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Romantschuk M, Lahti-Leikas K, Kontro M, Galitskaya P, Talvenmäki H, Simpanen S, Allen JA, Sinkkonen A. Bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater by in situ biostimulation. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1258148. [PMID: 38029190 PMCID: PMC10658714 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1258148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Bioremediation by in situ biostimulation is an attractive alternative to excavation of contaminated soil. Many in situ remediation methods have been tested with some success; however, due to highly variable results in realistic field conditions, they have not been implemented as widely as they might deserve. To ensure success, methods should be validated under site-analogous conditions before full scale use, which requires expertise and local knowledge by the implementers. The focus here is on indigenous microbial degraders and evaluation of their performance. Identifying and removing biodegradation bottlenecks for degradation of organic pollutants is essential. Limiting factors commonly include: lack of oxygen or alternative electron acceptors, low temperature, and lack of essential nutrients. Additional factors: the bioavailability of the contaminating compound, pH, distribution of the contaminant, and soil structure and moisture, and in some cases, lack of degradation potential which may be amended with bioaugmentation. Methods to remove these bottlenecks are discussed. Implementers should also be prepared to combine methods or use them in sequence. Chemical/physical means may be used to enhance biostimulation. The review also suggests tools for assessing sustainability, life cycle assessment, and risk assessment. To help entrepreneurs, decision makers, and methods developers in the future, we suggest founding a database for otherwise seldom reported unsuccessful interventions, as well as the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in site evaluation and decision-making.
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- Martin Romantschuk
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Horticulture Technologies, Turku, Finland
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Soder-Walz JM, Wasmund K, Deobald D, Vicent T, Adrian L, Marco-Urrea E. Respiratory protein interactions in Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M revealed through genomic and native proteomic analyses. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2604-2620. [PMID: 37452527 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Dehalobacter (Firmicutes) encompass obligate organohalide-respiring bacteria used for bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with halogenated organics. Various aspects of their biochemistry remain unknown, including the identities and interactions of respiratory proteins. Here, we sequenced the genome of Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M and analysed its protein expression. Strain 8M encodes 22 reductive dehalogenase homologous (RdhA) proteins. RdhA D8M_v2_40029 (TmrA) was among the two most abundant proteins during growth with trichloromethane and 1,1,2-trichloroethane. To examine interactions of respiratory proteins, we used blue native gel electrophoresis together with dehalogenation activity tests and mass spectrometry. The highest activities were found in gel slices with the highest abundance of TmrA. Protein distributions across gel lanes provided biochemical evidence that the large and small subunits of the membrane-bound [NiFe] uptake hydrogenase (HupL and HupS) interacted strongly and that HupL/S interacted weakly with RdhA. Moreover, the interaction of RdhB and membrane-bound b-type cytochrome HupC was detected. RdhC proteins, often encoded in rdh operons but without described function, migrated in a protein complex not associated with HupL/S or RdhA. This study provides the first biochemical evidence of respiratory protein interactions in Dehalobacter, discusses implications for the respiratory architecture and advances the molecular comprehension of this unique respiratory chain.
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- Jesica M Soder-Walz
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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- Division of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
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- Department Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Chair of Geobiotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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Cui Y, Li X, Yan J, Lv Y, Jin H, Wang J, Chen G, Kara-Murdoch F, Yang Y, Löffler FE. Dehalogenimonas etheniformans sp. nov., a formate-oxidizing, organohalide-respiring bacterium isolated from grape pomace. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37185088 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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A strictly anaerobic, organohalide-respiring bacterium, designated strain GPT, was characterized using a polyphasic approach. GPT is Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile. Cells are irregular cocci ranging between 0.6 and 0.9 µm in diameter. GPT couples growth with the reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane, vinyl chloride and all polychlorinated ethenes, except tetrachloroethene, yielding ethene and inorganic chloride as dechlorination end products. H2 and formate serve as electron donors for organohalide respiration in the presence of acetate as carbon source. Major cellular fatty acids include C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c, C16 : 1, C14 : 0 and C18 : 0. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, GPT is most closely related to Dehalogenimonas formicexedens NSZ-14T and Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens IP3-3T with 99.8 and 97.4 % sequence identities, respectively. Genome-wide pairwise comparisons based on average nucleotide identity, average amino acid identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization do not support the inclusion of GPT in previously described species of the genus Dehalogenimonas with validly published names. On the basis of phylogenetic, physiological and phenotypic traits, GPT represents a novel species within the genus Dehalogenimonas, for which the name Dehalogenimonas etheniformans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GPT (= JCM 39172T = CGMCC 1.17861T).
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- Yiru Cui
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Present address: Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Zhang C, Atashgahi S, Bosma TNP, Peng P, Smidt H. Organohalide respiration potential in marine sediments from Aarhus Bay. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:6605901. [PMID: 35689665 PMCID: PMC9303371 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Organohalide respiration (OHR), catalysed by reductive dehalogenases (RDases), plays an important role in halogen cycling. Natural organohalides and putative RDase-encoding genes have been reported in Aarhus Bay sediments, however, OHR has not been experimentally verified. Here we show that sediments of Aarhus Bay can dehalogenate a range of organohalides, and different organohalides differentially affected microbial community compositions. PCE-dechlorinating cultures were further examined by 16S rRNA gene-targeted quantitative PCR and amplicon sequencing. Known organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) including Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter and Desulfitobacterium decreased in abundance during transfers and serial dilutions, suggesting the importance of yet uncharacterized OHRB in these cultures. Switching from PCE to 2,6-DBP led to its complete debromination to phenol in cultures with and without sulfate. 2,6-DBP debrominating cultures differed in microbial composition from PCE-dechlorinating cultures. Desulfobacterota genera recently verified to include OHRB, including Desulfovibrio and Desulfuromusa, were enriched in all microcosms, whereas Halodesulfovibrio was only enriched in cultures without sulfate. Hydrogen and methane were detected in cultures without sulfate. Hydrogen likely served as electron donor for OHR and methanogenesis. This study shows that OHR can occur in marine environments mediated by yet unknown OHRB, suggesting their role in natural halogen cycling.
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- Chen Zhang
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125, United States
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Dutta N, Thomsen K, Ahring BK. Degrading chlorinated aliphatics by reductive dechlorination of groundwater samples from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 298:134115. [PMID: 35240152 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microbial reductive dechlorination is one of the chosen methods for remediation of chlorinated compounds in anaerobic environments. In this study we examined the degradation of chlorinated aliphatics in groundwater samples from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) containing a concentration of 0.228 mM trichloroethylene (TCE) and 0.279 mM 1,2 dichloroethylene (DCE). We tested the influence of adding different carbon sources on the dechlorinating activity in batch cultures with and without dechlorinating bacteria. In-situ microcosms were established using SSFL groundwater supplemented with EVO (5%) (vol/vol) SRS emulsion and with or without species of Dehalocococcoides (DCB-1, DCB-2 or DCB-3). Emulsified vegetable oil (EVO) gave the highest dechlorinating activity with DCB-1 added compared to any other substrate addition tested. All three bacterial cultures tested had significant dechlorinating activities while the native populations in the SSFL groundwater samples only showed limited degradation of trichloroethylene into intermediates in the form of DCE, vinyl chloride and ethane. The conversion of chlorinated ethylenes (CEs) was optimal in the bioreactors amended with DCB-1 followed by DCB-2, and DCB-3 all supplemented with EVO. We further analyzed the TCE degradation first order kinetics in batch cultures and found that the culture with DCB-1 supplemented with EVO showed 43.59% and 51.38% increased degradation rate compared to the same condition with cultures of DCB-2 or DCB-3 added. The microcosm studies further showed that with DCB-1 and EVO, reductive dechlorination of TCE in the SSFL converted 90% of the input TCE to ethane with a degradation rate of 0.0039 mM/day.
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- Nalok Dutta
- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Environmental Restoration Department, 5515 Bridgeport Circle, Livermore, CA, 9455, USA
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- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA; Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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Yan J, Wang J, Villalobos Solis MI, Jin H, Chourey K, Li X, Yang Y, Yin Y, Hettich RL, Löffler FE. Respiratory Vinyl Chloride Reductive Dechlorination to Ethene in TceA-Expressing Dehalococcoides mccartyi. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:4831-4841. [PMID: 33683880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes in anoxic aquifers hinges on organohalide-respiring Dehalococcoidia expressing vinyl chloride (VC) reductive dehalogenase (RDase). The tceA gene encoding the trichloroethene-dechlorinating RDase TceA is frequently detected in contaminated groundwater but not recognized as a biomarker for VC detoxification. We demonstrate that tceA-carrying Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc) strains FL2 and 195 grow with VC as an electron acceptor when sufficient vitamin B12 (B12) is provided. Strain FL2 cultures that received 50 μg L-1 B12 completely dechlorinated VC to ethene at rates of 14.80 ± 1.30 μM day-1 and attained 1.64 ± 0.11 × 108 cells per μmol of VC consumed. Strain 195 attained similar growth yields of 1.80 ± 1.00 × 108 cells per μmol of VC consumed, and both strains could be consecutively transferred with VC as the electron acceptor. Proteomic analysis demonstrated TceA expression in VC-grown strain FL2 cultures. Resequencing of the strain FL2 and strain 195 tceA genes identified non-synonymous substitutions, although their consequences for TceA function are currently unknown. The finding that Dhc strains expressing TceA respire VC can explain ethene formation at chlorinated solvent sites, where quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis indicates that tceA dominates the RDase gene pool.
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- Jun Yan
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Trueba-Santiso A, Wasmund K, Soder-Walz JM, Marco-Urrea E, Adrian L. Genome Sequence, Proteome Profile, and Identification of a Multiprotein Reductive Dehalogenase Complex in Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens Strain BRE15M. J Proteome Res 2020; 20:613-623. [PMID: 32975419 PMCID: PMC7786376 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
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Bacteria
of the genus Dehalogenimonas respire
with vicinally halogenated alkanes via dihaloelimination.
We aimed to describe involved proteins and their supermolecular organization.
Metagenomic sequencing of a Dehalogenimonas-containing culture resulted in a 1.65 Mbp draft genome of Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens strain BRE15M. It contained
31 full-length reductive dehalogenase homologous genes (rdhA), but only eight had cognate rdhB gene coding for
membrane-anchoring proteins. Shotgun proteomics of cells grown with
1,2-dichloropropane as an electron acceptor identified 1152 proteins
representing more than 60% of the total proteome. Ten RdhA proteins
were detected, including a DcpA ortholog, which was the strongest
expressed RdhA. Blue native gel electrophoresis
(BNE) demonstrating maximum activity was localized in a protein complex
of 146–242 kDa. Protein mass spectrometry revealed the presence
of DcpA, its membrane-anchoring protein DcpB, two hydrogen uptake
hydrogenase subunits (HupL and HupS), an iron–sulfur protein
(HupX), and subunits of a redox protein with a molybdopterin-binding
motif (OmeA and OmeB) in the complex. BNE after protein solubilization
with different detergent concentrations revealed no evidence for an
interaction between the putative respiratory electron input module
(HupLS) and the OmeA/OmeB/HupX module. All detected RdhAs comigrated
with the organohalide respiration complex. Based on genomic and proteomic
analysis, we propose quinone-independent respiration in Dehalogenimonas.
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- Alba Trueba-Santiso
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les Sitges s/n, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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- Division of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les Sitges s/n, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les Sitges s/n, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig 04318, Germany.,Chair of Geobiotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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Franke S, Seidel K, Adrian L, Nijenhuis I. Dual Element (C/Cl) Isotope Analysis Indicates Distinct Mechanisms of Reductive Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Ethenes and Dichloroethane in Dehalococcoides mccartyi Strain BTF08 With Defined Reductive Dehalogenase Inventories. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1507. [PMID: 32903289 PMCID: PMC7396605 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain BTF08 has the unique property to couple complete dechlorination of tetrachloroethene and 1,2-dichloroethane to ethene with growth by using the halogenated compounds as terminal electron acceptor. The genome of strain BTF08 encodes 20 genes for reductive dehalogenase homologous proteins (RdhA) including those described for dehalogenation of tetrachloroethene (PceA, PteA), trichloroethene (TceA) and vinyl chloride (VcrA). Thus far it is unknown under which conditions the different RdhAs are expressed, what their substrate specificity is and if different reaction mechanisms are employed. Here we found by proteomic analysis from differentially activated batches that PteA and VcrA were expressed during dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene, while TceA was expressed during 1,2-dichloroethane dehalogenation. Carbon and chlorine compound-specific stable isotope analysis suggested distinct reaction mechanisms for the dechlorination of (i) cis-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride versus (ii) tetrachloroethene. This differentiation was observed independent of the expressed RdhA proteins. Differently, two stable isotope fractionation patterns were observed for 1,2-dichloroethane transformation, for cells with distinct RdhA inventories. Conclusively, we could link specific RdhA expression with functions and provide an insight into the apparently substrate-specific reaction mechanisms in the pathway of reductive dehalogenation in D. mccartyi strain BTF08. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifiers PXD018558 and PXD018595.
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- Steffi Franke
- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Chair of Geobiotechnology at TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Saibu S, Adebusoye SA, Oyetibo GO. Aerobic bacterial transformation and biodegradation of dioxins: a review. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s40643-020-0294-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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AbstractWaste generation tends to surge in quantum as the population and living conditions grow. A group of structurally related chemicals of dibenzofurans and dibenzo-p-dioxins including their chlorinated congeners collectively known as dioxins are among the most lethal environmental pollutants formed during different anthropogenic activities. Removal of dioxins from the environment is challenging due to their persistence, recalcitrance to biodegradation, and prevalent nature. Dioxin elimination through the biological approach is considered both economically and environmentally as a better substitute to physicochemical conventional approaches. Bacterial aerobic degradation of these compounds is through two major catabolic routes: lateral and angular dioxygenation pathways. Information on the diversity of bacteria with aerobic dioxin degradation capability has accumulated over the years and efforts have been made to harness this fundamental knowledge to cleanup dioxin-polluted soils. This paper covers the previous decades and recent developments on bacterial diversity and aerobic bacterial transformation, degradation, and bioremediation of dioxins in contaminated systems.
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Hermon L, Hellal J, Denonfoux J, Vuilleumier S, Imfeld G, Urien C, Ferreira S, Joulian C. Functional Genes and Bacterial Communities During Organohalide Respiration of Chloroethenes in Microcosms of Multi-Contaminated Groundwater. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:89. [PMID: 30809199 PMCID: PMC6379275 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Microcosm experiments with CE-contaminated groundwater from a former industrial site were set-up to evaluate the relationships between biological CE dissipation, dehalogenase genes abundance and bacterial genera diversity. Impact of high concentrations of PCE on organohalide respiration was also evaluated. Complete or partial dechlorination of PCE, TCE, cis-DCE and VC was observed independently of the addition of a reducing agent (Na2S) or an electron donor (acetate). The addition of either 10 or 100 μM PCE had no effect on organohalide respiration. qPCR analysis of reductive dehalogenases genes (pceA, tceA, vcrA, and bvcA) indicated that the version of pceA gene found in the genus Dehalococcoides [hereafter named pceA(Dhc)] and vcrA gene increased in abundance by one order of magnitude during the first 10 days of incubation. The version of the pceA gene found, among others, in the genus Dehalobacter, Sulfurospirillum, Desulfuromonas, and Geobacter [hereafter named pceA(Dhb)] and bvcA gene showed very low abundance. The tceA gene was not detected throughout the experiment. The proportion of pceA(Dhc) or vcrA genes relative to the universal 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene increased by up to 6-fold upon completion of cis-DCE dissipation. Sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons indicated that the abundance of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) affiliated to dehalogenating genera Dehalococcoides, Sulfurospirillum, and Geobacter represented more than 20% sequence abundance in the microcosms. Among organohalide respiration associated genera, only abundance of Dehalococcoides spp. increased up to fourfold upon complete dissipation of PCE and cis-DCE, suggesting a major implication of Dehalococcoides in CEs organohalide respiration. The relative abundance of pceA and vcrA genes correlated with the occurrence of Dehalococcoides and with dissipation extent of PCE, cis-DCE and CV. A new type of dehalogenating Dehalococcoides sp. phylotype affiliated to the Pinellas group, and suggested to contain both pceA(Dhc) and vcrA genes, may be involved in organohalide respiration of CEs in groundwater of the study site. Overall, the results demonstrate in situ dechlorination potential of CE in the plume, and suggest that taxonomic and functional biomarkers in laboratory microcosms of contaminated groundwater following pollutant exposure can help predict bioremediation potential at contaminated industrial sites.
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- Louis Hermon
- Geomicrobiology and Environmental Monitoring Unit, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France.,CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Genomics and Microbiology, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Geomicrobiology and Environmental Monitoring Unit, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France
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- Service Recherche, Développement et Innovation-Communautés Microbiennes, GenoScreen, SAS, Lille, France
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- CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Genomics and Microbiology, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS/EOST, LHyGeS UMR 7517, Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry of Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Service Recherche, Développement et Innovation-Communautés Microbiennes, GenoScreen, SAS, Lille, France
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- Service Recherche, Développement et Innovation-Communautés Microbiennes, GenoScreen, SAS, Lille, France
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- Geomicrobiology and Environmental Monitoring Unit, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France
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Jochum LM, Schreiber L, Marshall IPG, Jørgensen BB, Schramm A, Kjeldsen KU. Single-Cell Genomics Reveals a Diverse Metabolic Potential of Uncultivated Desulfatiglans-Related Deltaproteobacteria Widely Distributed in Marine Sediment. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2038. [PMID: 30233524 PMCID: PMC6129605 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Desulfatiglans-related organisms comprise one of the most abundant deltaproteobacterial lineages in marine sediments where they occur throughout the sediment column in a gradient of increasing sulfate and organic carbon limitation with depth. Characterized Desulfatiglans isolates are dissimilatory sulfate reducers able to grow by degrading aromatic hydrocarbons. The ecophysiology of environmental Desulfatiglans-populations is poorly understood, however, possibly utilization of aromatic compounds may explain their predominance in marine subsurface sediments. We sequenced and analyzed seven Desulfatiglans-related single-cell genomes (SAGs) from Aarhus Bay sediments to characterize their metabolic potential with regard to aromatic compound degradation and energy metabolism. The average genome assembly size was 1.3 Mbp and completeness estimates ranged between 20 and 50%. Five of the SAGs (group 1) originated from the sulfate-rich surface part of the sediment while two (group 2) originated from sulfate-depleted subsurface sediment. Based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing group 2 SAGs represent the more frequent types of Desulfatiglans-populations in Aarhus Bay sediments. Genes indicative of aromatic compound degradation could be identified in both groups, but the two groups were metabolically distinct with regard to energy conservation. Group 1 SAGs carry a full set of genes for dissimilatory sulfate reduction, whereas the group 2 SAGs lacked any genetic evidence for sulfate reduction. The latter may be due to incompleteness of the SAGs, but as alternative energy metabolisms group 2 SAGs carry the genetic potential for growth by acetogenesis and fermentation. Group 1 SAGs encoded reductive dehalogenase genes, allowing them to access organohalides and possibly conserve energy by their reduction. Both groups possess sulfatases unlike their cultured relatives allowing them to utilize sulfate esters as source of organic carbon and sulfate. In conclusion, the uncultivated marine Desulfatiglans populations are metabolically diverse, likely reflecting different strategies for coping with energy and sulfate limitation in the subsurface seabed.
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- Lara M Jochum
- Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Geomicrobiology, Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Suzuki Y, Nakamura M, Otsuka Y, Suzuki N, Ohyama K, Kawakami T, Sato-Izawa K, Navarro RR, Hishiyama S, Inoue K, Kameyama T, Takahashi A, Katayama Y. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the enzyme for the reductive cleavage of diaryl ether bonds of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Geobacillus thermodenitrificans UZO 3. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 126:488-496. [PMID: 29805114 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have previously reported that a cell-free extract prepared from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans UZO 3 reductively cleaves diaryl ether bonds of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), a dioxin with the highest toxicity, in a sequential fashion producing 3',4',4,5-tetrachloro-2-hydroxydiphenyl ether (TCDE) as the intermediate, and 3,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) as the final reaction product. The detection of TCDE implicated the discovery of an unprecedented dioxin-degrading enzyme that reductively cleaves the diaryl ether bonds. In this study, we report the cloning and sequencing of the dioxin reductive etherase gene dreE which codes for the 2,3,7,8-TCDD-degrading enzyme. We showed that dreE was expressed in Escherichia coli and that the product of the expression could reductively cleave diaryl ether bonds of 2,3,7,8-TCDD to produce TCDE. Furthermore, we established that the amino acid sequence encoded by dreE was homologous to an enzyme with yet unknown function that is encoded by a gene located in the riboflavin (vitamin B2) biosynthesis operon in Bacillus subtilis. We also showed that the amino acid sequence possesses a coenzyme A (CoA) binding site that is conserved in the N-acyltransferase superfamily. For the first time, the degradation of 2,3,7,8-TCDD at the molecular level using a enzyme of bacterial origin has been demonstrated. A novel mechanism model for the reductive cleavage of diaryl ether bond of 2,3,7,8-TCDD was also proposed.
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- Yuzo Suzuki
- Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. Ltd., Shinjyuku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan.
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. Ltd., Shinjyuku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Kantteku Co. Ltd., Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
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- Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. Ltd., Shinjyuku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
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- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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Schubert T, Adrian L, Sawers RG, Diekert G. Organohalide respiratory chains: composition, topology and key enzymes. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:4923014. [DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiy035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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- Torsten Schubert
- Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Geobiotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ackerstraße 74, D-13355 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology/Microbiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 3, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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Dolinová I, Štrojsová M, Černík M, Němeček J, Macháčková J, Ševců A. Microbial degradation of chloroethenes: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:13262-13283. [PMID: 28378313 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8867-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Contamination by chloroethenes has a severe negative effect on both the environment and human health. This has prompted intensive remediation activity in recent years, along with research into the efficacy of natural microbial communities for degrading toxic chloroethenes into less harmful compounds. Microbial degradation of chloroethenes can take place either through anaerobic organohalide respiration, where chloroethenes serve as electron acceptors; anaerobic and aerobic metabolic degradation, where chloroethenes are used as electron donors; or anaerobic and aerobic co-metabolic degradation, with chloroethene degradation occurring as a by-product during microbial metabolism of other growth substrates, without energy or carbon benefit. Recent research has focused on optimising these natural processes to serve as effective bioremediation technologies, with particular emphasis on (a) the diversity and role of bacterial groups involved in dechlorination microbial processes, and (b) detection of bacterial enzymes and genes connected with dehalogenation activity. In this review, we summarise the different mechanisms of chloroethene bacterial degradation suitable for bioremediation and provide a list of dechlorinating bacteria. We also provide an up-to-date summary of primers available for detecting functional genes in anaerobic and aerobic bacteria degrading chloroethenes metabolically or co-metabolically.
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- Iva Dolinová
- Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic.
- Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic.
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Hieke ASC, Brinkmeyer R, Yeager KM, Schindler K, Zhang S, Xu C, Louchouarn P, Santschi PH. Widespread Distribution of Dehalococcoides mccartyi in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay, Texas, Sediments and the Potential for Reductive Dechlorination of PCDD/F in an Estuarine Environment. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 18:630-644. [PMID: 27844293 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-016-9723-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Sediments in the Houston Ship Channel and upper Galveston Bay, Texas, USA, are polluted with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/F; ≤46,000 ng/kg dry weight (wt.)) with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), the most toxic congener, contributing >50 % of the total toxic equivalents (TEQ) at most locations. We measured PCDD/F concentrations in sediments and evaluated the potential for enhanced in situ biodegradation by surveying for Dehalococcoides mccartyi, an obligate organohalide respiring bacterium. Dehalococcoides spp. (98 % similar to D. mccartyi) and 22 other members of the class Dehalococcoidia were predominant 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) phylotypes. Dehalococcoides spp. were also present in the active fraction of the bacterial community. Presence/absence PCR screening detected D. mccartyi in sediment cores and sediment grab samples having at least 1 ng/kg dry wt. TEQ at salinities ranging from 0.6 to 19.5 PSU, indicating that they are widespread in the estuarine environment. Organic carbon-only and organic carbon + sulfate-amended sediment microcosm experiments resulted in ∼60 % reduction of ambient 2,3,7,8-TCDD in just 24 months leading to reductions in total TEQs by 38.4 and 45.0 %, respectively, indicating that 2,3,7,8-TCDD degradation is occurring at appreciable rates.
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- Anne-Sophie Charlotte Hieke
- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 3146 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
- Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, 2472 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77553, USA
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Matturro B, Ubaldi C, Grenni P, Caracciolo AB, Rossetti S. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) anaerobic degradation in marine sediments: microcosm study and role of autochthonous microbial communities. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:12613-12623. [PMID: 26162439 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4960-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) biodegradation was followed for 1 year in microcosms containing marine sediments collected from Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy) chronically contaminated by this class of hazardous compounds. The microcosms were performed under strictly anaerobic conditions with or without the addition of Dehalococcoides mccartyi, the main microorganism known to degrade PCBs through the anaerobic reductive dechlorination process. Thirty PCB congeners were monitored during the experiments revealing that the biodegradation occurred in all microcosms with a decrease in hepta-, hexa-, and penta-chlorobiphenyls (CBs) and a parallel increase in low chlorinated PCBs (tri-CBs and tetra-CBs). The concentrations of the most representative congeners detected in the original sediment, such as 245-245-CB and 2345-245-CB, and of the mixture 2356-34-CB+234-245-CB, decreased by 32.5, 23.8, and 46.7 %, respectively, after only 70 days of anaerobic incubation without any bioaugmentation treatment. Additionally, the structure and population dynamics of the microbial key players involved in the biodegradative process and of the entire mixed microbial community were accurately defined by Catalyzed Reporter Deposition Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (CARD-FISH) in both the original sediment and during the operation of the microcosm. The reductive dehalogenase genes of D. mccartyi, specifically involved in PCB dechlorination, were also quantified using real-time PCR (qPCR). Our results demonstrated that the autochthonous microbial community living in the marine sediment, including D. mccartyi (6.32E+06 16S rRNA gene copy numbers g(-1) sediment), was able to efficiently sustain the biodegradation of PCBs when controlled anaerobic conditions were imposed.
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- Bruna Matturro
- Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29, 300, Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- ENEA, Technical Unit for Environmental Characterization, Prevention and Remediation, UTPRA, C.R Casaccia, Rome, Italy
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- Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29, 300, Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29, 300, Monterotondo, RM, Italy.
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Dehalogenimonas sp. Strain WBC-2 Genome and Identification of Its trans-Dichloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase, TdrA. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 82:40-50. [PMID: 26452554 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02017-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The Dehalogenimonas population in a dechlorinating enrichment culture referred to as WBC-2 was previously shown to be responsible for trans-dichloroethene (tDCE) hydrogenolysis to vinyl chloride (VC). In this study, blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) followed by enzymatic assays and protein identification using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) led to the functional characterization of a novel dehalogenase, TdrA. This new reductive dehalogenase (RDase) catalyzes the dechlorination of tDCE to VC. A metagenome of the WBC-2 culture was sequenced, and a complete Dehalogenimonas genome, only the second Dehalogenimonas genome to become publicly available, was closed. The tdrA dehalogenase found within the Dehalogenimonas genome appears to be on a genomic island similar to genomic islands found in Dehalococcoides. TdrA itself is most similar to TceA from Dehalococcoides sp. strain FL2 with 76.4% amino acid pairwise identity. It is likely that the horizontal transfer of rdhA genes is not only a feature of Dehalococcoides but also a feature of other Dehalococcoidia, including Dehalogenimonas. A set of primers was developed to track tdrA in WBC-2 subcultures maintained on different electron acceptors. This newest dehalogenase is an addition to the short list of functionally defined RDases sharing the usual characteristic motifs (including an AB operon, a TAT export sequence, two iron-sulfur clusters, and a corrinoid binding domain), substrate flexibility, and evidence for horizontal gene transfer within the Dehalococcoidia.
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Miles ZD, Myers WK, Kincannon WM, Britt RD, Bandarian V. Biochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of Epoxyqueuosine Reductase: A Novel Iron-Sulfur Cluster- and Cobalamin-Containing Protein Involved in the Biosynthesis of Queuosine. Biochemistry 2015; 54:4927-35. [PMID: 26230193 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Queuosine is a hypermodified nucleoside present in the wobble position of tRNAs with a 5'-GUN-3' sequence in their anticodon (His, Asp, Asn, and Tyr). The 7-deazapurine core of the base is synthesized de novo in prokaryotes from guanosine 5'-triphosphate in a series of eight sequential enzymatic transformations, the final three occurring on tRNA. Epoxyqueuosine reductase (QueG) catalyzes the final step in the pathway, which entails the two-electron reduction of epoxyqueuosine to form queuosine. Biochemical analyses reveal that this enzyme requires cobalamin and two [4Fe-4S] clusters for catalysis. Spectroscopic studies show that the cobalamin appears to bind in a base-off conformation, whereby the dimethylbenzimidazole moiety of the cofactor is removed from the coordination sphere of the cobalt but not replaced by an imidazole side chain, which is a hallmark of many cobalamin-dependent enzymes. The bioinformatically identified residues are shown to have a role in modulating the primary coordination sphere of cobalamin. These studies provide the first demonstration of the cofactor requirements for QueG.
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- Zachary D Miles
- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Cooper M, Wagner A, Wondrousch D, Sonntag F, Sonnabend A, Brehm M, Schüürmann G, Adrian L. Anaerobic microbial transformation of halogenated aromatics and fate prediction using electron density modeling. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:6018-28. [PMID: 25909816 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Halogenated homo- and heterocyclic aromatics including disinfectants, pesticides and pharmaceuticals raise concern as persistent and toxic contaminants with often unknown fate. Remediation strategies and natural attenuation in anaerobic environments often build on microbial reductive dehalogenation. Here we describe the transformation of halogenated anilines, benzonitriles, phenols, methoxylated, or hydroxylated benzoic acids, pyridines, thiophenes, furoic acids, and benzenes by Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1 and environmental fate modeling of the dehalogenation pathways. The compounds were chosen based on structural considerations to investigate the influence of functional groups present in a multitude of commercially used halogenated aromatics. Experimentally obtained growth yields were 0.1 to 5 × 10(14) cells mol(-1) of halogen released (corresponding to 0.3-15.3 g protein mol(-1) halogen), and specific enzyme activities ranged from 4.5 to 87.4 nkat mg(-1) protein. Chlorinated electron-poor pyridines were not dechlorinated in contrast to electron-rich thiophenes. Three different partial charge models demonstrated that the regioselective removal of halogens is governed by the least negative partial charge of the halogen. Microbial reaction pathways combined with computational chemistry and pertinent literature findings on Co(I) chemistry suggest that halide expulsion during reductive dehalogenation is initiated through single electron transfer from B12Co(I) to the apical halogen site.
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- Myriel Cooper
- †Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstrasse15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- ‡Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Applied Biochemistry, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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- §Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- ∥Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Leipziger Strasse 29, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
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- ‡Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Applied Biochemistry, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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- ‡Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Applied Biochemistry, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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- §Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- §Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- ∥Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Leipziger Strasse 29, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
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- †Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstrasse15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- ‡Technische Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Applied Biochemistry, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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Matturro B, Rossetti S. GeneCARD-FISH: Detection of tceA and vcrA reductive dehalogenase genes in Dehalococcoides mccartyi by fluorescence in situ hybridization. J Microbiol Methods 2015; 110:27-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yohda M, Yagi O, Takechi A, Kitajima M, Matsuda H, Miyamura N, Aizawa T, Nakajima M, Sunairi M, Daiba A, Miyajima T, Teruya M, Teruya K, Shiroma A, Shimoji M, Tamotsu H, Juan A, Nakano K, Aoyama M, Terabayashi Y, Satou K, Hirano T. Genome sequence determination and metagenomic characterization of a Dehalococcoides mixed culture grown on cis-1,2-dichloroethene. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 120:69-77. [PMID: 25579666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A Dehalococcoides-containing bacterial consortium that performed dechlorination of 0.20 mM cis-1,2-dichloroethene to ethene in 14 days was obtained from the sediment mud of the lotus field. To obtain detailed information of the consortium, the metagenome was analyzed using the short-read next-generation sequencer SOLiD 3. Matching the obtained sequence tags with the reference genome sequences indicated that the Dehalococcoides sp. in the consortium was highly homologous to Dehalococcoides mccartyi CBDB1 and BAV1. Sequence comparison with the reference sequence constructed from 16S rRNA gene sequences in a public database showed the presence of Sedimentibacter, Sulfurospirillum, Clostridium, Desulfovibrio, Parabacteroides, Alistipes, Eubacterium, Peptostreptococcus and Proteocatella in addition to Dehalococcoides sp. After further enrichment, the members of the consortium were narrowed down to almost three species. Finally, the full-length circular genome sequence of the Dehalococcoides sp. in the consortium, D. mccartyi IBARAKI, was determined by analyzing the metagenome with the single-molecule DNA sequencer PacBio RS. The accuracy of the sequence was confirmed by matching it to the tag sequences obtained by SOLiD 3. The genome is 1,451,062 nt and the number of CDS is 1566, which includes 3 rRNA genes and 47 tRNA genes. There exist twenty-eight RDase genes that are accompanied by the genes for anchor proteins. The genome exhibits significant sequence identity with other Dehalococcoides spp. throughout the genome, but there exists significant difference in the distribution RDase genes. The combination of a short-read next-generation DNA sequencer and a long-read single-molecule DNA sequencer gives detailed information of a bacterial consortium.
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- Masafumi Yohda
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Molecular Chemistry, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 1-2-1 Izumi-cho, Narashino, Chiba 275-8575, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Accelrys, 3-7-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, Japan
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- TM Software, PMB 282, 713 W. Duarte Rd., #G, Arcadia, CA 91007, USA
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- Okinawa Industrial Technology Center, 12-2 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-8 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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Primers That Target Functional Genes of Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria. SPRINGER PROTOCOLS HANDBOOKS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/8623_2015_75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Liang Y, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC, Mattes TE. Potential for Polychlorinated Biphenyl Biodegradation in Sediments from Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION 2014; 89:50-57. [PMID: 24764649 PMCID: PMC3993986 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are carcinogenic, persistent, and bioaccumulative contaminants that pose risks to human and environmental health. In this study, we evaluated the PCB biodegradation of sediments from Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC), a PCB-contaminated site (average PCB concentration = 12,570 ng/g d.w.). PCB congener profiles and bacterial community structure in a core sediment sample (4.57 m long) were characterized. Analysis of vertical PCB congener profile patterns in sediment and pore water strongly suggest that in situ dechlorination occurred in sediments. However, 16S rRNA genes from putative PCB-dechlorinating Chloroflexi were relatively more abundant in upper 2 m sediments, as were genes indicative of aerobic biodegradation potential (i.e. biphenyl dioxygenase (bphA)). Characterization of the bacterial community by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and comparison of these with sediment and pore water PCB congener profiles with the Mantel test revealed a statistical correlation (p<0.001). Sequences classified as Acinetobacter and Acidovorax were highly abundant in deep sediments. Overall, our results suggest that PCB dechlorination has already occurred, and that IHSC sediments have the potential for further aerobic and anaerobic PCB biodegradation.
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- Yi Liang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
- Corresponding author: Tel.: +1 319 335 5065, Fax: +1 319 335 5660,
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Bælum J, Scheutz C, Chambon JC, Jensen CM, Brochmann RP, Dennis P, Laier T, Broholm MM, Bjerg PL, Binning PJ, Jacobsen CS. The impact of bioaugmentation on dechlorination kinetics and on microbial dechlorinating communities in subsurface clay till. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2014; 186:149-157. [PMID: 24374375 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Revised: 11/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A molecular study on how the abundance of the dechlorinating culture KB-1 affects dechlorination rates in clay till is presented. DNA extracts showed changes in abundance of specific dechlorinators as well as their functional genes. Independently of the KB-1 added, the microbial dechlorinator abundance increased to the same level in all treatments. In the non-bioaugmented microcosms the reductive dehalogenase gene bvcA increased in abundance, but when KB-1 was added the related vcrA gene increased while bvcA genes did not increase. Modeling showed higher vinyl-chloride dechlorination rates and shorter time for complete dechlorination to ethene with higher initial concentration of KB-1 culture, while cis-dichloroethene dechlorination rates were not affected by KB-1 concentrations. This study provides high resolution abundance profiles of Dehalococcoides spp. (DHC) and functional genes, highlights the ecological behavior of KB-1 in clay till, and reinforces the importance of using multiple functional genes as biomarkers for reductive dechlorination.
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- Jacob Bælum
- The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark; Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Fremtidsvej 3, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark; The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Kemitorvet - Building 208, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljøvej - Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljøvej - Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- SiREM, 130 Research Lane Suite 2, Guelph, ON N1G 5G3, Canada
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- The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljøvej - Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljøvej - Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljøvej - Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; Center for Permafrost, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Liu H, Park JW, Häggblom MM. Enriching for microbial reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2014; 184:222-230. [PMID: 24060741 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Anaerobic enrichment cultures derived from contaminated Kymijoki River sediments dechlorinated 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (1,2,3,4-tetra-CDF), octachlorodibenzofuran (octa-CDF) and 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1,2,3,4-tetra-CDD). 1,2,3,4-tetra-CDF was dechlorinated via 1,2,3-, 2,3,4-, and 1,3,4/1,2,4-tri-CDFs to 1,3-, 2,3-, and 2,4-di-CDFs and finally to 4-mono-CDF. The dechlorination rate of 1,2,3,4-tetra-CDF was generally slower than that of 1,2,3,4-tetra-CDD. The rate and extent of 1,2,3,4-tetra-CDD dechlorination was enhanced by addition of pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) as a co-substrate. Dechlorination of spiked octa-CDF was observed with the production of hepta-, hexa-, penta- and tetra-CDFs over 6 months. Two major phylotypes of the Chloroflexi community showed an increase, one of which was identical to the Dehalococcoides mccartyi Pinellas subgroup. A set of twelve putative reductive dehalogenase (rdh) genes increased in abundance with addition of 1,2,3,4-tetra-CDF, 1,2,3,4-tetra-CDD and/or PCNB. This information will aid in understanding how indigenous microbial communities impact the fate of PCDFs and in developing strategies for bioremediation of PCDD/F contaminated sediments.
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- Hui Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, 76 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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Novel Firmicutes group implicated in the dechlorination of two chlorinated xanthones, analogues of natural organochlorines. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 80:1210-8. [PMID: 24296507 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03472-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Although the abundance and diversity of natural organochlorines are well established, much is still unknown about the degradation of these compounds. Triplicate microcosms were used to determine whether, and which, bacterial communities could dechlorinate two chlorinated xanthones (2,7-dichloroxanthone and 5,7-dichloro-1,3-dihydroxylxanthone), analogues of a diverse class of natural organochlorines. According to quantitative-PCR (qPCR) results, several known dechlorinating genera were either not present or not enriched during dechlorination of the xanthones. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, however, indicated that several Firmicutes were enriched in the dechlorinating cultures compared to triplicate controls amended with nonchlorinated xanthones. One such group, herein referred to as the Gopher group, was further studied with a novel qPCR method that confirmed enrichment of Gopher group 16S rRNA genes in the dechlorinating cultures. The enrichment of the Gopher group was again tested with two new sets of triplicate microcosms. Enrichment was observed during chlorinated xanthone dechlorination in one set of these triplicate microcosms. In the other set, two microcosms showed clear enrichment while a third did not. The Gopher group is a previously unidentified group of Firmicutes, distinct from but related to the Dehalobacter and Desulfitobacterium genera; this group also contains clones from at least four unique cultures capable of dechlorinating anthropogenic organochlorines that have been previously described in the literature. This study suggests that natural chlorinated xanthones may be effective biostimulants to enhance the remediation of pollutants and highlights the idea that novel genera of dechlorinators likely exist and may be active in bioremediation and the natural cycling of chlorine.
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Hug LA, Edwards EA. Diversity of reductive dehalogenase genes from environmental samples and enrichment cultures identified with degenerate primer PCR screens. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:341. [PMID: 24312087 PMCID: PMC3832961 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Reductive dehalogenases are the critical enzymes for anaerobic organohalide respiration, a microbial metabolic process that has been harnessed for bioremediation efforts to resolve chlorinated solvent contamination in groundwater and is implicated in the global halogen cycle. Reductive dehalogenase sequence diversity is informative for the dechlorination potential of the site or enrichment culture. A suite of degenerate PCR primers targeting a comprehensive curated set of reductive dehalogenase genes was designed and applied to 12 DNA samples extracted from contaminated and pristine sites, as well as six enrichment cultures capable of reducing chlorinated compounds to non-toxic end-products. The amplified gene products from four environmental sites and two enrichment cultures were sequenced using Illumina HiSeq, and the reductive dehalogenase complement of each sample determined. The results indicate that the diversity of the reductive dehalogenase gene family is much deeper than is currently accounted for: one-third of the translated proteins have less than 70% pairwise amino acid identity to database sequences. Approximately 60% of the sequenced reductive dehalogenase genes were broadly distributed, being identified in four or more samples, and often in previously sequenced genomes as well. In contrast, 17% of the sequenced reductive dehalogenases were unique, present in only a single sample and bearing less than 90% pairwise amino acid identity to any previously identified proteins. Many of the broadly distributed reductive dehalogenases are uncharacterized in terms of their substrate specificity, making these intriguing targets for further biochemical experimentation. Finally, comparison of samples from a contaminated site and an enrichment culture derived from the same site 8 years prior allowed examination of the effect of the enrichment process.
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- Laura A Hug
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
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Schiffmann C, Hansen R, Baumann S, Kublik A, Nielsen PH, Adrian L, von Bergen M, Jehmlich N, Seifert J. Comparison of targeted peptide quantification assays for reductive dehalogenases by selective reaction monitoring (SRM) and precursor reaction monitoring (PRM). Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 406:283-91. [PMID: 24220761 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7451-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Targeted absolute protein quantification yields valuable information about physiological adaptation of organisms and is thereby of high interest. Especially for this purpose, two proteomic mass spectrometry-based techniques namely selective reaction monitoring (SRM) and precursor reaction monitoring (PRM) are commonly applied. The objective of this study was to establish an optimal quantification assay for proteins with the focus on those involved in housekeeping functions and putative reductive dehalogenase proteins from the strictly anaerobic bacterium Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1. This microbe is small and slow-growing; hence, it provides little biomass for comprehensive proteomic analysis. We therefore compared SRM and PRM techniques. Eleven peptides were successfully quantified by both methods. In addition, six peptides were solely quantified by SRM and four by PRM, respectively. Peptides were spiked into a background of Escherichia coli lysate and the majority of peptides were quantifiable down to 500 amol absolute on column by both methods. Peptide quantification in CBDB1 lysate resulted in the detection of 15 peptides using SRM and 14 peptides with the PRM assay. Resulting quantification of five dehalogenases revealed copy numbers of <10 to 115 protein molecules per cell indicating clear differences in abundance of RdhA proteins during growth on hexachlorobenzene. Our results indicated that both methods show comparable sensitivity and that the combination of the mass spectrometry assays resulted in higher peptide coverage and thus more reliable protein quantification.
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- Christian Schiffmann
- Department of Proteomics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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Buttet GF, Holliger C, Maillard J. Functional genotyping of Sulfurospirillum spp. in mixed cultures allowed the identification of a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:6941-7. [PMID: 23995945 PMCID: PMC3811552 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02312-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Reductive dehalogenases are the key enzymes involved in the anaerobic respiration of organohalides such as the widespread groundwater pollutant tetrachloroethene. The increasing number of available bacterial genomes and metagenomes gives access to hundreds of new putative reductive dehalogenase genes that display a high level of sequence diversity and for which substrate prediction remains very challenging. In this study, we present the development of a functional genotyping method targeting the diverse reductive dehalogenases present in Sulfurospirillum spp., which allowed us to unambiguously identify a new reductive dehalogenase from our tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating SL2 bacterial consortia. The new enzyme, named PceATCE, shows 92% sequence identity with the well-characterized PceA enzyme of Sulfurospirillum multivorans, but in contrast to the latter, it is restricted to tetrachloroethene as a substrate. Its apparent higher dechlorinating activity with tetrachloroethene likely allowed its selection and maintenance in the bacterial consortia among other enzymes showing broader substrate ranges. The sequence-substrate relationships within tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenases are also discussed.
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- Géraldine F Buttet
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Matturro B, Tandoi V, Rossetti S. Different activity levels of Dehalococcoides mccartyi revealed by FISH and CARD-FISH under non-steady and pseudo-steady state conditions. N Biotechnol 2013; 30:756-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Isolation and characterization of a novel Dehalobacter species strain TCP1 that reductively dechlorinates 2,4,6-trichlorophenol. Biodegradation 2013; 25:313-23. [PMID: 23995979 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9662-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chlorophenols are widely used as biocides, leading them to being prevalent environmental contaminants that pose toxic threats to ecosystems. In this study, a Dehalobacter species strain TCP1 was isolated from a digester sludge sample, which is able to dechlorinate 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) to 4-monochlorophenol (4-MCP) with H2 as the sole electron donor and acetate as the carbon source. Strain TCP1 also distinguishes itself from other Dehalobacter species with its capability to dechlorinate tetrachloroethene or trichloroethene (TCE) to both cis- and trans-dichloroethenes in a ratio of 5.6 (±0.2):1. The growth yields of strain TCP1 on TCE and 2,4,6-TCP were 4.14 × 10(13) and 5.77 × 10(13) cells mol(-1) of Cl(-) released, respectively. Strain TCP1 contains five unusually long 16S rRNA gene copies per genome, and the extra length is due to the ~110 bp insertion sequences at their 5'-ends. This suggests that strain TCP1 may represent a novel Dehalobacter species. A putative chlorophenol reductive dehalogenase gene-debcprA-was identified to catalyze the ortho-chlorine removal from 2,4,6-TCP. Both the culture-dependent and housekeeping rpoB gene-based approaches indicate the purity of the culture. Strain TCP1 can serve as a promising candidate for the bioremediation of 2,4,6-TCP contaminated sites, and its discovery expands our understanding of metabolic capabilities of Dehalobacter species.
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Genome sequencing of a single cell of the widely distributed marine subsurface Dehalococcoidia, phylum Chloroflexi. ISME JOURNAL 2013; 8:383-97. [PMID: 23966099 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bacteria of the class Dehalococcoidia (DEH), phylum Chloroflexi, are widely distributed in the marine subsurface, yet metabolic properties of the many uncultivated lineages are completely unknown. This study therefore analysed genomic content from a single DEH cell designated 'DEH-J10' obtained from the sediments of Aarhus Bay, Denmark. Real-time PCR showed the DEH-J10 phylotype was abundant in upper sediments but was absent below 160 cm below sea floor. A 1.44 Mbp assembly was obtained and was estimated to represent up to 60.8% of the full genome. The predicted genome is much larger than genomes of cultivated DEH and appears to confer metabolic versatility. Numerous genes encoding enzymes of core and auxiliary beta-oxidation pathways were identified, suggesting that this organism is capable of oxidising various fatty acids and/or structurally related substrates. Additional substrate versatility was indicated by genes, which may enable the bacterium to oxidise aromatic compounds. Genes encoding enzymes of the reductive acetyl-CoA pathway were identified, which may also enable the fixation of CO2 or oxidation of organics completely to CO2. Genes encoding a putative dimethylsulphoxide reductase were the only evidence for a respiratory terminal reductase. No evidence for reductive dehalogenase genes was found. Genetic evidence also suggests that the organism could synthesise ATP by converting acetyl-CoA to acetate by substrate-level phosphorylation. Other encoded enzymes putatively conferring marine adaptations such as salt tolerance and organo-sulphate sulfohydrolysis were identified. Together, these analyses provide the first insights into the potential metabolic traits that may enable members of the DEH to occupy an ecological niche in marine sediments.
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Chen K, Huang L, Xu C, Liu X, He J, Zinder SH, Li S, Jiang J. Molecular characterization of the enzymes involved in the degradation of a brominated aromatic herbicide. Mol Microbiol 2013; 89:1121-39. [PMID: 23859214 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dehalogenation is the key step in the degradation of halogenated aromatics, while reductive dehalogenation is originally thought to rarely occur in aerobes. In this study, an aerobic strain of Comamonas sp. 7D-2 was shown to degrade the brominated aromatic herbicide bromoxynil completely and release two equivalents of bromides under aerobic conditions. The enzymes involved in the degradation of bromoxynil to 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde, including nitrilase, reductive dehalogenase (BhbA), 4-hydroxybenzoate 3-monooxygenase and protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase, were molecularly characterized. The novel dehalogenase BhbA was shown to be a complex of a respiration-linked reductive dehalogenase (RdhA) domain and a NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductase domain and to have key features of anaerobic respiratory RdhAs, including two predicted binding motifs for [4Fe-4S] clusters and a close association with a hydrophobic membrane protein (BhbB). BhbB was confirmed to anchor BhbA to the membrane. BhbA was partially purified and found to use NAD(P)H as electron donors. Full-length bhbA homologues were found almost exclusively in marine aerobic proteobacteria, suggesting that reductive dehalogenation occurs extensively in aerobes and that bhbA is horizontally transferred from marine microorganisms. The discovery of a functional reductive dehalogenase and ring-cleavage oxygenases in an aerobe opens up possibilities for basic research as well as the potential application for bioremediation.
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- Kai Chen
- Department of Microbiology, Key Lab of Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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Sowers KR, May HD. In situ treatment of PCBs by anaerobic microbial dechlorination in aquatic sediment: are we there yet? Curr Opin Biotechnol 2013; 24:482-8. [PMID: 23102490 PMCID: PMC3572274 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2012] [Revised: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soils and sediments remains a particularly difficult problem to solve. The possibility of in situ degradation by microorganisms has been pursued for many years since this approach has the potential to provide a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable alternative to dredging for treatment of PCB impacted sites. Being hydrophobic, PCBs partition into organic material and accumulate in anoxic environments well poised to support anaerobic dechlorination of highly chlorinated congeners; products of which are susceptible to complete aerobic degradation. Laboratory research over the past 25 years is now leading to new microbial technologies that could soon be tested for treatment of PCB impacted sediments in the field.
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- Kevin R Sowers
- Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Hug LA, Maphosa F, Leys D, Löffler FE, Smidt H, Edwards EA, Adrian L. Overview of organohalide-respiring bacteria and a proposal for a classification system for reductive dehalogenases. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2013; 368:20120322. [PMID: 23479752 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Organohalide respiration is an anaerobic bacterial respiratory process that uses halogenated hydrocarbons as terminal electron acceptors during electron transport-based energy conservation. This dechlorination process has triggered considerable interest for detoxification of anthropogenic groundwater contaminants. Organohalide-respiring bacteria have been identified from multiple bacterial phyla, and can be categorized as obligate and non-obligate organohalide respirers. The majority of the currently known organohalide-respiring bacteria carry multiple reductive dehalogenase genes. Analysis of a curated set of reductive dehalogenases reveals that sequence similarity and substrate specificity are generally not correlated, making functional prediction from sequence information difficult. In this article, an orthologue-based classification system for the reductive dehalogenases is proposed to aid integration of new sequencing data and to unify terminology.
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- Laura A Hug
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Sakaki T, Yamamoto K, Ikushiro S. Possibility of application of cytochrome P450 to bioremediation of dioxins. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2013; 60:65-70. [PMID: 23586993 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dioxins, including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans, and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls, are known to be metabolized by enzymes such as cytochrome (CYP) P450, angular dioxygenase, lignin peroxidase, and dehalogenase. It is noted that all of these enzymes have metal ions in their active centers, and the enzyme systems except for peroxidase each have a distinct electron transport chain. Among these enzyme systems, we have focused on cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism of dioxins from the viewpoint of practical use for bioremediation. Mammalian and fungal cytochromes P450 showed remarkable activity toward low-chlorinated PCDDs. In particular, mammalian cytochromes P450 belonging to the CYP1 family showed high activity. Rat CYP1A1 showed high activity toward 2,3,7-trichloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin but no detectable activity for 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD). On the basis of these results, we assumed that enlarging the space of the substrate-binding pocket of rat CYP1A1 might generate TCDD-metabolizing enzyme. Large-sized amino acids located at putative substrate-recognition sites and F-G loop were substituted for alanine by site-directed mutagenesis. Finally, we successfully generated 2,3,7,8-TCDD-metabolizing enzyme by site-directed mutagenesis of rat CYP1A1. We hope that recombinant microorganisms harboring genetically engineered cytochrome P450 will be used for bioremediation of soil contaminated with PCDDs, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls in the future.
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- Toshiyuki Sakaki
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama, Japan.
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Lever MA. Functional gene surveys from ocean drilling expeditions - a review and perspective. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2013; 84:1-23. [PMID: 23228016 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The vast majority of microbes inhabiting the subseafloor remain uncultivated and their energy sources unknown. Thus, a focus of ocean drilling expeditions over the past decade has been to characterize the distribution of microbes associated with specific metabolic reactions. An important question has been whether microbes involved in key microbial processes, such as sulfate reduction and methanogenesis, differ fundamentally from their counterparts in surface environments. To this end, functional genes of anaerobic methane cycling (mcrA), sulfate reduction (dsrAB), acetogenesis (fhs), and dehalorespiration (rdhA) have been examined. A compilation of existing functional gene data suggests that subseafloor microbes involved in anaerobic methane cycling, sulfate reduction, acetogenesis, and dehalorespiration are not fundamentally different from their counterparts in the surface world. Moreover, quantifications of mcrA and dsrAB suggest that, unless the majority of subseafloor microbes involved in methane cycling and sulfate reduction are too genetically divergent to be detected with conventional methods, these processes only support a small fraction (< 1%) of total microbial biomass in the deep biosphere. Ecological explanations for the observed trends, target processes and methods for future investigations, and strategies for tackling the unresolved issue of microbial contamination in samples obtained by ocean drilling are discussed.
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- Mark A Lever
- Center for Geomicrobiology, Institute of BioScience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Futamata H, Kaiya S, Sugawara M, Hiraishi A. Phylogenetic and Transcriptional Analyses of a Tetrachloroethene-Dechlorinating "Dehalococcoides" Enrichment Culture TUT2264 and Its Reductive-Dehalogenase Genes. Microbes Environ 2012; 24:330-7. [PMID: 21566393 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me09133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A dechlorinating microbial enrichment culture designated TUT2264 was cultured with tetrachloroethene and then characterized for tetrachloroethene-dechlorination by culture-dependent and -independent methods. The fourth-transferred TUT2264 culture completely dechlorinated tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene, and accumulated more trans-1,2-dichloroethene than cis-1,2-dichloroethene. A real-time PCR analysis revealed that "Dehalococcoides" cells made up only 0.3% of the total. Eight distinct reductive-dehalogenase-homologous genes (rdh) were detected with degenerate primers. Phylogenetic analyses revealed 5 of the 8 RdhAs to be very similar to RdhAs reported previously but not to share 100% identity. Transcriptional levels were quantified as the number of transcripts per rdhA by combining the reverse transcription real-time PCR and exogenous internal reference mRNA methods. TUT2264 responded to all the chloroethenes tested. rdhA4 was transcribed with all chloroethenes except vinyl chloride, whereas rdhA8 was only transcribed on tetrachloroethene. Furthermore, multiple rdhAs were induced to express by a single chloroethene as a growth-supporting or non-supporting substrate. These results suggested that Rdhs are multi-functional and rdhAs are a powerful tool to evaluate the potential of contaminated sites and isolates to dechlorinate chloroethenes.
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- Hiroyuki Futamata
- Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Shizuoka University
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Rowe AR, Heavner GL, Mansfeldt CB, Werner JJ, Richardson RE. Relating chloroethene respiration rates in Dehalococcoides to protein and mRNA biomarkers. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:9388-9397. [PMID: 22812668 DOI: 10.1021/es300996c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Molecular biomarkers could provide critical insight into myriad in situ microbial activities. In this study we explore correlations of both mRNA and protein biomarkers with chloroethene respiration rate in Dehalococcoides. In a series of continuously fed dechlorinating mixed-culture microcosm experiments (n = 26), we varied respiratory substrates, substrate ratios and feeding rates. Transcript levels for most biomarkers were responsive down to 0.01× the culture's maximum respiration rate. The dehalogenase TceA and the Ni-Fe hydrogenase HupL transcripts were positively correlated (Pearson's r of 0.89 and 0.88, respectively) with respiration rates on log-log plots between 1.5 and 280 μeeq/L-hr for mRNA abundances of 10(7) to 10(10) transcripts/mL (0.07-230 transcripts/genome). These trends were independent of the types of chloroethene or electron donors fed. Other mRNA target levels plateaued or declined at respiration rates above 5 μeeq/L-hr. Using both relative and absolute protein quantification methods, we found that per-genome protein abundances of most targeted biomarkers did not statistically change over the experimental time frames. However, quantified enzyme levels allowed us to calculate in vivo enzyme-specific rate constants (k(cat)) for the dehalogenases PceA and TceA: 400 and 22 substrate molecules/enzyme-sec, respectively. Overall, these data support the promise of both mRNA and protein biomarkers for estimating process rates through either empirical (mRNA-based) or kinetic (protein-based) models, but they require follow-up studies in other cultures and at active remediation sites.
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- Annette R Rowe
- Field of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853, United States
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Kaufhold T, Schmidt M, Cichocka D, Nikolausz M, Nijenhuis I. Dehalogenation of diverse halogenated substrates by a highly enrichedDehalococcoides-containing culture derived from the contaminated mega-site in Bitterfeld. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 83:176-88. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Theresa Kaufhold
- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Leipzig; Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Leipzig; Germany
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- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering; Division of Soil and Water Management; Catholic University of Leuven; Heverlee; Belgium
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Leipzig; Germany
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Ding C, He J. Molecular techniques in the biotechnological fight against halogenated compounds in anoxic environments. Microb Biotechnol 2012; 5:347-67. [PMID: 22070763 PMCID: PMC3821678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00313.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Revised: 09/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Microbial treatment of environmental contamination by anthropogenic halogenated organic compounds has become popular in recent decades, especially in the subsurface environments. Molecular techniques such as polymerase chain reaction-based fingerprinting methods have been extensively used to closely monitor the presence and activities of dehalogenating microbes, which also lead to the discovery of new dehalogenating bacteria and novel functional genes. Nowadays, traditional molecular techniques are being further developed and optimized for higher sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy to better fit the contexts of dehalogenation. On the other hand, newly developed high throughput techniques, such as microarray and next-generation sequencing, provide unsurpassed detection ability, which has enabled large-scale comparative genomic and whole-genome transcriptomic analysis. The aim of this review is to summarize applications of various molecular tools in the field of microbially mediated dehalogenation of various halogenated organic compounds. It is expected that traditional molecular techniques and nucleic-acid-based biomarkers will still be favoured in the foreseeable future because of relative low costs and high flexibility. Collective analyses of metagenomic sequencing data are still in need of information from individual dehalogenating strains and functional reductive dehalogenase genes in order to draw reliable conclusions.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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Wang S, He J. Separation of fluorescence-labelled terminal restriction fragment DNA on a two-dimensional gel (T-RFs-2D) - an efficient approach for microbial consortium characterization. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:2565-75. [PMID: 21824243 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fingerprinting techniques provide access to understanding the ecology of uncultured microbial consortia. However, the application of current techniques such as terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) has been hindered due to their limitations in characterizing complex microbial communities. This is due to that different populations possibly share the same terminal restriction fragments (T-RFs) and DNA fragments may co-migrate on DGGE gels. To overcome these limitations, a new approach was developed to separate terminal restriction fragments (T-RFs) of 16S rRNA genes on a two-dimensional gel (T-RFs-2D). T-RFs-2D involves restriction digestion of terminal fluorescence-labelled PCR amplified 16S rRNA gene products and their high-resolution separation via a two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis based on the T-RF fragment size (1(st) D) and its sequence composition on the denaturing gradient gel (2(nd) D). The sequence information of interested T-RFs on 2D gels can be obtained through serial poly(A) tailing reaction, PCR amplification and subsequent DNA sequencing. By employing the T-RFs-2D method, bacteria with MspI digested T-RF size of 436 (±1) bp and 514 (±1) bp were identified to be a Lysobacter sp. and a Dehalococcoides sp. in a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) dechlorinating culture. With the high resolution of 2D separation, T-RFs-2D separated 63 DNA fragments in a complex river-sediment microbial community, while traditional DGGE detected only 41 DNA fragments in the same sample. In all, T-RFs-2D has its advantage in obtaining sequence information of interested T-RFs and also in characterization of complex microbial communities.
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- Shanquan Wang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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Role of "Dehalococcoides" spp. in the anaerobic transformation of hexachlorobenzene in European rivers. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:4437-45. [PMID: 21571884 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01940-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The diffuse pollution by chlorinated organic compounds in river basins is a concern, due to their potential adverse effects on human health and the environment. Organohalides, like hexachlorobenzene (HCB), are recalcitrant to aerobic microbial degradation, and "Dehalococcoides" spp. are the only known microorganisms capable of anaerobic transformation of these compounds coupled to their growth. In this study, sediments from four European rivers were studied in order to determine their HCB dechlorination capacities and the role of Dehalococcoides spp. in this process. Only a weak correlation was observed between Dehalococcoides species abundance and HCB transformation rates from different locations. In one of these locations, in the Ebro River sediment, HCB dechlorination could be linked to Dehalococcoides species growth and activity by 16S rRNA-based molecular methods. Furthermore, HCB dechlorination activity in this sediment was found over the full range of ambient temperatures that this sediment can be exposed to during different seasons throughout the year. The sediment contained several reductive dehalogenase (rdh) genes, and analysis of their transcription revealed the dominance of cbrA, previously shown to encode a trichlorobenzene reductive dehalogenase. This study investigated the role of Dehalococcoides spp. in HCB dechlorination in river sediments and evaluated if the current knowledge of rdh genes could be used to assess HCB bioremediation potential.
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Miles ZD, McCarty RM, Molnar G, Bandarian V. Discovery of epoxyqueuosine (oQ) reductase reveals parallels between halorespiration and tRNA modification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:7368-72. [PMID: 21502530 PMCID: PMC3088584 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018636108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transfer RNA is one of the most richly modified biological molecules. Biosynthetic pathways that introduce these modifications are underexplored, largely because their absence does not lead to obvious phenotypes under normal growth conditions. Queuosine (Q) is a hypermodified base found in the wobble positions of tRNA Asp, Asn, His, and Tyr from bacteria to mankind. Using liquid chromatography MS methods, we have screened 1,755 single gene knockouts of Escherichia coli and have identified the key final step in the biosynthesis of Q. The protein is homologous to B(12)-dependent iron-sulfur proteins involved in halorespiration. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis epoxyqueuosine (oQ) reductase catalyzes the conversion of oQ to Q in a synthetic substrate, as well as undermodified RNA isolated from an oQ reductase knockout strain. The activity requires inclusion of a reductant and a redox mediator. Finally, exogenously supplied cobalamin stimulates the activity. This work provides the framework for studies of the biosynthesis of other modified RNA components, where lack of accessible phenotype or obvious gene clustering has impeded discovery. Moreover, discovery of the elusive oQ reductase protein completes the biosynthetic pathway of Q.
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- Zachary D. Miles
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
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Lee PKH, Cheng D, Hu P, West KA, Dick GJ, Brodie EL, Andersen GL, Zinder SH, He J, Alvarez-Cohen L. Comparative genomics of two newly isolated Dehalococcoides strains and an enrichment using a genus microarray. ISME JOURNAL 2011; 5:1014-24. [PMID: 21228894 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Comparative genomics of Dehalococcoides strains and an enrichment were performed using a microarray targeting genes from all available sequenced genomes of the Dehalococcoides genus. The microarray was designed with 4305 probe sets to target 98.6% of the open-reading frames from strains 195, CBDB1, BAV1 and VS. The microarrays were validated and applied to query the genomes of two recently isolated Dehalococcoides strains, ANAS1 and ANAS2, and their enrichment source (ANAS) to understand the genome-physiology relationships. Strains ANAS1 and ANAS2 can both couple the reduction of trichloroethene, cis-dichloroethene (DCE) and 1,1-DCE, but not tetrachloroethene and trans-DCE with growth, whereas only strain ANAS2 couples vinyl chloride reduction to growth. Comparative genomic analysis showed that the genomes of both strains are similar to each other and to strain 195, except for genes that are within the previously defined integrated elements or high-plasticity regions. Combined results of the two isolates closely matched the results obtained using genomic DNA of the ANAS enrichment. The genome similarities, together with the distinct chlorinated ethene usage of strains ANAS1, ANAS2 and 195 demonstrate that closely phylogenetically related strains can be physiologically different. This incongruence between physiology and core genome phylogeny seems to be related to the presence of distinct reductive dehalogenase-encoding genes with assigned chlorinated ethene functions (pceA, tceA in strain 195; tceA in strain ANAS1; vcrA in strain ANAS2). Overall, the microarrays are a valuable high-throughput tool for comparative genomics of unsequenced Dehalococcoides-containing samples to provide insights into their gene content and dechlorination functions.
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- Patrick K H Lee
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Hölscher T, Lisec J, Baani M, Duan TH, Adrian L. Bacterial cultures preferentially removing singly flanked chlorine substituents from chlorobenzenes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2010; 44:8936-8942. [PMID: 21043517 DOI: 10.1021/es101971m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The wide though not ubiquitous distribution of chlorobenzene-dechlorinating bacteria in anaerobic sludge from German sewage plants is demonstrated. The model substrates 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) were dechlorinated to dichlorobenzenes (DCBs) and monochlorobenzene (MCB) via distinct pathways. For easy visualization and differentiation of the pathways, a novel plotting method was developed. While many of the cultures showed a dechlorination pattern similar to that previously found for Dehalococcoides species, removing doubly flanked rather than singly flanked chlorine substituents from TCBs, some cultures formed 1,2-DCB from 1,2,3-TCB and/or 1,3-DCB from 1,2,4-TCB. Stable cultures preferentially catalyzing the removal of singly flanked chlorines were obtained by repeated subcultivation in sediment-free synthetic medium. This dechlorination pattern is potentially of great benefit for remediation as the accumulation of persistent intermediates such as 1,3,5-TCB from highly chlorinated compounds can be avoided. In addition, the cultures dechlorinated 1,3,5-TCB, pentachlorobenzene (PeCB), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB). Nested PCR demonstrated the presence of low numbers of Dehalococcoides species. However, the observed insensitivity of the dechlorinating bacteria in our cultures to oxygen and sensitivity to vancomycin is not in accordance with the reported properties of Dehalococcoides species, suggesting that other bacteria than Dehalococcoides catalyzed the removal of singly flanked chlorines from TCB.
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- Tina Hölscher
- Department Isotopenbiogeochemie, Helmholtzzentrum für Umweltforschung-UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Park JW, Krumins V, Kjellerup BV, Fennell DE, Rodenburg LA, Sowers KR, Kerkhof LJ, Häggblom MM. The effect of co-substrate activation on indigenous and bioaugmented PCB dechlorinating bacterial communities in sediment microcosms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 89:2005-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2958-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Revised: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Taş N, Heilig HG, Van Eekert MH, Schraa G, De Vos WM, Smidt H. Concurrent hexachlorobenzene and chloroethene transformation by endogenous dechlorinating microorganisms in the Ebro River sediment. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2010; 74:682-92. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00972.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Xiu ZM, Gregory KB, Lowry GV, Alvarez PJJ. Effect of bare and coated nanoscale zerovalent iron on tceA and vcrA gene expression in Dehalococcoides spp. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2010; 44:7647-51. [PMID: 20804135 DOI: 10.1021/es101786y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Nanoscale zerovalent iron (NZVI) can be used to dechlorinate trichloroethylene (TCE) in contaminated aquifers. Dehalococcoides spp. is the only microbial genus known to dechlorinate TCE to ethene as a respiratory process. However, little is known about how NZVI affects the expression of genes coding for reductive dechlorination. We examined a high-rate TCE-dechlorinating mixed culture which contains organisms similar to known Dehalococcoides to study the effects of NZVI on the expression of two model genes coding for reductive dehalogenases (tceA and vcrA). A novel pretreatment approach, relying on magnetic separation of NZVI prior to reverse transcription qPCR (to avoid RNA adsorption by NZVI), was developed and used with relative quantification (relative to 16S rRNA as endogenous housekeeping gene) to quantify reductive dehalogenase gene expression. Both tceA and vcrA were significantly down-regulated (97- and 137-fold, respectively) relative to baseline (time 0) conditions after 72-h exposure to chlorinated ethenes (0.12 ± 0.03 mg/L cis-DCE, 0.69 ± 0.11 mg/L t-DCE, and 0.54 ± 0.16 mg/L VC) and bare-NZVI (1 g-NZVI/L). However, coating NZVI with an olefin maleic acid copolymer (a common approach to enhance its mobility in aquifers) overcame this significant inhibitory effect, and both tceA and vcrA were up-regulated (3.0- and 3.5-fold, respectively) after 48-h exposure. Thus, NZVI coating might enhance the expression of dechlorinating genes and the concurrent or sequential participation of Dehalococcoides spp. in the remediation process.
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- Zong-Ming Xiu
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Characterizing the metabolism of Dehalococcoides with a constraint-based model. PLoS Comput Biol 2010; 6. [PMID: 20811585 PMCID: PMC2930330 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 07/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Dehalococcoides strains respire a wide variety of chloro-organic compounds and are important for the bioremediation of toxic, persistent, carcinogenic, and ubiquitous ground water pollutants. In order to better understand metabolism and optimize their application, we have developed a pan-genome-scale metabolic network and constraint-based metabolic model of Dehalococcoides. The pan-genome was constructed from publicly available complete genome sequences of Dehalococcoides sp. strain CBDB1, strain 195, strain BAV1, and strain VS. We found that Dehalococcoides pan-genome consisted of 1118 core genes (shared by all), 457 dispensable genes (shared by some), and 486 unique genes (found in only one genome). The model included 549 metabolic genes that encoded 356 proteins catalyzing 497 gene-associated model reactions. Of these 497 reactions, 477 were associated with core metabolic genes, 18 with dispensable genes, and 2 with unique genes. This study, in addition to analyzing the metabolism of an environmentally important phylogenetic group on a pan-genome scale, provides valuable insights into Dehalococcoides metabolic limitations, low growth yields, and energy conservation. The model also provides a framework to anchor and compare disparate experimental data, as well as to give insights on the physiological impact of "incomplete" pathways, such as the TCA-cycle, CO(2) fixation, and cobalamin biosynthesis pathways. The model, referred to as iAI549, highlights the specialized and highly conserved nature of Dehalococcoides metabolism, and suggests that evolution of Dehalococcoides species is driven by the electron acceptor availability.
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