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Isolation and characterization of "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain MB, which dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to trans-1,2-dichloroethene.

ABSTRACT: In an attempt to understand the microorganisms involved in the generation of trans-1,2-dichloroethene (trans-DCE), pure-culture "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain MB was isolated from environmental sediments. In contrast to currently known tetrachloroethene (PCE)- or trichloroethene (TCE)-dechlorinating pure cultures, which generate cis-DCE as the predominant product, Dehalococcoides sp. strain MB reductively dechlorinates PCE to trans-DCE and cis-DCE at a ratio of 7.3 (+/-0.4):1. It utilizes H2 as the sole electron donor and PCE or TCE as the electron acceptor during anaerobic respiration. Strain MB is a disc-shaped, nonmotile bacterium. Under an atomic force microscope, the cells appear singly or in pairs and are 1.0 microm in diameter and approximately 150 nm in depth. The purity was confirmed by culture-based approaches and 16S rRNA gene-based analysis and was corroborated further by putative reductive dehalogenase (RDase) gene-based, quantitative real-time PCR. Although strain MB shares 100% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195, these two strains possess different dechlorinating pathways. Microarray analysis revealed that 10 putative RDase genes present in strain 195 were also detected in strain MB. Successful cultivation of strain MB indicates that the biotic process could contribute significantly to the generation of trans-DCE in chloroethene-contaminated sites. It also enhances our understanding of the evolution of this unusual microbial group, Dehalococcoides species.

SUBMITTER: Cheng D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2747852 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Isolation and characterization of "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain MB, which dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to trans-1,2-dichloroethene.

Cheng Dan D He Jianzhong J

Applied and environmental microbiology 20090724 18

In an attempt to understand the microorganisms involved in the generation of trans-1,2-dichloroethene (trans-DCE), pure-culture "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain MB was isolated from environmental sediments. In contrast to currently known tetrachloroethene (PCE)- or trichloroethene (TCE)-dechlorinating pure cultures, which generate cis-DCE as the predominant product, Dehalococcoides sp. strain MB reductively dechlorinates PCE to trans-DCE and cis-DCE at a ratio of 7.3 (+/-0.4):1. It utilizes H2 as th ...[more]

PMID: 19633106

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Isolation and characterization of "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain MB, which dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to trans-1,2-dichloroethene.

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Isolation and characterization of "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain MB, which dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to trans-1,2-dichloroethene.

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