilizing oil hydrocarbons on biomass production of plants growing in oil-contaminated soils eight bacterial strains were isolated from contaminated soils in Kazakhstan and characterized for their abilities to degrade oil components. Four of them, identified as species of Gordonia and Rhodococcus turned out to be effective degraders. They produced a variety of organic acids from oil components, of which 59 were identified and 7 of them are hitherto unknown acidic oil metabolites. One of them, Rhodococcus erythropolis SBUG 2054, utilized more than 140 oil components. Inoculating barley seeds together with different combinations of these bacterial strains restored normal growth of the plants on contaminated soils, demonstrating the power of this approach for bioremediation. Furthermore, we suggest that the plant promoting effect of these bacteria is not only due to the elimination of toxic oil hydrocarbons but possibly also to the accumulation of a variety of organic acids which modulate the barley's rhizosphere environment.
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- Annett Mikolasch
- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Ivanova AE, Sokolova DS, Kanat’eva AY. Hydrocarbon biodegradation and surfactant production by acidophilic mycobacteria. Microbiology (Reading) 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s002626171603005x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Liang Y, Zhao H, Deng Y, Zhou J, Li G, Sun B. Long-Term Oil Contamination Alters the Molecular Ecological Networks of Soil Microbial Functional Genes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:60. [PMID: 26870020 PMCID: PMC4737900 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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With knowledge on microbial composition and diversity, investigation of within-community interactions is a further step to elucidate microbial ecological functions, such as the biodegradation of hazardous contaminants. In this work, microbial functional molecular ecological networks were studied in both contaminated and uncontaminated soils to determine the possible influences of oil contamination on microbial interactions and potential functions. Soil samples were obtained from an oil-exploring site located in South China, and the microbial functional genes were analyzed with GeoChip, a high-throughput functional microarray. By building random networks based on null model, we demonstrated that overall network structures and properties were significantly different between contaminated and uncontaminated soils (P < 0.001). Network connectivity, module numbers, and modularity were all reduced with contamination. Moreover, the topological roles of the genes (module hub and connectors) were altered with oil contamination. Subnetworks of genes involved in alkane and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation were also constructed. Negative co-occurrence patterns prevailed among functional genes, thereby indicating probable competition relationships. The potential "keystone" genes, defined as either "hubs" or genes with highest connectivities in the network, were further identified. The network constructed in this study predicted the potential effects of anthropogenic contamination on microbial community co-occurrence interactions.
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- Yuting Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, NormanOK, USA
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing, China
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Akanuma G, Yoshizawa R, Nagakura M, Shiwa Y, Watanabe S, Yoshikawa H, Ushio K, Ishizuka M. EliA is required for inducing the stearyl alcohol-mediated expression of secretory proteins and production of polyester in Ralstonia sp. NT80. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2015; 162:408-419. [PMID: 26673629 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Addition of stearyl alcohol to the culture medium of Ralstonia sp. NT80 induced expression of a significant amount of secretory lipase. Comparative proteomic analysis of extracellular proteins from NT80 cells grown in the presence or absence of stearyl alcohol revealed that stearyl alcohol induced expression of several secretory proteins including lipase, haemolysin-coregulated protein and nucleoside diphosphate kinase. Expression of these secreted proteins was upregulated at the transcriptional level. Stearyl alcohol also induced the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate. Secretory protein EliA was required for all these responses of NT80 cells to stearyl alcohol. Accordingly, the effects of stearyl alcohol were significantly reduced in the eliA deletion mutant cells of NT80 (ΔeliA). The remaining concentration of stearyl alcohol in the culture supernatant of the wild-type cells, but not that in the culture supernatant of the ΔeliA cells, clearly decreased during the course of growth. These observed phenotypes of the ΔeliA mutant were rescued by gene complementation. The results suggested that EliA is essential for these cells to respond to stearyl alcohol, and that it plays an important role in the recognition and assimilation of stearyl alcohol by NT80 cells.
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- Genki Akanuma
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Research Center for Life Science, College of Science, Rikkyo University, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Genome Research Center, NODAI Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Genome Research Center, NODAI Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Niihama National College of Technology, Niihama, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Bacterial Diversity and Bioremediation Potential of the Highly Contaminated Marine Sediments at El-Max District (Egypt, Mediterranean Sea). BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:981829. [PMID: 26273661 PMCID: PMC4530241 DOI: 10.1155/2015/981829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 02/01/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Coastal environments worldwide are threatened by the effects of pollution, a risk particularly high in semienclosed basins like the Mediterranean Sea that is poorly studied from bioremediation potential perspective especially in the Southern coast. Here, we investigated the physical, chemical, and microbiological features of hydrocarbon and heavy metals contaminated sediments collected at El-Max bay (Egypt). Molecular and statistical approaches assessing the structure of the sediment-dwelling bacterial communities showed correlations between the composition of bacterial assemblages and the associated environmental parameters. Fifty strains were isolated on mineral media supplemented by 1% crude oil and identified as a diverse range of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria involved in different successional stages of biodegradation. We screened the collection for biotechnological potential studying biosurfactant production, biofilm formation, and the capability to utilize different hydrocarbons. Some strains were able to grow on multiple hydrocarbons as unique carbon source and presented biosurfactant-like activities and/or capacity to form biofilm and owned genes involved in different detoxification/degradation processes. El-Max sediments represent a promising reservoir of novel bacterial strains adapted to high hydrocarbon contamination loads. The potential of the strains for exploitation for in situ intervention to combat pollution in coastal areas is discussed.
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Imaging Bacterial Cells and Biofilms Adhering to Hydrophobic Organic Compound–Water Interfaces. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/8623_2015_80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Pizarro-Tobías P, Niqui JL, Roca A, Solano J, Fernández M, Bastida F, García C, Ramos JL. Field trial on removal of petroleum-hydrocarbon pollutants using a microbial consortium for bioremediation and rhizoremediation. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2015; 7:85-94. [PMID: 25870876 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Petroleum waste sludges are toxic and dangerous that is why environmental protection agencies have declared their treatment top priority. Physicochemical treatments are expensive and environmentally unfriendly, while alternative biological treatments are less costly but, in general, work at a slower pace. An in situ bioremediation and rhizoremediation field scale trial was performed in an area contaminated with oil refinery sludge under semiarid climate. The bioremediation and rhizoremediation treatments included the use of an artificial consortium made up of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria,and the combined use of the mentioned consortium along with pasture plants respectively. Rhizoremediation revealed that the development of vegetation favoured the evolution of indigenous microbiota with potential to remove petroleum wastes. This was inferred as the decline of total petroleum hydrocarbons 7 months after the biological treatment.
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Bak F, Bonnichsen L, Jørgensen NOG, Nicolaisen MH, Nybroe O. The biosurfactant viscosin transiently stimulates n-hexadecane mineralization by a bacterial consortium. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:1475-83. [PMID: 25216581 PMCID: PMC4306737 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6054-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Pseudomonas produces powerful lipopeptide biosurfactants including viscosin, massetolide A, putisolvin, and amphisin, but their ability to stimulate alkane mineralization and their utility for bioremediation have received limited attention. The four Pseudomonas lipopeptides yielded emulsification indices on hexadecane of 20–31 % at 90 mg/l, which is comparable to values for the synthetic surfactant Tween 80. Viscosin was the optimal emulsifier and significantly stimulated n-hexadecane mineralization by diesel-degrading bacterial consortia but exclusively during the first 2 days of batch culture experiments. Growth of the consortia, as determined by OD600 measurements and quantification of the alkB marker gene for alkane degradation, was arrested after the first day of the experiment. In contrast, the control consortia continued to grow and reached higher OD600 values and higher alkB copy numbers during the next days. Due to the short-lived stimulation of n-hexadecane mineralization, the stability of viscosin was analyzed, and it was observed that added viscosin was degraded by the bacterial consortium during the first 2 days. Hence, viscosin has a potential as stimulator of alkane degradation, but its utility in bioremediation may be limited by its rapid degradation and growth-inhibiting properties.
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- Frederik Bak
- Section of Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hua F, Wang HQ. Uptake and trans-membrane transport of petroleum hydrocarbons by microorganisms. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014; 28:165-175. [PMID: 26740752 PMCID: PMC4684044 DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2014.906136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Petroleum-based products are a primary energy source in the industry and daily life. During the exploration, processing, transport and storage of petroleum and petroleum products, water or soil pollution occurs regularly. Biodegradation of the hydrocarbon pollutants by indigenous microorganisms is one of the primary mechanisms of removal of petroleum compounds from the environment. However, the physical contact between microorganisms and hydrophobic hydrocarbons limits the biodegradation rate. This paper presents an updated review of the petroleum hydrocarbon uptake and transport across the outer membrane of microorganisms with the help of outer membrane proteins.
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- Fei Hua
- Institute of Water Ecology and Environment, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , P.R. China
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- Institute of Water Ecology and Environment, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , P.R. China
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Hua F, Wang HQ, Zhao YC. Factors influencing the trans-membrane transport of n-octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014; 28:463-470. [PMID: 26740764 PMCID: PMC4684049 DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2014.923601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In soil bioremediation techniques, the trans-membrane transport of hydrocarbons across the cell membrane is a new and complex point of understanding the process of hydrocarbons biodegradation. In this study, the effect of different environmental factors, including substrate concentration, bacterial inoculums, pH, salinity, substrate analogues and nutrients, on the transport of [14C]n-octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17 was investigated. The results showed that cellular [14C]n-octadecane levels increased along with the increase in the substrate concentration. However, the trans-membrane transport of [14C]n-octadecane was a saturable process in the case of equal amounts of inoculum (biomass). The highest concentration of accumulated [14C]n-octadecane was 0.51 μmol mg−1 ± 0.028 μmol mg−1 after incubation for 20 min. Meanwhile, the cellular n-octadecane concentration decreased along with the biomass increase, and reached a stable level. Acidic/alkaline conditions, high salinity, and supplement of substrate analogues could inhibit the transport of [14C]n-octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17, whereas nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency did not influence this transport. The results suggested that trans-membrane transport of octadecane depends on both the substrate concentration and the microorganism biomass, and extreme environmental conditions could influence the biodegradation ability of microorganisms through inhibiting the transport of extracellular octadecane.
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- Fei Hua
- Department of Water Ecology and Environment, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , China
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- Department of Water Ecology and Environment, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , China
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- Department of Water Ecology and Environment, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , China
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Trans-membrane transport of n-octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17. J Microbiol 2013; 51:791-9. [PMID: 24385357 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-013-3259-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The trans-membrane transport of hydrocarbons is an important and complex aspect of the process of biodegradation of hydrocarbons by microorganisms. The mechanism of transport of (14)C n-octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17, an alkane-degrading bacterium, was studied by the addition of ATP inhibitors and different substrate concentrations. When the concentration of n-octadecane was higher than 4.54 μmol/L, the transport of (14)C n-octadecane was driven by a facilitated passive mechanism following the intra/extra substrate concentration gradient. However, when the cells were grown with a low concentration of the substrate, the cellular accumulation of n-octadecane, an energy-dependent process, was dramatically decreased by the presence of ATP inhibitors, and n-octadecane accumulation continually increased against its concentration gradient. Furthermore, the presence of non-labeled alkanes blocked (14)C n-octadecane transport only in the induced cells, and the trans-membrane transport of n-octadecane was specific with an apparent dissociation constant K t of 11.27 μmol/L and V max of 0.96 μmol/min/mg protein. The results indicated that the trans-membrane transport of n-octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17 was related to the substrate concentration and ATP.
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Characterisation, surface properties and biological activity of a biosurfactant produced from industrial waste by Candida sphaerica UCP0995 for application in the petroleum industry. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2013; 102:202-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Akanuma G, Ishibashi H, Miyagawa T, Yoshizawa R, Watanabe S, Shiwa Y, Yoshikawa H, Ushio K, Ishizuka M. EliA facilitates the induction of lipase expression by stearyl alcohol in Ralstonia sp. NT80. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 339:48-56. [PMID: 23173706 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Extracellular lipase activity from Ralstonia sp. NT80 is induced significantly by fatty alcohols such as stearyl alcohol. We found that when lipase expression was induced by stearyl alcohol, a 14-kDa protein (designated EliA) was produced concomitantly and abundantly in the culture supernatant. Cloning and sequence analysis revealed that EliA shared 30% identity with the protein-like activator protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which facilitates oxidation and assimilation of n-hexadecane. Inactivation of the eliA gene caused a significant reduction in the level of induction of lipase expression by stearyl alcohol. Furthermore, turbidity that was caused by the presence of emulsified stearyl alcohol, an insoluble material, remained in the culture supernatant of the ΔeliA mutant during the late stationary phase, whereas the culture supernatant of the wild type at 72 h was comparatively clear. In contrast, when lipase expression was induced by polyoxyethylene (20) oleyl ether, a soluble material, inactivation of eliA did not affect the extracellular lipase activity greatly. These results strongly indicate that EliA facilitates the induction of lipase expression, presumably by promoting the recognition and/or incorporation of the induction signal that is attributed to stearyl alcohol.
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- Genki Akanuma
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Chikere CB, Surridge K, Okpokwasili GC, Cloete TE. Dynamics of indigenous bacterial communities associated with crude oil degradation in soil microcosms during nutrient-enhanced bioremediation. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2012; 30:225-36. [PMID: 21824988 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x11410114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Bacterial population dynamics were examined during bioremediation of an African soil contaminated with Arabian light crude oil and nutrient enrichment (biostimulation). Polymerase chain reaction followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) were used to generate bacterial community fingerprints of the different treatments employing the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene as molecular marker. The DGGE patterns of the nutrient-amended soils indicated the presence of distinguishable bands corresponding to the oil-contaminated-nutrient-enriched soils, which were not present in the oil-contaminated and pristine control soils. Further characterization of the dominant DGGE bands after excision, reamplification and sequencing revealed that Corynebacterium spp., Dietzia spp., Rhodococcus erythropolis sp., Nocardioides sp., Low G+C (guanine plus cytosine) Gram positive bacterial clones and several uncultured bacterial clones were the dominant bacterial groups after biostimulation. Prominent Corynebacterium sp. IC10 sequence was detected across all nutrient-amended soils but not in oil-contaminated control soil. Total heterotrophic and hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial counts increased significantly in the nutrient-amended soils 2 weeks post contamination whereas oil-contaminated and pristine control soils remained fairly stable throughout the experimental period. Gas chromatographic analysis of residual hydrocarbons in biostimulated soils showed marked attenuation of contaminants starting from the second to the sixth week after contamination whereas no significant reduction in hydrocarbon peaks were seen in the oil-contaminated control soil throughout the 6-week experimental period. Results obtained indicated that nutrient amendment of oil-contaminated soil selected and enriched the bacterial communities mainly of the Actinobacteria phylogenetic group capable of surviving in toxic contamination with concomitant biodegradation of the hydrocarbons. The present study therefore demonstrated that the soil investigated harbours hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial populations which can be biostimulated to achieve effective bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil.
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- Chioma B Chikere
- Department of Microbiology, University of Port-Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Chrzanowski Ł, Ławniczak Ł, Czaczyk K. Why do microorganisms produce rhamnolipids? World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 28:401-19. [PMID: 22347773 PMCID: PMC3270259 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0854-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We review the environmental role of rhamnolipids in terms of microbial life and activity. A large number of previous research supports the idea that these glycolipids mediate the uptake of hydrophobic substrates by bacterial cells. This feature might be of highest priority for bioremediation of spilled hydrocarbons. However, current evidence confirms that rhamnolipids primarily play a role in surface-associated modes of bacterial motility and are involved in biofilm development. This might be an explanation why no direct pattern of hydrocarbon degradation was often observed after rhamnolipids supplementation. This review gives insight into the current state of knowledge on how rhamnolipids operate in the microbial world.
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- Łukasz Chrzanowski
- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Pl. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
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Hua F, Wang H. Uptake modes of octadecane by Pseudomonas sp. DG17 and synthesis of biosurfactant. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 112:25-37. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abbasnezhad H, Gray M, Foght JM. Influence of adhesion on aerobic biodegradation and bioremediation of liquid hydrocarbons. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:653-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3589-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 08/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Chikere CB, Okpokwasili GC, Chikere BO. Monitoring of microbial hydrocarbon remediation in the soil. 3 Biotech 2011; 1:117-138. [PMID: 22611524 PMCID: PMC3339601 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-011-0014-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bioremediation of hydrocarbon pollutants is advantageous owing to the cost-effectiveness of the technology and the ubiquity of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms in the soil. Soil microbial diversity is affected by hydrocarbon perturbation, thus selective enrichment of hydrocarbon utilizers occurs. Hydrocarbons interact with the soil matrix and soil microorganisms determining the fate of the contaminants relative to their chemical nature and microbial degradative capabilities, respectively. Provided the polluted soil has requisite values for environmental factors that influence microbial activities and there are no inhibitors of microbial metabolism, there is a good chance that there will be a viable and active population of hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganisms in the soil. Microbial methods for monitoring bioremediation of hydrocarbons include chemical, biochemical and microbiological molecular indices that measure rates of microbial activities to show that in the end the target goal of pollutant reduction to a safe and permissible level has been achieved. Enumeration and characterization of hydrocarbon degraders, use of micro titer plate-based most probable number technique, community level physiological profiling, phospholipid fatty acid analysis, 16S rRNA- and other nucleic acid-based molecular fingerprinting techniques, metagenomics, microarray analysis, respirometry and gas chromatography are some of the methods employed in bio-monitoring of hydrocarbon remediation as presented in this review.
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Kuyukina MS, Ivshina IB, Rubtsova EV, Ivanov RV, Lozinsky VI. Adsorptive immobilization of rhodococcal cells in hydrophobized derivatives of wide-pore poly(acrylamide) cryogel. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683811020104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rhodococcus erythropolis strain NTU-1 efficiently degrades and traps diesel and crude oil in batch and fed-batch bioreactors. Process Biochem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fernández-Luqueño F, Valenzuela-Encinas C, Marsch R, Martínez-Suárez C, Vázquez-Núñez E, Dendooven L. Microbial communities to mitigate contamination of PAHs in soil--possibilities and challenges: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2011; 18:12-30. [PMID: 20623198 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0371-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE Although highly diverse and specialized prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities in soil degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), most of these are removed slowly. This review will discuss the biotechnological possibilities to increase the microbial dissipation of PAHs from soil as well as the main biological and biotechnological challenges. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Microorganism provides effective and economically feasible solutions for soil cleanup and restoration. However, when the PAHs contamination is greater than the microbial ability to dissipate them, then applying genetically modified microorganisms might help to remove the contaminant. Nevertheless, it is necessary to have a more holistic review of the different individual reactions that are simultaneously taking place in a microbial cell and of the interactions microorganism-microorganism, microorganism-plant, microorganism-soil, and microorganisms-PAHs. PERSPECTIVES Elucidating the function of genes from the PAHs-polluted soil and the study in pure cultures of isolated PAHs-degrading organisms as well as the generation of microorganisms in the laboratory that will accelerate the dissipation of PAHs and their safe application in situ have not been studied extensively. There is a latent environmental risk when genetically engineered microorganisms are used to remedy PAHs-contaminated soil.
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- F Fernández-Luqueño
- Renewable Energy Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica de Tulancingo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo 43642, México.
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Involvement of an alkane hydroxylase system of Gordonia sp. strain SoCg in degradation of solid n-alkanes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 77:1204-13. [PMID: 21183636 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02180-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enzymes involved in oxidation of long-chain n-alkanes are still not well known, especially those in gram-positive bacteria. This work describes the alkane degradation system of the n-alkane degrader actinobacterium Gordonia sp. strain SoCg, which is able to grow on n-alkanes from dodecane (C(12)) to hexatriacontane (C(36)) as the sole C source. SoCg harbors in its chromosome a single alk locus carrying six open reading frames (ORFs), which shows 78 to 79% identity with the alkane hydroxylase (AH)-encoding systems of other alkane-degrading actinobacteria. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR showed that the genes encoding AlkB (alkane 1-monooxygenase), RubA3 (rubredoxin), RubA4 (rubredoxin), and RubB (rubredoxin reductase) were induced by both n-hexadecane and n-triacontane, which were chosen as representative long-chain liquid and solid n-alkane molecules, respectively. Biotransformation of n-hexadecane into the corresponding 1-hexadecanol was detected by solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME/GC-MS) analysis. The Gordonia SoCg alkB was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 and in Streptomyces coelicolor M145, and both hosts acquired the ability to transform n-hexadecane into 1-hexadecanol, but the corresponding long-chain alcohol was never detected on n-triacontane. However, the recombinant S. coelicolor M145-AH, expressing the Gordonia alkB gene, was able to grow on n-triacontane as the sole C source. A SoCg alkB disruption mutant that is completely unable to grow on n-triacontane was obtained, demonstrating the role of an AlkB-type AH system in degradation of solid n-alkanes.
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Partovinia A, Naeimpoor F, Hejazi P. Carbon content reduction in a model reluctant clayey soil: slurry phase n-hexadecane bioremediation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2010; 181:133-139. [PMID: 20570040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Clayey soils contaminated with organic pollutants are nowadays one of the important environmental issues as they are highly reluctant to conventional bioremediation techniques. In this study, biodegradability of n-hexadecane as a model contaminant in oil polluted clayey soil by an indigenous bacterium was investigated. Maximal bacterial growth was achieved at 8% (v/v) n-hexadecane as sole carbon and energy sources in aqueous phase. The predominant n-hexadecane uptake mechanism was identified to be biosurfactant-mediated using bacterial adhesion to hydrocarbon (BATH) test and surface tension measurements. The effect of n-hexadecane concentration, soil to water ratio, inoculum concentration and pH on total organic carbon (TOC) reduction from kaolin soil in slurry phase was investigated at two levels in shake flasks using full factorial experimental design method where 10,000 (mg n-hexadecane)(kg soil)(-1), soil-water ratio of 1:3, 10% (v/w) inoculum and pH of 7 resulted in the highest TOC reduction of 70% within 20 days. Additionally, slurry bioreactor experiments were performed to study the effect of various aeration rates on n-hexadecane biodegradation during 9 days where 2.5 vvm was found as an appropriate aeration rate leading to 54% TOC reduction. Slurry phase bioremediation is shown to be a successful method for remediation of clayey reluctant soils.
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- Ali Partovinia
- Biotechnology Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Viramontes-Ramos S, Cristina Portillo-Ruiz M, Ballinas-Casarrubias MDL, Torres-Muñoz JV, Rivera-Chavira BE, Nevárez-Moorillón GV. Selection of biosurfactan/bioemulsifier-producing bacteria from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Braz J Microbiol 2010; 41:668-75. [PMID: 24031542 PMCID: PMC3768655 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822010000300017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Petroleum-derived hydrocarbons are among the most persistent soil contaminants, and some hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms can produce biosurfactants to increase bioavailability and degradation. The aim of this work was to identify biosurfactant-producing bacterial strains isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated sites, and to evaluate their biosurfactant properties. The drop-collapse method and minimal agar added with a layer of combustoleo were used for screening, and positive strains were grown in liquid medium, and surface tension and emulsification index were determined in cell-free supernantant and cell suspension. A total of 324 bacterial strains were tested, and 17 were positive for the drop-collapse and hydrocarbon-layer agar methods. Most of the strains were Pseudomonas, except for three strains (Acinetobacter, Bacillus, Rhodococcus). Surface tension was similar in cell-free and cell suspension measurements, with values in the range of 58 to 26 (mN/m), and all formed stable emulsions with motor oil (76-93% E24). Considering the variety of molecular structures among microbial biosurfactants, they have different chemical properties that can be exploited commercially, for applications as diverse as bioremediation or degradable detergents.
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- Sabina Viramontes-Ramos
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua , P.O. Box 1542- C Chihuahua, Chih. , Mexico
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Satpute SK, Banpurkar AG, Dhakephalkar PK, Banat IM, Chopade BA. Methods for investigating biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers: a review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2010; 30:127-44. [PMID: 20210700 DOI: 10.3109/07388550903427280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Microorganisms produce biosurfactant (BS)/bioemulsifier (BE) with wide structural and functional diversity which consequently results in the adoption of different techniques to investigate these diverse amphiphilic molecules. This review aims to compile information on different microbial screening methods, surface active products extraction procedures, and analytical terminologies used in this field. Different methods for screening microbial culture broth or cell biomass for surface active compounds production are also presented and their possible advantages and disadvantages highlighted. In addition, the most common methods for purification, detection, and structure determination for a wide range of BS and BE are introduced. Simple techniques such as precipitation using acetone, ammonium sulphate, solvent extraction, ultrafiltration, ion exchange, dialysis, ultrafiltration, lyophilization, isoelectric focusing (IEF), and thin layer chromatography (TLC) are described. Other more elaborate techniques including high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), infra red (IR), gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopy (FAB-MS), protein digestion and amino acid sequencing are also elucidated. Various experimental strategies including static light scattering and hydrodynamic characterization for micelles have been discussed. A combination of various analytical methods are often essential in this area of research and a numbers of trials and errors to isolate, purify and characterize various surface active agents are required. This review introduces the various methodologies that are indispensable for studying biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers.
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- Surekha K Satpute
- Department of Microbiology, University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Hua X, Wu Z, Zhang H, Lu D, Wang M, Liu Y, Liu Z. Degradation of hexadecane by Enterobacter cloacae strain TU that secretes an exopolysaccharide as a bioemulsifier. CHEMOSPHERE 2010; 80:951-956. [PMID: 20537678 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Revised: 05/02/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium, previously shown to utilize alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), was identified as Enterobacter cloacae (GenBank accession number, GQ426323) by 16S rRNA sequence analysis and was designated as strain TU. During growing on n-hexadecane as the sole carbon source, the strain TU extracellularly released an exopolysaccharide (EPS) exhibiting bioemulsifying activity into the surrounding medium. The EPS was found to be composed of glucose and galactose with molecular weight of 12.4+/-0.4 kDa. The structure of the EPS was postulated according to by 1D/2D NMR, as follows: -D-Glcp-(1 --> 3)-alpha-d-GlcpAc-(1 --> 3)-alpha-D-Galp-(1 --> 4)-alpha-D-Galp-(1 -->. While an enhanced emulsification and aqueous partitioning of n-hexadecane was displayed as functions of the EPS concentration, the EPS neutralized the zeta potential of E. cloacae TU cell and elevated the surface hydrophobicity of the cells, as determined by the microorganisms adhering to hydrocarbon assay (MATH). This was found to favor the bioavailability of n-hexadecane when it served as the sole carbon source for E. cloacae TU and thereby contributed to the accelerated degradation of this hydrocarbon.
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- Xiufu Hua
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Yap CL, Gan S, Ng HK. Application of vegetable oils in the treatment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated soils. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2010; 177:28-41. [PMID: 20006435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.11.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Revised: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A brief review is conducted on the application of vegetable oils in the treatment of PAH-contaminated soils. Three main scopes of treatment strategies are discussed in this work including soil washing by oil, integrated oil-biological treatment and integrated oil-non-biological treatment. For each of these, the arguments supporting vegetable oil application, the applied treatment techniques and their efficiencies, associated factors, as well as the feasibility of the techniques are detailed. Additionally, oil regeneration, the environmental impacts of oil residues in soil and comparison with other commonly employed techniques are also discussed.
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- C L Yap
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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Franzetti A, Gandolfi I, Bestetti G, Smyth TJP, Banat IM. Production and applications of trehalose lipid biosurfactants. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200900162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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