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Characterization of a soil-derived bacterial consortium degrading 4-chloroaniline

Radianingtyas, Helia, Robinson, Gary K., Bull, Alan T. (2003) Characterization of a soil-derived bacterial consortium degrading 4-chloroaniline. Microbiology, 149 (Pt 11). pp. 3279-3287. ISSN 1350-0872. (doi:10.1099/mic.0.26303-0) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:7349)

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Abstract

A bacterial consortium comprising four different species was isolated from an Indonesian agricultural soil using a mixture of aniline and 4-chloroaniline (4CA) as principal carbon sources. The four species were identified as Chryseobacterium indologenes SB1, Comamonas testosteroni SB2, Pseudomonas corrugata SB4 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SB5. Growth studies on aniline and 4CA as single and mixed substrates demonstrated that the bacteria preferred to grow on and utilize aniline rather than 4CA, although both compounds were eventually depleted from the culture supernatant. However, despite 100 % disappearance of the parent substrates, the degradation of 4CA was always characterized by incomplete dechlorination and 4-chlorocatechol accumulation. This result suggests that further degradation of 4-chlorocatechol may be the rate-limiting step in the metabolism of 4CA by the bacterial consortium. HPLC-UV analysis showed that 4-chlorocatechol was further degraded via an ortho-cleavage pathway by the bacterial consortium. This hypothesis was supported by the results from enzyme assays of the crude cell extract of the consortium revealing catechol 1,2-dioxygenase activity which converted catechol and 4-chlorocatechol to cis,cis-muconic acid and 3-chloro-cis,cis-muconic acid respectively. However, the enzyme had a much higher conversion rate for catechol [156 U (g protein)(-1)] than for 4-chlorocatechol [17.2 U (g protein)(-1)], indicating preference for non-chlorinated substrates. Members of the bacterial consortium were also characterized individually. All isolates were able to assimilate aniline. P. corrugata SB4 was able to grow on 4CA solely, while S. maltophilia SB5 was able to grow on 4-chlorocatechol. These results suggest that the degradation of 4CA in the presence of aniline by the bacterial consortium was a result of interspecies interactions.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1099/mic.0.26303-0
Additional information: 1350-0872 (Print) Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Uncontrolled keywords: Aniline Compounds/*pharmacokinetics Bacteria/growth & development/*metabolism Biodegradation, Environmental Kinetics Molecular Sequence Data Rhizobium/metabolism *Soil Microbiology Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/metabolism
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Susan Davies
Date Deposited: 10 Sep 2008 13:49 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:45 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/7349 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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