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Zhou N, Guo H, Zhang Z, Wang H. The discrepant metabolic pathways of PAHs by facultative anaerobic bacteria under aerobic and nitrate-reducing conditions. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 351:141230. [PMID: 38237784 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141230] [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: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Studies regarding the facultative anaerobic biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were still in the initial stage. In this study, a facultative anaerobe which was identified as Bacillus Firmus and named as PheN7 was firstly isolated from the mixed petroleum-polluted soil samples using phenanthrene and nitrate as the solo carbon resource and electron acceptor under anaerobic condition. The degradation rates of PheN7 towards phenanthrene were detected as 33.17 μM/d, 13.81 μM/d and 7.11 μM/d at the initial phenanthrene concentration of 250.17 μM with oxygen, nitrate and sulfate as the electron acceptor, respectively. The metabolic pathways toward phenanthrene by PheN7 were deduced combining the metagenome analysis of PheN7 and intermediate metabolites of phenanthrene under aerobic and nitrate-reducing conditions. Dioxygenation and carboxylation were inferred as the initial activation reactions of phenanthrene degradation in these two pathways. This study highlighted the significance of facultative anaerobic bacteria in natural PAHs biodegradation, revealing the discrepant metabolic fates of PAHs by one solo bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic environments.
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- Nan Zhou
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Yessentayeva K, Reinhard A, Berzhanova R, Mukasheva T, Urich T, Mikolasch A. Bacterial crude oil and polyaromatic hydrocarbon degraders from Kazakh oil fields as barley growth support. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:189. [PMID: 38305872 PMCID: PMC10837267 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13010-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Bacterial strains of the genera Arthrobacter, Bacillus, Dietzia, Kocuria, and Micrococcus were isolated from oil-contaminated soils of the Balgimbaev, Dossor, and Zaburunye oil fields in Kazakhstan. They were selected from 1376 isolated strains based on their unique ability to use crude oil and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as sole source of carbon and energy in growth experiments. The isolated strains degraded a wide range of aliphatic and aromatic components from crude oil to generate a total of 170 acid metabolites. Eight metabolites were detected during the degradation of anthracene and of phenanthrene, two of which led to the description of a new degradation pathway. The selected bacterial strains Arthrobacter bussei/agilis SBUG 2290, Bacillus atrophaeus SBUG 2291, Bacillus subtilis SBUG 2285, Dietzia kunjamensis SBUG 2289, Kocuria rosea SBUG 2287, Kocuria polaris SBUG 2288, and Micrococcus luteus SBUG 2286 promoted the growth of barley shoots and roots in oil-contaminated soil, demonstrating the enormous potential of isolatable and cultivable soil bacteria in soil remediation. KEY POINTS: • Special powerful bacterial strains as potential crude oil and PAH degraders. • Growth on crude oil or PAHs as sole source of carbon and energy. • Bacterial support of barley growth as resource for soil remediation.
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- Kuralay Yessentayeva
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave 71, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave 71, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave 71, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17487, Greifswald, Germany.
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von Horsten S, Lippert ML, Geisselbrecht Y, Schühle K, Schall I, Essen LO, Heider J. Inactive pseudoenzyme subunits in heterotetrameric BbsCD, a novel short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase involved in anaerobic toluene degradation. FEBS J 2021; 289:1023-1042. [PMID: 34601806 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Anaerobic toluene degradation proceeds by fumarate addition to produce (R)-benzylsuccinate as first intermediate, which is further degraded via β-oxidation by five enzymes encoded in the conserved bbs operon. This study characterizes two enzymes of this pathway, (E)-benzylidenesuccinyl-CoA hydratase (BbsH), and (S,R)-2-(α-hydroxybenzyl)succinyl-CoA dehydrogenase (BbsCD) from Thauera aromatica. BbsH, a member of the enoyl-CoA hydratase family, converts (E)-benzylidenesuccinyl-CoA to 2-(α-hydroxybenzyl)succinyl-CoA and was subsequently used in a coupled enzyme assay with BbsCD, which belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductase (SDR) family. The BbsCD crystal structure shows a C2-symmetric heterotetramer consisting of BbsC2 and BbsD2 dimers. BbsD subunits are catalytically active and capable of binding NAD+ and substrate, whereas BbsC subunits represent built-in pseudoenzyme moieties lacking all motifs of the SDR family required for substrate binding or catalysis. Molecular modeling studies predict that the active site of BbsD is specific for conversion of the (S,R)-diastereomer of 2-(α-hydroxybenzyl)succinyl-CoA to (S)-2-benzoylsuccinyl-CoA by hydride transfer to the re-face of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ . Furthermore, BbsC subunits are not engaged in substrate binding and merely serve as scaffold for the BbsD dimer. BbsCD represents a novel clade of related enzymes within the SDR family, which adopt a heterotetrameric architecture and catalyze the β-oxidation of aromatic succinate adducts.
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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Rajbongshi A, Gogoi SB. A review on anaerobic microorganisms isolated from oil reservoirs. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 37:111. [PMID: 34076736 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03080-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Role of microorganisms in the petroleum industry is wide-ranging. To understand the role of microorganisms in hydrocarbon transformation, identification of such microorganisms is vital, especially the ones capable of in situ degradation. Microorganisms play a pivotal role in the degradation of hydrocarbons and remediation of heavy metals. Anaerobic microorganisms such as Sulphate Reducing Bacteria (SRB), responsible for the production of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) within the reservoir, reduces the oil quality by causing reservoir souring and reduction in oil viscosity. This paper reviews the diversity of SRB, methanogens, Nitrogen Reducing Bacteria (NRB), and fermentative bacteria present in oil reservoirs. It also reviews the extensive diversity of these microorganisms, their applications in petroleum industries, characteristics and adaptability to survive in different conditions, the potential to alter the petroleum hydrocarbons properties, the propensity to petroleum hydrocarbon degradation, and remediation of metals.
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- Amarjit Rajbongshi
- Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited, Namrup, Assam, India.
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Zhang C, Meckenstock RU, Weng S, Wei G, Hubert CRJ, Wang JH, Dong X. Marine sediments harbor diverse archaea and bacteria with the potential for anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation via fumarate addition. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6171024. [PMID: 33720296 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Marine sediments can contain large amounts of alkanes and methylated aromatic hydrocarbons that are introduced by natural processes or anthropogenic activities. These compounds can be biodegraded by anaerobic microorganisms via enzymatic addition of fumarate. However, the identity and ecological roles of a significant fraction of hydrocarbon degraders containing fumarate-adding enzymes (FAE) in various marine sediments remains unknown. By combining phylogenetic reconstructions, protein homolog modelling, and functional profiling of publicly available metagenomes and genomes, 61 draft bacterial and archaeal genomes encoding anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation via fumarate addition were obtained. Besides Desulfobacterota (previously known as Deltaproteobacteria) that are well-known to catalyze these reactions, Chloroflexi are dominant FAE-encoding bacteria in hydrocarbon-impacted sediments, potentially coupling sulfate reduction or fermentation to anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation. Among Archaea, besides Archaeoglobi previously shown to have this capability, genomes of Heimdallarchaeota, Lokiarchaeota, Thorarchaeota and Thermoplasmata also suggest fermentative hydrocarbon degradation using archaea-type FAE. These bacterial and archaeal hydrocarbon degraders occur in a wide range of marine sediments, including high abundances of FAE-encoding Asgard archaea associated with natural seeps and subseafloor ecosystems. Our results expand the knowledge of diverse archaeal and bacterial lineages engaged in anaerobic degradation of alkanes and methylated aromatic hydrocarbons.
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- Chuwen Zhang
- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2 Daxue Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, Essen 45141, Germany
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2 Daxue Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2 Daxue Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai 519082, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Siming District, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2 Daxue Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2 Daxue Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai 519082, China.,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), 2 Daxue Road, XiangZhou District, Zhuhai 519000, China
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Li H, Zhang D, Luo J, Jones KC, Martin FL. Applying Raman Microspectroscopy to Evaluate the Effects of Nutrient Cations on Alkane Bioavailability to Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:15800-15810. [PMID: 33274919 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Contamination with petroleum hydrocarbons causes extensive damage to ecological systems. On oil-contaminated sites, alkanes are major components; many indigenous bacteria can access and/or degrade alkanes. However, their ability to do so is affected by external properties of the soil, including nutrient cations. This study used Raman microspectroscopy to study how nutrient cations affect alkanes' bioavailability to Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 (a known degrader). Treated with Na, K, Mg, and Ca at 10 mM, A. baylyi was exposed to seven n-alkanes (decane, dodecane, tetradecane, hexadecane, nonadecane, eicosane, and tetracosane) and one alkane mixture (mineral oil). Raman spectral analysis indicated that bioavailability of alkanes varied with carbon chain lengths, and additional cations altered the bacterial response to n-alkanes. Sodium significantly increased the bacterial affinity toward decane and dodecane, and K and Mg enhanced the bioavailability of tetradecane and hexadecane. In contrast, the bacterial response was inhibited by Ca for all alkanes. Similar results were observed in mineral oil exposure. Our study employed Raman spectral assay to offer a deep insight into how nutrient cations affect the bioavailability of alkanes, suggesting that nutrient cations can play a key role in influencing the harmful effects of hydrocarbons and could be optimized to enhance the bioremediation strategy.
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- Hanbing Li
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, U.K
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, U.K
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100086, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, U.K
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Laczi K, Erdeiné Kis Á, Szilágyi Á, Bounedjoum N, Bodor A, Vincze GE, Kovács T, Rákhely G, Perei K. New Frontiers of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in the Multi-Omics Era. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:590049. [PMID: 33304336 PMCID: PMC7701123 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.590049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the environment substantially endangers terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Many microbial strains have been recognized to utilize aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons under aerobic conditions. Nevertheless, most of these pollutants are transferred by natural processes, including rain, into the underground anaerobic zones where their degradation is much more problematic. In oxic zones, anaerobic microenvironments can be formed as a consequence of the intensive respiratory activities of (facultative) aerobic microbes. Even though aerobic bioremediation has been well-characterized over the past few decades, ample research is yet to be done in the field of anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation. With the emergence of high-throughput techniques, known as omics (e.g., genomics and metagenomics), the individual biodegraders, hydrocarbon-degrading microbial communities and metabolic pathways, interactions can be described at a contaminated site. Omics approaches provide the opportunity to examine single microorganisms or microbial communities at the system level and elucidate the metabolic networks, interspecies interactions during hydrocarbon mineralization. Metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics, for example, can shed light on the active genes and proteins and functional importance of the less abundant species. Moreover, novel unculturable hydrocarbon-degrading strains and enzymes can be discovered and fit into the metabolic networks of the community. Our objective is to review the anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation processes, the most important hydrocarbon degraders and their diverse metabolic pathways, including the use of various terminal electron acceptors and various electron transfer processes. The review primarily focuses on the achievements obtained by the current high-throughput (multi-omics) techniques which opened new perspectives in understanding the processes at the system level including the metabolic routes of individual strains, metabolic/electric interaction of the members of microbial communities. Based on the multi-omics techniques, novel metabolic blocks can be designed and used for the construction of microbial strains/consortia for efficient removal of hydrocarbons in anaerobic zones.
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- Krisztián Laczi
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Environmental and Technological Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Environmental and Technological Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, Nanophagetherapy Center, Enviroinvest Corporation, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Environmental and Technological Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Environmental and Technological Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Dhar K, Subashchandrabose SR, Venkateswarlu K, Krishnan K, Megharaj M. Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Comprehensive Review. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2020; 251:25-108. [PMID: 31011832 DOI: 10.1007/398_2019_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of hazardous organic contaminants that are widely distributed in nature, and many of them are potentially toxic to humans and other living organisms. Biodegradation is the major route of detoxification and removal of PAHs from the environment. Aerobic biodegradation of PAHs has been the subject of extensive research; however, reports on anaerobic biodegradation of PAHs are so far limited. Microbial degradation of PAHs under anaerobic conditions is difficult because of the slow growth rate of anaerobes and low energy yield in the metabolic processes. Despite the limitations, some anaerobic bacteria degrade PAHs under nitrate-reducing, sulfate-reducing, iron-reducing, and methanogenic conditions. Anaerobic biodegradation, though relatively slow, is a significant process of natural attenuation of PAHs from the impacted anoxic environments such as sediments, subsurface soils, and aquifers. This review is intended to provide comprehensive details on microbial degradation of PAHs under various reducing conditions, to describe the degradation mechanisms, and to identify the areas that should receive due attention in further investigations.
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- Kartik Dhar
- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Formerly Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
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Ye Q, Liang C, Chen X, Fang T, Wang Y, Wang H. Molecular characterization of methanogenic microbial communities for degrading various types of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. J Environ Sci (China) 2019; 86:97-106. [PMID: 31787194 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2019.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Knowledge on methanogenic microbial communities associated with the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is crucial to developing strategies for PAHs bioremediation. In this study, the linkage between the type of PAHs and microbial community structure was fully investigated through 16S rRNA gene sequencing on four PAH-degrading cultures. Putative degradation products were also detected. Our results indicated that naphthalene (Nap)/2-methylnaphthalene (2-Nap), phenanthrene (Phe) and anthracene (Ant) sculpted different microbial communities. Among them, Nap and 2-Nap selected for similar degrading bacteria (i.e., Alicycliphilus and Thauera) and methanogens (Methanomethylovorans and Methanobacterium). Nap and 2-Nap were probably activated via carboxylation, producing 2-naphthoic acid. In contrast, Phe and Ant shaped different bacterial and archaeal communities, with Arcobacter and Acinetobacter being Phe-degraders and Thiobacillus Ant-degrader. Methanogenic archaea Methanobacterium and Methanomethylovorans predominated Phe-degrading and Ant-degrading culture, respectively. These findings can improve our understanding of natural PAHs attenuation and provide some guidance for PAHs bioremediation in methanogenic environment.
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- Quanhui Ye
- State Key Joint Laboratory on Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory on Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory on Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory on Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory on Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Marozava S, Meyer AH, Pérez-de-Mora A, Gharasoo M, Zhuo L, Wang H, Cirpka OA, Meckenstock RU, Elsner M. Mass Transfer Limitation during Slow Anaerobic Biodegradation of 2-Methylnaphthalene. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:9481-9490. [PMID: 31262174 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- Sviatlana Marozava
- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- University of Waterloo, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ecohydrology, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Center for Applied Geoscience, Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- University Duisburg-Essen, Biofilm Centre, Universitätsstrasse 5, D-45141 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technical University of Munich, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Marchioninistrasse 17, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Cason ED, Vermeulen JG, Müller WJ, van Heerden E, Valverde A. Aerobic and anaerobic enrichment cultures highlight the pivotal role of facultative anaerobes in soil hydrocarbon degradation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2019; 54:408-415. [PMID: 30676291 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2018.1558902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in the environment due to natural and anthropogenic processes. Under aerobic conditions hydrocarbons can be rapidly biodegraded but oxygenated environments often quickly become anaerobic when microbial respiration is coupled to contaminant oxidation. Most studies in literature usually focus on the initial microbial diversity of the hydrocarbon impacted environment and examine either aerobic or anaerobic conditions for enrichment. Hence, the aim of the present study was to enrich bacterial consortiums from two diesel impacted soil samples under both these conditions to assess the enrichment diversities and hydrocarbon degradation potentials. This would shed light upon how an environmental population shift would correlate to oxygen intrusion and depletion and still continue hydrocarbon degradation. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showcases the different microbial populations that could emerge as the environmental factors change, resulting in different populations that are still capable of hydrocarbon degradation. Microbial diversity analysis also highlights the role of facultative anaerobic bacteria like Pseudomonas spp. and Citrobacter spp. in maintaining hydrocarbon degradation. This study shows that microorganisms capable of surviving under both oxic and anoxic (aerobic and anaerobic) conditions are the most crucial to the long term degradation of hydrocarbons in the environment.
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- Errol D Cason
- a Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences , University of the Free State , Bloemfontein , South Africa
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- a Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences , University of the Free State , Bloemfontein , South Africa
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- a Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences , University of the Free State , Bloemfontein , South Africa
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- a Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences , University of the Free State , Bloemfontein , South Africa
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Himmelberg AM, Brüls T, Farmani Z, Weyrauch P, Barthel G, Schrader W, Meckenstock RU. Anaerobic degradation of phenanthrene by a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:3589-3600. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Anne M. Himmelberg
- Institute of Groundwater Ecology; Helmholtz Zentrum München; Neuherberg Germany
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- CEA, DRF, Institut Jacob, Genoscope; Evry France
- CNRS-UMR8030; Université Paris-Saclay; Evry France
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- Biofilm Centre; University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Mülheim Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology; Helmholtz Zentrum München; Neuherberg Germany
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Wolfson SJ, Porter AW, Kerkhof LJ, McGuinness LM, Prince RC, Young LY. Sulfate-Reducing Naphthalene Degraders Are Picky Eaters. Microorganisms 2018; 6:microorganisms6030059. [PMID: 29941798 PMCID: PMC6163709 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6030059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common organic contaminants found in anoxic environments. The capacity for PAH biodegradation in unimpacted environments, however, has been understudied. Here we investigate the enrichment, selection, and sustainability of a microbial community from a pristine environment on naphthalene as the only amended carbon source. Pristine coastal sediments were obtained from the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve in Tuckerton, New Jersey, an ecological reserve which has no direct input or source of hydrocarbons. After an initial exposure to naphthalene, primary anaerobic transfer cultures completely degraded 500 µM naphthalene within 139 days. Subsequent transfer cultures mineralized naphthalene within 21 days with stoichiometric sulfate loss. Enriched cultures efficiently utilized only naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene from the hydrocarbon mixtures in crude oil. To determine the microorganisms responsible for naphthalene degradation, stable isotope probing was utilized on cultures amended with fully labeled 13C-naphthalene as substrate. Three organisms were found to unambiguously synthesize 13C-DNA from 13C-naphthalene within 7 days. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 16S rRNA genes from two of these organisms are closely related to the known naphthalene degrading isolates NaphS2 and NaphS3 from PAH-contaminated sites. A third 16S rRNA gene was only distantly related to its closest relative and may represent a novel naphthalene degrading microbe from this environment.
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- Sarah J Wolfson
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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Toth CRA, Gieg LM. Time Course-Dependent Methanogenic Crude Oil Biodegradation: Dynamics of Fumarate Addition Metabolites, Biodegradative Genes, and Microbial Community Composition. Front Microbiol 2018; 8:2610. [PMID: 29354103 PMCID: PMC5758579 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Biodegradation of crude oil in subsurface petroleum reservoirs has adversely impacted most of the world's oil, converting this resource to heavier forms that are of lower quality and more challenging to recover. Oil degradation in deep reservoir environments has been attributed to methanogenesis over geological time, yet our understanding of the processes and organisms mediating oil transformation in the absence of electron acceptors remains incomplete. Here, we sought to identify hydrocarbon activation mechanisms and reservoir-associated microorganisms that may have helped shape the formation of biodegraded oil by incubating oilfield produced water in the presence of light (°API = 32) or heavy crude oil (°API = 16). Over the course of 17 months, we conducted routine analytical (GC, GC-MS) and molecular (PCR/qPCR of assA and bssA genes, 16S rRNA gene sequencing) surveys to assess microbial community composition and activity changes over time. Over the incubation period, we detected the formation of transient hydrocarbon metabolites indicative of alkane and alkylbenzene addition to fumarate, corresponding with increases in methane production and fumarate addition gene abundance. Chemical and gene-based evidence of hydrocarbon biodegradation under methanogenic conditions was supported by the enrichment of hydrocarbon fermenters known to catalyze fumarate addition reactions (e.g., Desulfotomaculum, Smithella), along with syntrophic bacteria (Syntrophus), methanogenic archaea, and several candidate phyla (e.g., “Atribacteria”, “Cloacimonetes”). Our results reveal that fumarate addition is a possible mechanism for catalyzing the methanogenic biodegradation of susceptible saturates and aromatic hydrocarbons in crude oil, and we propose the roles of community members and candidate phyla in our cultures that may be involved in hydrocarbon transformation to methane in crude oil systems.
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- Courtney R A Toth
- Petroleum Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Petroleum Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Anaerobic degradation of 1-methylnaphthalene by a member of the Thermoanaerobacteraceae contained in an iron-reducing enrichment culture. Biodegradation 2017; 29:23-39. [PMID: 29177812 PMCID: PMC5773621 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-017-9811-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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An anaerobic culture (1MN) was enriched with 1-methylnaphthalene as sole source of carbon and electrons and Fe(OH)3 as electron acceptor. 1-Naphthoic acid was produced as a metabolite during growth with 1-methylnaphthalene while 2-naphthoic acid was detected with naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene. This indicates that the degradation pathway of 1-methylnaphthalene might differ from naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene degradation in sulfate reducers. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and pyrosequencing revealed that the culture is mainly composed of two bacteria related to uncultured Gram-positive Thermoanaerobacteraceae and uncultured gram-negative Desulfobulbaceae. Stable isotope probing showed that a 13C-carbon label from 13C10-naphthalene as growth substrate was mostly incorporated by the Thermoanaerobacteraceae. The presence of putative genes involved in naphthalene degradation in the genome of this organism was confirmed via assembly-based metagenomics and supports that it is the naphthalene-degrading bacterium in the culture. Thermoanaerobacteraceae have previously been detected in oil sludge under thermophilic conditions, but have not been shown to degrade hydrocarbons so far. The second member of the community belongs to the Desulfobulbaceae and has high sequence similarity to uncultured bacteria from contaminated sites including recently proposed groundwater cable bacteria. We suggest that the gram-positive Thermoanaerobacteraceae degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons while the Desulfobacterales are mainly responsible for Fe(III) reduction.
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Ghattas AK, Fischer F, Wick A, Ternes TA. Anaerobic biodegradation of (emerging) organic contaminants in the aquatic environment. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 116:268-295. [PMID: 28347952 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Although strictly anaerobic conditions prevail in several environmental compartments, up to now, biodegradation studies with emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, have mainly focused on aerobic conditions. One of the reasons probably is the assumption that the aerobic degradation is more energetically favorable than degradation under strictly anaerobic conditions. Certain aerobically recalcitrant contaminants, however, are biodegraded under strictly anaerobic conditions and little is known about the organisms and enzymatic processes involved in their degradation. This review provides a comprehensive survey of characteristic anaerobic biotransformation reactions for a variety of well-studied, structurally rather simple contaminants (SMOCs) bearing one or a few different functional groups/structural moieties. Furthermore it summarizes anaerobic degradation studies of more complex contaminants with several functional groups (CMCs), in soil, sediment and wastewater treatment. While strictly anaerobic conditions are able to promote the transformation of several aerobically persistent contaminants, the variety of observed reactions is limited, with reductive dehalogenations and the cleavage of ether bonds being the most prevalent. Thus, it becomes clear that the transferability of degradation mechanisms deduced from culture studies of SMOCs to predict the degradation of CMCs, such as EOCs, in environmental matrices is hampered due the more complex chemical structure bearing different functional groups, different environmental conditions (e.g. matrix, redox, pH), the microbial community (e.g. adaptation, competition) and the low concentrations typical for EOCs.
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- Ann-Kathrin Ghattas
- Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), D-56068 Koblenz, Am Mainzer Tor 1, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), D-56068 Koblenz, Am Mainzer Tor 1, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), D-56068 Koblenz, Am Mainzer Tor 1, Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), D-56068 Koblenz, Am Mainzer Tor 1, Germany.
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Biodegradation of benzo(a)pyrene by Microbacterium sp. strain under denitrification: Degradation pathway and effects of limiting electron acceptors or carbon source. Biochem Eng J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bonifay V, Wawrik B, Sunner J, Snodgrass EC, Aydin E, Duncan KE, Callaghan AV, Oldham A, Liengen T, Beech I. Metabolomic and Metagenomic Analysis of Two Crude Oil Production Pipelines Experiencing Differential Rates of Corrosion. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:99. [PMID: 28197141 PMCID: PMC5281625 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Corrosion processes in two North Sea oil production pipelines were studied by analyzing pig envelope samples via metagenomic and metabolomic techniques. Both production systems have similar physico-chemical properties and injection waters are treated with nitrate, but one pipeline experiences severe corrosion and the other does not. Early and late pigging material was collected to gain insight into the potential causes for differential corrosion rates. Metabolites were extracted and analyzed via ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/high-resolution mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (ESI) in both positive and negative ion modes. Metabolites were analyzed by comparison with standards indicative of aerobic and anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism and by comparison to predicted masses for KEGG metabolites. Microbial community structure was analyzed via 16S rRNA gene qPCR, sequencing of 16S PCR products, and MySeq Illumina shotgun sequencing of community DNA. Metagenomic data were used to reconstruct the full length 16S rRNA genes and genomes of dominant microorganisms. Sequence data were also interrogated via KEGG annotation and for the presence of genes related to terminal electron accepting (TEA) processes as well as aerobic and anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation. Significant and distinct differences were observed when comparing the ‘high corrosion’ (HC) and the ‘low corrosion’ (LC) pipeline systems, especially with respect to the TEA utilization potential. The HC samples were dominated by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and archaea known for their ability to utilize simple carbon substrates, whereas LC samples were dominated by pseudomonads with the genetic potential for denitrification and aerobic hydrocarbon degradation. The frequency of aerobic hydrocarbon degradation genes was low in the HC system, and anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation genes were not detected in either pipeline. This is in contrast with metabolite analysis, which demonstrated the presence of several succinic acids in HC samples that are diagnostic of anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism. Identifiable aerobic metabolites were confined to the LC samples, consistent with the metagenomic data. Overall, these data suggest that corrosion management might benefit from a more refined understanding of microbial community resilience in the face of disturbances such as nitrate treatment or pigging, which frequently prove insufficient to alter community structure toward a stable, less-corrosive assemblage.
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- Vincent Bonifay
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, NormanOK, USA; Institute for Energy and the Environment, University of Oklahoma, NormanOK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa TX, USA
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- Research Centre Porsgrunn, Statoil ASA, Herøya Industripark Porsgrunn, Norway
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, NormanOK, USA; Institute for Energy and the Environment, University of Oklahoma, NormanOK, USA
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Meckenstock RU, Boll M, Mouttaki H, Koelschbach JS, Cunha Tarouco P, Weyrauch P, Dong X, Himmelberg AM. Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 26:92-118. [DOI: 10.1159/000441358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are very slowly degraded without molecular oxygen. Here, we review the recent advances in the elucidation of the first known degradation pathways of these environmental hazards. Anaerobic degradation of benzene and PAHs has been successfully documented in the environment by metabolite analysis, compound-specific isotope analysis and microcosm studies. Subsequently, also enrichments and pure cultures were obtained that anaerobically degrade benzene, naphthalene or methylnaphthalene, and even phenanthrene, the largest PAH currently known to be degradable under anoxic conditions. Although such cultures grow very slowly, with doubling times of around 2 weeks, and produce only very little biomass in batch cultures, successful proteogenomic, transcriptomic and biochemical studies revealed novel degradation pathways with exciting biochemical reactions such as for example the carboxylation of naphthalene or the ATP-independent reduction of naphthoyl-coenzyme A. The elucidation of the first anaerobic degradation pathways of naphthalene and methylnaphthalene at the genetic and biochemical level now opens the door to studying the anaerobic metabolism and ecology of anaerobic PAH degraders. This will contribute to assessing the fate of one of the most important contaminant classes in anoxic sediments and aquifers.
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von Netzer F, Kuntze K, Vogt C, Richnow HH, Boll M, Lueders T. Functional Gene Markers for Fumarate-Adding and Dearomatizing Key Enzymes in Anaerobic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation in Terrestrial Environments. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 26:180-94. [PMID: 26959523 DOI: 10.1159/000441946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Anaerobic degradation is a key process in many environments either naturally or anthropogenically exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons. Considerable advances into the biochemistry and physiology of selected anaerobic degraders have been achieved over the last decades, especially for the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. However, researchers have only recently begun to explore the ecology of complex anaerobic hydrocarbon degrader communities directly in their natural habitats, as well as in complex laboratory systems using tools of molecular biology. These approaches have mainly been facilitated by the establishment of a suite of targeted marker gene assays, allowing for rapid and directed insights into the diversity as well as the identity of intrinsic degrader populations and degradation potentials established at hydrocarbon-impacted sites. These are based on genes encoding either peripheral or central key enzymes in aromatic compound breakdown, such as fumarate-adding benzylsuccinate synthases or dearomatizing aryl-coenzyme A reductases, or on aromatic ring-cleaving hydrolases. Here, we review recent advances in this field, explain the different detection methodologies applied, and discuss how the detection of site-specific catabolic gene markers has improved the understanding of processes at contaminated sites. Functional marker gene-based strategies may be vital for the development of a more elaborate population-based assessment and prediction of aromatic degradation potentials in hydrocarbon-impacted environments.
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- Frederick von Netzer
- Helmholtz Zentrum Mx00FC;nchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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Funk MA, Marsh ENG, Drennan CL. Substrate-bound structures of benzylsuccinate synthase reveal how toluene is activated in anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation. J Biol Chem 2015. [PMID: 26224635 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.670737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Various bacteria perform anaerobic degradation of small hydrocarbons as a source of energy and cellular carbon. To activate non-reactive hydrocarbons such as toluene, enzymes conjugate these molecules to fumarate in a radical-catalyzed, C-C bond-forming reaction. We have determined x-ray crystal structures of the glycyl radical enzyme that catalyzes the addition of toluene to fumarate, benzylsuccinate synthase (BSS), in two oligomeric states with fumarate alone or with both substrates. We find that fumarate is secured at the bottom of a long active site cavity with toluene bound directly above it. The two substrates adopt orientations that appear ideal for radical-mediated C-C bond formation; the methyl group of toluene is positioned between fumarate and a cysteine that forms a thiyl radical during catalysis, which is in turn adjacent to the glycine that serves as a radical storage residue. Toluene is held in place by fumarate on one face and tight packing by hydrophobic residues on the other face and sides. These hydrophobic residues appear to become ordered, thus encapsulating toluene, only in the presence of BSSβ, a small protein subunit that forms a tight complex with BSSα, the catalytic subunit. Enzymes related to BSS are able to metabolize a wide range of hydrocarbons through attachment to fumarate. Using our structures as a guide, we have constructed homology models of several of these "X-succinate synthases" and determined conservation patterns that will be useful in understanding the basis for catalysis and specificity in this family of enzymes.
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- From the Departments of Chemistry and Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 and
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Chaudhary P, Sahay H, Sharma R, Pandey AK, Singh SB, Saxena AK, Nain L. Identification and analysis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)--biodegrading bacterial strains from refinery soil of India. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2015; 187:391. [PMID: 26026847 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4617-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) utilizing bacteria were isolated from soils of seven sites of Mathura refinery, India. Twenty-six bacterial strains with different morphotypes were isolated. These strains were acclimatized to utilize a mixture of four polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, i.e., anthracene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and pyrene, each at 50 mg/L concentration as sole carbon source. Out of total isolates, 15 potent isolates were subjected to 16S rDNA sequencing and identified as a member of diverse genera, i.e., Bacillus, Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, Alcaligenes, Lysinibacillus, Brevibacterium, Serratia, and Streptomyces. Consortium of four promising isolates (Acinetobacter, Brevibacterium, Serratia, and Streptomyces) were also investigated for bioremediation of PAH mixture. This consortium was proved to be efficient PAH degrader resulting in 40-70 % degradation of PAH within 7 days. Results of this study indicated that these genera may play an active role in bioremediation of PAHs.
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- Priyanka Chaudhary
- Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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Kümmel S, Herbst FA, Bahr A, Duarte M, Pieper DH, Jehmlich N, Seifert J, von Bergen M, Bombach P, Richnow HH, Vogt C. Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by sulfate-reducing Desulfobacteraceae from various anoxic aquifers. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2015; 91:fiv006. [PMID: 25764566 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are widespread and persistent environmental contaminants, especially in oxygen-free environments. The occurrence of anaerobic PAH-degrading bacteria and their underlying metabolic pathways are rarely known. In this study, PAH degraders were enriched in laboratory microcosms under sulfate-reducing conditions using groundwater and sediment samples from four PAH-contaminated aquifers. Five enrichment cultures were obtained showing sulfate-dependent naphthalene degradation. Mineralization of naphthalene was demonstrated by the formation of sulfide concomitant with the depletion of naphthalene and the development of (13)C-labeled CO2 from [(13)C6]-naphthalene. 16S rRNA gene and metaproteome analyses revealed that organisms related to Desulfobacterium str. N47 were the main naphthalene degraders in four enrichment cultures. Protein sequences highly similar to enzymes of the naphthalene degradation pathway of N47 were identified, suggesting that naphthalene was activated by a carboxylase, and that the central metabolite 2-naphthoyl-CoA was further reduced by two reductases. The data indicate an importance of members of the family Desulfobacteraceae for naphthalene degradation under sulfate-reducing conditions in freshwater environments.
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- Steffen Kümmel
- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany University of Freiburg, Faculty of Biology, Schaenzlestraße 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Proteomics, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research - HZI, Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research - HZI, Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Proteomics, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Biology, Schaenzlestraße 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Emil-Wolff-Straße 8-10, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Biology, Schaenzlestraße 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Metabolomics, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Estelmann S, Blank I, Feldmann A, Boll M. Two distinct old yellow enzymes are involved in naphthyl ring reduction during anaerobic naphthalene degradation. Mol Microbiol 2014; 95:162-72. [PMID: 25424741 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The 2-naphthoyl-coenzyme A (NCoA) reductase (NCR) is so far the only characterized enzyme involved in the anaerobic degradation of the environmentally relevant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The old yellow enzyme (OYE) family member apparently reduced the nonactivated naphthyl ring to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-napthoyl-CoA (THNCoA). In this work, the candidate genes of three NCRs from the sulphate-reducing, naphthalene-degrading N47 and NaphS2 cultures were expressed in Escherichia coli. The isolated products contained flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), flavin mononucleotide (FMN) a [4Fe-4S] cluster and catalyzed only the two-electron reduction of NCoA to 5,6-dihydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA (5,6-DHNCoA) at a very negative E°' = -493 mV. All NCRs exhibited high NCoA-forming DHNCoA oxidase activities that are proposed to be involved in oxygen-detoxification during naphthalene degradation. Extracts of N47 and NaphS2 catalyzed the reduction of 5,6-DHNCoA to THNCoA. Genes putatively coding for 5,6-DHNCR from N47 and NaphS2 were heterologously expressed in E. coli. The enriched enzyme products specifically catalyzed the reduction of 5,6-DHNCoA to THNCoA at E°' = -375 mV. With the three NCRs and two 5,6-DHNCRs, five OYEs have been characterized that are involved in the reduction of the nonsubstituted naphthyl-ring system; these unprecedented enzymatic reactions expand our knowledge of the functional diversity of OYE.
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- Sebastian Estelmann
- Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Gregoire P, Engelbrektson A, Hubbard CG, Metlagel Z, Csencsits R, Auer M, Conrad ME, Thieme J, Northrup P, Coates JD. Control of sulfidogenesis through bio-oxidation of H2S coupled to (per)chlorate reduction. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2014; 6:558-564. [PMID: 25756108 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We investigated H2S attenuation by dissimilatory perchlorate-reducing bacteria (DPRB). All DPRB tested oxidized H2S coupled to (per)chlorate reduction without sustaining growth. H2S was preferentially utilized over organic electron donors resulting in an enriched (34S)-elemental sulfur product. Electron microscopy revealed elemental sulfur production in the cytoplasm and on the cell surface of the DPRB Azospira suillum. Based on our results, we propose a novel hybrid enzymatic-abiotic mechanism for H2S oxidation similar to that recently proposed for nitrate-dependent Fe(II) oxidation. The results of this study have implications for the control of biosouring and biocorrosion in a range of industrial environments.
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Engelbrektson A, Hubbard CG, Tom LM, Boussina A, Jin YT, Wong H, Piceno YM, Carlson HK, Conrad ME, Anderson G, Coates JD. Inhibition of microbial sulfate reduction in a flow-through column system by (per)chlorate treatment. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:315. [PMID: 25071731 PMCID: PMC4092371 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microbial sulfate reduction is a primary cause of oil reservoir souring. Here we show that amendment with chlorate or perchlorate [collectively (per)chlorate] potentially resolves this issue. Triplicate packed columns inoculated with marine sediment were flushed with coastal water amended with yeast extract and one of nitrate, chlorate, or perchlorate. Results showed that although sulfide production was dramatically reduced by all treatments, effluent sulfide was observed in the nitrate (10 mM) treatment after an initial inhibition period. In contrast, no effluent sulfide was observed with (per)chlorate (10 mM). Microbial community analyses indicated temporal community shifts and phylogenetic clustering by treatment. Nitrate addition stimulated Xanthomonadaceae and Rhizobiaceae growth, supporting their role in nitrate metabolism. (Per)chlorate showed distinct effects on microbial community structure compared with nitrate and resulted in a general suppression of the community relative to the untreated control combined with a significant decrease in sulfate reducing species abundance indicating specific toxicity. Furthermore, chlorate stimulated Pseudomonadaceae and Pseudoalteromonadaceae, members of which are known chlorate respirers, suggesting that chlorate may also control sulfidogenesis by biocompetitive exclusion of sulfate-reduction. Perchlorate addition stimulated Desulfobulbaceae and Desulfomonadaceae, which contain sulfide oxidizing and elemental sulfur-reducing species respectively, suggesting that effluent sulfide concentrations may be controlled through sulfur redox cycling in addition to toxicity and biocompetitive exclusion. Sulfur isotope analyses further support sulfur cycling in the columns, even when sulfide is not detected. This study indicates that (per)chlorate show great promise as inhibitors of sulfidogenesis in natural communities and provides insight into which organisms and respiratory processes are involved.
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- Anna Engelbrektson
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division Berkeley, CA, USA
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West CE, Pureveen J, Scarlett AG, Lengger SK, Wilde MJ, Korndorffer F, Tegelaar EW, Rowland SJ. Can two-dimensional gas chromatography/mass spectrometric identification of bicyclic aromatic acids in petroleum fractions help to reveal further details of aromatic hydrocarbon biotransformation pathways? RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2014; 28:1023-32. [PMID: 24677524 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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RATIONALE The identification of key acid metabolites ('signature' metabolites) has allowed significant improvements to be made in our understanding of the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons, in reservoir and in contaminated natural systems, such as aquifers and seawater. On this basis, anaerobic oxidation is now more widely accepted as one viable mechanism, for instance. However, identification of metabolites in the complex acid mixtures from petroleum degradation is challenging and would benefit from use of more highly resolving analytical methods. METHODS Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC/TOFMS) with both nominal mass and accurate mass measurement was used to study the complex mixtures of aromatic acids (as methyl esters) in petroleum fractions. RESULTS Numerous mono- and di-aromatic acid isomers were identified in a commercial naphthenic acids fraction from petroleum and in an acids fraction from a biodegraded petroleum. In many instances, compounds were identified by comparison of mass spectral and retention time data with those of authentic compounds. CONCLUSIONS The identification of a variety of alkyl naphthalene carboxylic and alkanoic and alkyl tetralin carboxylic and alkanoic acids, plus identifications of a range of alkyl indane acids, provides further evidence for 'signature' metabolites of biodegradation of aromatic petroleum hydrocarbons. Identifications such as these now offer the prospect of better differentiation of metabolites of bacterial processes (e.g. aerobic, methanogenic, sulphate-reducing) in polar petroleum fractions.
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- Charles E West
- Petroleum and Environmental Geochemistry Group, Biogeochemistry Research Centre, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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Mass spectrometric screening and identification of acidic metabolites in fulvic acid fractions of contaminated groundwater. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:3415-29. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7783-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Primers: Functional Genes for Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degrading Microbes. SPRINGER PROTOCOLS HANDBOOKS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/8623_2014_44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Bian XY, Mbadinga SM, Yang SZ, Gu JD, Ye RQ, Mu BZ. Synthesis of anaerobic degradation biomarkers alkyl-, aryl- and cycloalkylsuccinic acids and their mass spectral characteristics. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2014; 20:287-297. [PMID: 25420341 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Anaerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons has been reported to proceed predominantly via fumarate addition to yield substituted succinate metabolites. These metabolites, commonly regarded as signature biomarkers, are specific indicators of anaero- bic hydrocarbon degradation by microbial activity. To the best of our knowledge, mass spectrometry information for 2-(1-methylalkylj succinic acids, 2-arylsuccinic acids, 2-cycloalkylsuccinic acids and/or their derivatives is still incomplete, especially for the analysis of environmental samples. Here, a novel approach is proposed for the successful synthesis of five hydrocarbon-derived succinic acids. The characteristic fragments of 2-[1-methylalkyllsuccinic acid diesters were investigated by four derivatization processes (methyl, ethyl, n-butyl and trimethylsilyl esterification], some of which are not available in official Libraries. Under electron ionization mass spec- trometry conditions, informative fragments of various molecular masses have been obtained. Results confirmed characteristic differ- ences among the derivatization processes of the chemically synthesized compounds. In the case of 2-[cyclo)alkylsuccinate esters, four intermediate fragments were observed at m/z 114 + 14n, 118 + 28n, [M - [17 + 14n1]]+ and [M - (59 + 14n)]+ (n = 1, 2 and 4 for methyl, ethyl and n-butyl ester]. However, for silylation the abundant fragment ions are at m/z 262, 217, 172, 147, 73 and [M - 15]+. These data provide information for the identification of hydrocarbon-derived succinic acids as anaerobic biodegradation intermediates in hydrocarbons- rich environments.
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Eberlein C, Johannes J, Mouttaki H, Sadeghi M, Golding BT, Boll M, Meckenstock RU. ATP-dependent/-independent enzymatic ring reductions involved in the anaerobic catabolism of naphthalene. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:1832-41. [PMID: 23336264 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are among the most hazardous environmental pollutants. However, in contrast to aerobic degradation, the respective degradation pathways in anaerobes are greatly unknown which has so far prohibited many environmental investigations. In this work, we studied the enzymatic dearomatization reactions involved in the degradation of the PAH model compounds naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene in the sulfate-reducing enrichment culture N47. Cell extracts of N47 grown on naphthalene catalysed the sodium dithionite-dependent four-electron reduction of the key intermediate 2-naphthoyl-coenzyme A (NCoA) to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA (THNCoA). The NCoA reductase activity was independent of ATP and was, surprisingly, not sensitive to oxygen. In cell extracts in the presence of various electron donors the product THNCoA was further reduced by a two-electron reaction to most likely a conjugated hexahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA isomer (HHNCoA). The reaction assigned to THNCoA reductase strictly depended on ATP and was oxygen-sensitive with a half-life time between 30 s and 1 min when exposed to air. The rate was highest with NADH as electron donor. The results indicate that two novel and completely different dearomatizing ring reductases are involved in anaerobic naphthalene degradation. While the THNCoA reducing activity shows some properties of ATP-dependent class I benzoyl-CoA reductases, NCoA reduction appears to be catalysed by a previously unknown class of dearomatizing aryl-carboxyl-CoA reductases.
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Enhanced gene detection assays for fumarate-adding enzymes allow uncovering of anaerobic hydrocarbon degraders in terrestrial and marine systems. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 79:543-52. [PMID: 23124238 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02362-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The detection of anaerobic hydrocarbon degrader populations via catabolic gene markers is important for the understanding of processes at contaminated sites. Fumarate-adding enzymes (FAEs; i.e., benzylsuccinate and alkylsuccinate synthases) have already been established as specific functional marker genes for anaerobic hydrocarbon degraders. Several recent studies based on pure cultures and laboratory enrichments have shown the existence of new and deeply branching FAE gene lineages, such as clostridial benzylsuccinate synthases and homologues, as well as naphthylmethylsuccinate synthases. However, established FAE gene detection assays were not designed to target these novel lineages, and consequently, their detectability in different environments remains obscure. Here, we present a new suite of parallel primer sets for detecting the comprehensive range of FAE markers known to date, including clostridial benzylsuccinate, naphthylmethylsuccinate, and alkylsuccinate synthases. It was not possible to develop one single assay spanning the complete diversity of FAE genes alone. The enhanced assays were tested with a range of hydrocarbon-degrading pure cultures, enrichments, and environmental samples of marine and terrestrial origin. They revealed the presence of several, partially unexpected FAE gene lineages not detected in these environments before: distinct deltaproteobacterial and also clostridial bssA homologues as well as environmental nmsA homologues. These findings were backed up by dual-digest terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism diagnostics to identify FAE gene populations independently of sequencing. This allows rapid insights into intrinsic degrader populations and degradation potentials established in aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon-impacted environmental systems.
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Mouttaki H, Johannes J, Meckenstock RU. Identification of naphthalene carboxylase as a prototype for the anaerobic activation of non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:2770-4. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02768.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Berdugo-Clavijo C, Dong X, Soh J, Sensen CW, Gieg LM. Methanogenic biodegradation of two-ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 81:124-33. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01328.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Revised: 01/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Carolina Berdugo-Clavijo
- Petroleum Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences; University of Calgary; Calgary; AB; Canada
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- Visual Genomics Centre, Faculty of Medicine; University of Calgary; Calgary; AB; Canada
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- Visual Genomics Centre, Faculty of Medicine; University of Calgary; Calgary; AB; Canada
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- Visual Genomics Centre, Faculty of Medicine; University of Calgary; Calgary; AB; Canada
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- Petroleum Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences; University of Calgary; Calgary; AB; Canada
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Morasch B, Hunkeler D, Zopfi J, Temime B, Höhener P. Intrinsic biodegradation potential of aromatic hydrocarbons in an alluvial aquifer--potentials and limits of signature metabolite analysis and two stable isotope-based techniques. WATER RESEARCH 2011; 45:4459-4469. [PMID: 21741669 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Three independent techniques were used to assess the biodegradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons and low-molecular weight polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the alluvial aquifer at the site of a former cokery (Flémalle, Belgium). Firstly, a stable carbon isotope-based field method allowed quantifying biodegradation of monoaromatic compounds in situ and confirmed the degradation of naphthalene. No evidence could be deduced from stable isotope shifts for the intrinsic biodegradation of larger molecules such as methylnaphthalenes or acenaphthene. Secondly, using signature metabolite analysis, various intermediates of the anaerobic degradation of (poly-) aromatic and heterocyclic compounds were identified. The discovery of a novel metabolite of acenaphthene in groundwater samples permitted deeper insights into the anaerobic biodegradation of almost persistent environmental contaminants. A third method, microcosm incubations with 13C-labeled compounds under in situ-like conditions, complemented techniques one and two by providing quantitative information on contaminant biodegradation independent of molecule size and sorption properties. Thanks to stable isotope labels, the sensitivity of this method was much higher compared to classical microcosm studies. The 13C-microcosm approach allowed the determination of first-order rate constants for 13C-labeled benzene, naphthalene, or acenaphthene even in cases when degradation activities were only small. The plausibility of the third method was checked by comparing 13C-microcosm-derived rates to field-derived rates of the first approach. Further advantage of the use of 13C-labels in microcosms is that novel metabolites can be linked more easily to specific mother compounds even in complex systems. This was achieved using alluvial sediments where 13C-acenaphthyl methylsuccinate was identified as transformation product of the anaerobic degradation of acenaphthene.
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- Barbara Morasch
- Center for Hydrogeology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile Argand 11, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Kleemann R, Meckenstock RU. Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by Gram-positive, iron-reducing bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 78:488-96. [PMID: 22066721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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An anaerobic naphthalene-degrading culture (N49) was enriched with ferric iron as electron acceptor. A closed electron balance indicated the total oxidation of naphthalene to CO(2). In all growing cultures, the concentration of the presumed central metabolite of naphthalene degradation, 2-naphthoic acid, increased concomitantly with growth. The first metabolite of anaerobic methylnaphthalene degradation, naphthyl-2-methyl-succinic acid, was not identified in culture supernatants, which does not support a methylation to methylnaphthalene as the initial activation reaction of naphthalene, but rather a carboxylation, as proposed for other naphthalene-degrading cultures. Substrate utilization tests revealed that the culture was able to grow on 1-methyl-naphthalene, 2-methyl-naphthalene, 1-naphthoic acid or 2-naphthoic acid, whereas it did not grow on 1-naphthol, 2-naphthol, anthracene, phenanthrene, indane and indene. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses revealed that the microbial community of the culture was dominated by one bacterial microorganism, which was closely related (99% 16S sequence similarity) to the major organism in the iron-reducing, benzene-degrading enrichment culture BF [ISME J (2007) 1: 643; Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2010) 60: 686]. The phylogenetic classification supports a new candidate species and genus of Gram-positive spore-forming iron-reducers that can degrade non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons. It furthermore indicates that Gram-positive microorganisms might also play an important role in anaerobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degradation.
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- Rita Kleemann
- Institute for Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany
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Rabus R, Jarling R, Lahme S, Kühner S, Heider J, Widdel F, Wilkes H. Co-metabolic conversion of toluene in anaerobic n-alkane-degrading bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:2576-86. [PMID: 21880102 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Diverse microorganisms have been described to degrade petroleum hydrocarbons anaerobically. Strains able to utilize n-alkanes do not grow with aromatic hydrocarbons, whereas strains able to utilize aromatic hydrocarbons do not grow with n-alkanes. To investigate this specificity in more detail, three anaerobic n-alkane degraders (two denitrifying, one sulfate-reducing) and eight anaerobic alkylbenzene degraders (five denitrifying, three sulfate-reducing) were incubated with mixtures of n-alkanes and toluene. Whereas the toluene degradationers formed only the characteristic toluene-derived benzylsuccinate and benzoate, but no n-alkane-derived metabolites, the n-alkane degraders formed toluene-derived benzylsuccinate, 4-phenylbutanoate, phenylacetate and benzoate besides the regular n-alkane-derived (1-methylalkyl)succinates and methyl-branched alkanoates. The co-metabolic conversion of toluene by anaerobic n-alkane degraders to the level of benzoate obviously follows the anaerobic n-alkane degradation pathway with C-skeleton rearrangement and decarboxylation rather than the β-oxidation pathway of anaerobic toluene metabolism. Hence, petroleum-derived aromatic metabolites detectable in anoxic environments may not be exclusively formed by genuine alkylbenzene degraders. In addition, the hitherto largely unexplored fate of fumarate hydrogen during the activation reactions was examined with (2,3-(2) H(2) )fumarate as co-substrate. Deuterium was completely exchanged with hydrogen at the substituted carbon atom (C-2) of the succinate adducts of n-alkanes, whereas it is retained in toluene-derived benzylsuccinate, regardless of the type of enzyme catalysing the fumarate addition reaction.
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- Ralf Rabus
- Universität Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky Straße 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
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Gieg LM, Alumbaugh RE, Field J, Jones J, Istok JD, Suflita JM. Assessing in situ rates of anaerobic hydrocarbon bioremediation. Microb Biotechnol 2011; 2:222-33. [PMID: 21261916 PMCID: PMC3815842 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00081.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Identifying metabolites associated with anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation is a reliable way to garner evidence for the intrinsic bioremediation of problem contaminants. While such metabolites have been detected at numerous sites, the in situ rates of anaerobic hydrocarbon decay remain largely unknown. Yet, realistic rate information is critical for predicting how long individual contaminants will persist and remain environmental threats. Here, single‐well push–pull tests were conducted at two fuel‐contaminated aquifers to determine the in situ biotransformation rates of a suite of hydrocarbons added as deuterated surrogates, including toluene‐d8, o‐xylene‐d10, m‐xylene‐d10, ethylbenzene‐d5 (or ‐d10), 1, 2, 4‐trimethylbenzene‐d12, 1, 3, 5‐trimethylbenzene‐d12, methylcyclohexane‐d14 and n‐hexane‐d14. The formation of deuterated fumarate addition and downstream metabolites was quantified and found to be somewhat variable among wells in each aquifer, but generally within an order of magnitude. Deuterated metabolites formed in one aquifer at rates that ranged from 3 to 50 µg l−1 day−1, while the comparable rates at another aquifer were slower and ranged from 0.03 to 15 µg l−1 day−1. An important observation was that the deuterated hydrocarbon surrogates were metabolized in situ within hours or days at both sites, in contrast to many laboratory findings suggesting that long lag periods of weeks to months before the onset of anaerobic biodegradation are typical. It seems clear that highly reduced conditions are not detrimental to the intrinsic bioremediation of fuel‐contaminated aquifers.
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- Lisa M Gieg
- Department of Botany and Microbiology and Institute for Energy and Environment, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Oka AR, Phelps CD, Zhu X, Saber DL, Young LY. Dual biomarkers of anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation in historically contaminated groundwater. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2011; 45:3407-3414. [PMID: 21438602 DOI: 10.1021/es103859t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This study reports that ongoing in situ anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation at a manufactured gas plant impacted site is occurring, 9 years after the initial investigation. Groundwater samples from the site monitoring wells (MW) were analyzed for biomarkers by GC-MS, end-point PCR, and quantitative PCR (qPCR). Metabolic biomarkers included specific intermediates of anaerobic naphthalene and/or 2-methylnaphthalene degradation: 2-naphthoic acid (2-NA); 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-NA (TH-2-NA); hexahydro-2-NA (HH-2-NA); and carboxylated-2-methylnaphthalene (MNA). The analogues of gene bssA, encoding alpha subunit of enzyme benzylsuccinate synthase, were used as a genetic biomarker. Results indicate 1-2 orders of magnitude higher abundance of total bacteria in the impacted wells than in the unimpacted wells. End-point PCR analysis of bssA gene, with degenerate primers, indicated the presence of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria within the plume. In qPCR analysis, using primers based on toluene-degrading denitrifying or sulfate-reducing/methanogenic bacteria, bssA genes were detected only in MW-24, located downstream from the source. Metabolic biomarkers were detected in multiple wells. The highest abundance of 2-NA (6.7 μg/L), TH-2-NA (2.6 μg/L), HH-2-NA, and MNA was also detected in MW-24. The distribution of two independent biomarkers indicates that the site is enriched for anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation and provides strong evidence in support of natural attenuation.
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- Amita R Oka
- Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
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Meckenstock RU, Mouttaki H. Anaerobic degradation of non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2011; 22:406-14. [PMID: 21398107 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Revised: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Aromatic hydrocarbons are among the most prevalent organic pollutants in the environment. Their removal from contaminated systems is of great concern because of the high toxicity effect on living organisms including humans. Aerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons has been intensively studied and is well understood. However, many aromatics end up in habitats devoid of molecular oxygen. Nevertheless, anaerobic degradation using alternative electron acceptors is much less investigated. Here, we review the recent literature and very early progress in the elucidation of anaerobic degradation of non-substituted monocyclic (i.e. benzene) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH such as naphthalene and phenanthrene). A focus will be on benzene and naphthalene as model compounds. This review concerns the microbes involved, the biochemistry of the initial activation and subsequent enzyme reactions involved in the pathway.
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- Rainer U Meckenstock
- Institute for Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Bergmann FD, Selesi D, Meckenstock RU. Identification of new enzymes potentially involved in anaerobic naphthalene degradation by the sulfate-reducing enrichment culture N47. Arch Microbiol 2011; 193:241-50. [PMID: 21221530 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0667-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2010] [Revised: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The sulfate-reducing highly enriched culture N47 is capable to anaerobically degrade naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, and 2-naphthoic acid. A proteogenomic investigation was performed to elucidate the initial activation reaction of anaerobic naphthalene degradation. This lead to the identification of an alpha-subunit of a carboxylase protein that was two-fold up-regulated in naphthalene-grown cells compared to 2-methylnaphthalene-grown cells. The putative naphthalene carboxylase subunit showed 48% similarity to the anaerobic benzene carboxylase from an iron-reducing, benzene-degrading culture and 45% to alpha-subunit of phenylphosphate carboxylase of Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1. A gene for the beta-subunit of putative naphthalene carboxylase was located nearby on the genome and was expressed with naphthalene. Similar to anaerobic benzene carboxylase, there were no genes for gamma- and delta-subunits of a putative carboxylase protein located on the genome which excludes participation in degradation of phenolic compounds. The genes identified for putative naphthalene carboxylase subunits showed only weak similarity to 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase excluding ATP-independent carboxylation. Several ORFs were identified that possibly encode a 2-naphthoate-CoA ligase, which is obligate for activation before the subsequent ring reduction by naphthoyl-CoA reductase. One of these ligases was exclusively expressed on naphthalene and 2-naphthoic acid and might be the responsible naphthoate-CoA-ligase.
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- Franz D Bergmann
- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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Siegert M, Cichocka D, Herrmann S, Gründger F, Feisthauer S, Richnow HH, Springael D, Krüger M. Accelerated methanogenesis from aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons under iron- and sulfate-reducing conditions. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2010; 315:6-16. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Galushko AS, Kiesele-Lang U, Kappler A. Degradation of 2-Methylnaphthalene by a Sulfate-Reducing Enrichment Culture of Mesophilic Freshwater Bacteria. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/10406630308058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- A. S. Galushko
- a Fakultät für Biologie , Universität Konstanz , Konstanz , Germany
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- b Grundstücks Gesellschaft Metallhüttengelände , Lübeck , Germany
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- c EAWAG, Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water , Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology , Dübendorf , Switzerland
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Callaghan AV, Davidova IA, Savage-Ashlock K, Parisi VA, Gieg LM, Suflita JM, Kukor JJ, Wawrik B. Diversity of benzyl- and alkylsuccinate synthase genes in hydrocarbon-impacted environments and enrichment cultures. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2010; 44:7287-94. [PMID: 20504044 DOI: 10.1021/es1002023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms play an important role in the natural attenuation of spilled petroleum in a variety of anoxic environments. The role of benzylsuccinate synthase (BSS) in aromatic hydrocarbon degradation and its use as a biomarker for field investigations are well documented. The recent discovery of alkylsuccinate synthase (ASS) allows the opportunity to test whether its encoding gene, assA, can serve as a comparable biomarker of anaerobic alkane degradation. Degenerate assA- and bssA-targeted PCR primers were designed in order to survey the diversity of genes associated with aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon biodegradation in petroleum-impacted environments and enrichment cultures. DNA was extracted from an anaerobic alkane-degrading isolate (Desulfoglaeba alkenexedens ALDC), hydrocarbon-contaminated river and aquifer sediments, a paraffin-degrading enrichment, and a propane-utilizing mixed culture. Partial assA and bssA genes were PCR amplified, cloned, and sequenced, yielding several novel clades of assA genes. These data expand the range of alkane-degrading conditions for which relevant gene sequences are available and indicate that considerable diversity of assA genes can be found in hydrocarbon-impacted environments. The detection of genes associated with anaerobic alkane degradation in conjunction with the in situ detection of alkylsuccinate metabolites was also demonstrated. Comparable molecular signals of assA/bssA were not found when environmental metagenome databases of uncontaminated sites were searched. These data confirm that the assA gene is a useful biomarker for anaerobic alkane metabolism.
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- Amy V Callaghan
- Department of Botany and Microbiology and Institute for Energy and the Environment, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA.
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Biodegradation of aromatic compounds: current status and opportunities for biomolecular approaches. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 85:207-28. [PMID: 19730850 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2192-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Biodegradation can achieve complete and cost-effective elimination of aromatic pollutants through harnessing diverse microbial metabolic processes. Aromatics biodegradation plays an important role in environmental cleanup and has been extensively studied since the inception of biodegradation. These studies, however, are diverse and scattered; there is an imperative need to consolidate, summarize, and review the current status of aromatics biodegradation. The first part of this review briefly discusses the catabolic mechanisms and describes the current status of aromatics biodegradation. Emphasis is placed on monocyclic, polycyclic, and chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons because they are the most prevalent aromatic contaminants in the environment. Among monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene; phenylacetic acid; and structurally related aromatic compounds are highlighted. In addition, biofilms and their applications in biodegradation of aromatic compounds are briefly discussed. In recent years, various biomolecular approaches have been applied to design and understand microorganisms for enhanced biodegradation. In the second part of this review, biomolecular approaches, their applications in aromatics biodegradation, and associated biosafety issues are discussed. Particular attention is given to the applications of metabolic engineering, protein engineering, and "omics" technologies in aromatics biodegradation.
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Lara-Martín PA, Gómez-Parra A, Sanz JL, González-Mazo E. Anaerobic degradation pathway of linear Alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) in sulfate-reducing marine sediments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2010; 44:1670-6. [PMID: 20121087 DOI: 10.1021/es9032887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) are among the principal synthetic surfactants used worldwide. Their presence in the environment has been reported in a significant number of studies, and it has been generally assumed that LAS are not biotransformed in the absence of oxygen. However, laboratory experiments performed by our group using anoxic marine sediments have reported LAS degradation percentages that can reach up to 79% in 165 days. Here, we show for the first time the initial reaction metabolites (generated via fumarate addition to the LAS molecules), their biotransformation into sulfophenyl carboxylic acids (SPC), and the progressive degradation of these by successive beta-oxidation reactions. Advanced mass spectrometry has been used to carry out the identification of these compounds. This is the first time that an anaerobic degradation pathway for LAS is described, and these results represent a significant advance in understanding the final fate of these and other similar compounds in anoxic environments.
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- Pablo A Lara-Martín
- Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Cadiz, Campus Rio San Pedro s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain.
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Combined genomic and proteomic approaches identify gene clusters involved in anaerobic 2-methylnaphthalene degradation in the sulfate-reducing enrichment culture N47. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:295-306. [PMID: 19854898 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00874-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The highly enriched deltaproteobacterial culture N47 anaerobically oxidizes the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene, with sulfate as the electron acceptor. Combined genome sequencing and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteome analyses were performed to identify genes and proteins involved in anaerobic aromatic catabolism. Proteome analysis of 2-methylnaphthalene-grown N47 cells resulted in the identification of putative enzymes catalyzing the anaerobic conversion of 2-methylnaphthalene to 2-naphthoyl coenzyme A (2-naphthoyl-CoA), as well as the reductive ring cleavage of 2-naphthoyl-CoA, leading to the formation of acetyl-CoA and CO(2). The glycyl radical-catalyzed fumarate addition to the methyl group of 2-methylnaphthalene is catalyzed by naphthyl-2-methyl-succinate synthase (Nms), composed of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-subunits that are encoded by the genes nmsABC. Located upstream of nmsABC is nmsD, encoding the Nms-activating enzyme, which harbors the characteristic [Fe(4)S(4)] cluster sequence motifs of S-adenosylmethionine radical enzymes. The bns gene cluster, coding for enzymes involved in beta-oxidation reactions converting naphthyl-2-methyl-succinate to 2-naphthoyl-CoA, was found four intervening open reading frames further downstream. This cluster consists of eight genes (bnsABCDEFGH) corresponding to 8.1 kb, which are closely related to genes for enzymes involved in anaerobic toluene degradation within the denitrifiers "Aromatoleum aromaticum" EbN1, Azoarcus sp. strain T, and Thauera aromatica. Another contiguous DNA sequence harbors the gene for 2-naphthoyl-CoA reductase (ncr) and 16 additional genes that were found to be expressed in 2-methylnaphthalene-grown cells. These genes code for enzymes that were supposed to catalyze the dearomatization and ring cleavage reactions converting 2-naphthoyl-CoA to acetyl-CoA and CO(2). Comparative sequence analysis of the four encoding subunits (ncrABCD) showed the gene product to have the closest similarity to the Azoarcus type of benzoyl-CoA reductase. The present work provides the first insight into the genetic basis of anaerobic 2-methylnaphthalene metabolism and delivers implications for understanding contaminant degradation.
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Beasley KK, Gieg LM, Suflita JM, Nanny MA. Polarizability and spin density correlate with the relative anaerobic biodegradability of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:4995-5000. [PMID: 19673297 DOI: 10.1021/es9003558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Polarizability ((alpha) and spin density (SD) of benzyl radical intermediates calculated using Gaussian O3 were correlated with the extent of anaerobic biodegradation for 17 C1 to C4 parent alkylbenzenes. The percent anaerobic biodegradation of the hydrocarbon series was determined in a previous study using an inoculum from a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer incubated under sulfate-reducing conditions. Many of the parent compounds are known to be biodegraded in the absence of oxygen by fumarate addition reactions. Percent biodegradation over a 100 day incubation (predicted) = -1.044 <alpha> + 908.271SD - 586.197 (R2 = 0.839; all p-values < or = 0.058). This correlation suggests that compounds forming more stable alkylbenzyl radical intermediates biodegrade by fumarate addition more slowly than their counterparts forming less stable radicals. More highly substituted molecules including isopropylbenzene, 1-ethyl-2,6-dimethylbenzene and 1-ethyl-3,4-dimethylbenzene did not fit the model. The assumption of biodegradation by fumarate addition reaction was independently verified with several substrates. These findings help form a basis for predicting the relative rate of alkylbenzene metabolism in anaerobic environments.
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- Keisha K Beasley
- School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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Carmona M, Zamarro MT, Blázquez B, Durante-Rodríguez G, Juárez JF, Valderrama JA, Barragán MJL, García JL, Díaz E. Anaerobic catabolism of aromatic compounds: a genetic and genomic view. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2009; 73:71-133. [PMID: 19258534 PMCID: PMC2650882 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00021-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Aromatic compounds belong to one of the most widely distributed classes of organic compounds in nature, and a significant number of xenobiotics belong to this family of compounds. Since many habitats containing large amounts of aromatic compounds are often anoxic, the anaerobic catabolism of aromatic compounds by microorganisms becomes crucial in biogeochemical cycles and in the sustainable development of the biosphere. The mineralization of aromatic compounds by facultative or obligate anaerobic bacteria can be coupled to anaerobic respiration with a variety of electron acceptors as well as to fermentation and anoxygenic photosynthesis. Since the redox potential of the electron-accepting system dictates the degradative strategy, there is wide biochemical diversity among anaerobic aromatic degraders. However, the genetic determinants of all these processes and the mechanisms involved in their regulation are much less studied. This review focuses on the recent findings that standard molecular biology approaches together with new high-throughput technologies (e.g., genome sequencing, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metagenomics) have provided regarding the genetics, regulation, ecophysiology, and evolution of anaerobic aromatic degradation pathways. These studies revealed that the anaerobic catabolism of aromatic compounds is more diverse and widespread than previously thought, and the complex metabolic and stress programs associated with the use of aromatic compounds under anaerobic conditions are starting to be unraveled. Anaerobic biotransformation processes based on unprecedented enzymes and pathways with novel metabolic capabilities, as well as the design of novel regulatory circuits and catabolic networks of great biotechnological potential in synthetic biology, are now feasible to approach.
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- Manuel Carmona
- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Selesi D, Meckenstock RU. Anaerobic degradation of the aromatic hydrocarbon biphenyl by a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 68:86-93. [PMID: 19187215 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The aromatic hydrocarbon biphenyl is a widely distributed environmental pollutant. Whereas the aerobic degradation of biphenyl has been extensively studied, knowledge of the anaerobic biphenyl-oxidizing bacteria and their biochemical degradation pathway is scarce. Here, we report on an enrichment culture that oxidized biphenyl completely to carbon dioxide under sulfate-reducing conditions. The biphenyl-degrading culture was dominated by two distinct bacterial species distantly affiliated with the Gram-positive genus Desulfotomaculum. Moreover, the enrichment culture has the ability to grow with benzene and a mixture of anthracene and phenanthrene as the sole source of carbon, but here the microbial community composition differed substantially from the biphenyl-grown culture. Biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid was identified as an intermediate in the biphenyl-degrading culture. Moreover, 4-fluorobiphenyl was converted cometabolically with biphenyl because in addition to the biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid, a compound identified as its fluorinated analog was observed. These findings are consistent with the general pattern in the anaerobic catabolism of many aromatic hydrocarbons where carboxylic acids are found to be central metabolites.
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- Drazenka Selesi
- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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