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Potential of aerobic denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri TR2 to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants.

ABSTRACT: In contrast to most denitrifiers studied so far, Pseudomonas stutzeri TR2 produces low levels of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) even under aerobic conditions. We compared the denitrification activity of strain TR2 with those of various denitrifiers in an artificial medium that was derived from piggery wastewater. Strain TR2 exhibited strong denitrification activity and produced little N(2)O under all conditions tested. Its growth rate under denitrifying conditions was near comparable to that under aerobic conditions, showing a sharp contrast to the lower growth rates of other denitrifiers under denitrifying conditions. Strain TR2 was tolerant to toxic nitrite, even utilizing it as a good denitrification substrate. When both nitrite and N(2)O were present, strain TR2 reduced N(2)O in preference to nitrite as the denitrification substrate. This bacterial strain was readily able to adapt to denitrifying conditions by expressing the denitrification genes for cytochrome cd(1) nitrite reductase (NiR) (nirS) and nitrous oxide reductase (NoS) (nosZ). Interestingly, nosZ was constitutively expressed even under nondenitrifying, aerobic conditions, consistent with our finding that strain TR2 preferred N(2)O to nitrite. These properties of strain TR2 concerning denitrification are in sharp contrast to those of well-characterized denitrifiers. These results demonstrate that some bacterial species, such as strain TR2, have adopted a strategy for survival by preferring denitrification to oxygen respiration. The bacterium was also shown to contain the potential to reduce N(2)O emissions when applied to sewage disposal fields.

SUBMITTER: Miyahara M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2901746 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Potential of aerobic denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri TR2 to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants.

Miyahara Morio M Kim Sang-Wan SW Fushinobu Shinya S Takaki Koki K Yamada Takeshi T Watanabe Akira A Miyauchi Keisuke K Endo Ginro G Wakagi Takayoshi T Shoun Hirofumi H

Applied and environmental microbiology 20100521 14

In contrast to most denitrifiers studied so far, Pseudomonas stutzeri TR2 produces low levels of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) even under aerobic conditions. We compared the denitrification activity of strain TR2 with those of various denitrifiers in an artificial medium that was derived from piggery wastewater. Strain TR2 exhibited strong denitrification activity and produced little N(2)O under all conditions tested. Its growth rate under denitrifying conditions was near comparable to that under aerobi ...[more]

PMID: 20495048

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Project description:The expression of denitrification by a facultatively anaerobic bacterium requires as exogenous signals a low oxygen tension concomitant with an N oxide. We have studied the role of nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (N2O), and nitrite as signal molecules for the expression of the denitrification apparatus of Pseudomonas stutzeri. Transcriptional kinetics of structural genes were monitored by Northern blot analysis in a 60-min time frame after cells were exposed to an N oxide signal. To differentiate the inducer role of NO from that of nitrite, mRNA kinetics were monitored under anoxic conditions in a nirF strain, where NO generation from nitrite is prevented because of a defect in heme D(1) biosynthesis. NO-triggered responses were monitored from the nirSTB operon (encoding cytochrome cd(1) nitrite reductase), the norCB operon (encoding NO reductase), nosZ (encoding nitrous oxide reductase), and nosR (encoding a putative regulator). Transcription of nirSTB and norCB was activated by 5 to 50 nM NO, whereas the nosZ promoter required about 250 nM. Nitrite at 5 to 50 nM elicited no response. At a threshold concentration of 650 nM N2O, we observed in the anoxic cell the transient appearance of nosZ and nosR transcripts. Constant levels of transcripts of both genes were observed in an anoxic cell sparged with N2O. NO at 250 nM stimulated in this cell type the expression of nos genes severalfold. The transcription factor DnrD, a member of the FNR-CRP family, was found to be part of the NO-triggered signal transduction pathway. However, overexpression of dnrD in an engineered strain did not result in NirS synthesis, indicating a need for activation of DnrD. NO modified the transcriptional pattern of the dnrD operon by inducing the transcription of dnrN and dnrO, located upstream of dnrD. Insertional mutagenesis of dnrN altered the kinetic response of the nirSTB operon towards nitrite. Our data establish NO and DnrD as key elements in the regulatory network of denitrification in P. stutzeri. The NO response adds to the previously identified nitrate-nitrite response mediated by the NarXL two-component system for the expression of respiratory nitrate reductase encoded by the narGHJI operon.

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Potential of aerobic denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri TR2 to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants.

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Potential of aerobic denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri TR2 to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants.

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