Microbial dehalogenation of trichlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by a Dehalococcoides-containing mixed culture is coupled to carbon isotope fractionation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7744-7751

  Ewald, Eva Maria ^a,c   Wagner, Anke ^a   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^b   Lechner, Ute ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION;

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

1,2,3 TRICHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,4 TRICHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,3 DICHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 2 MONOCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; CARBON 13; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIOXIN; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOGENATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

BACTERIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 36248982137     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070935g     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Geyer, H. J.; Rimkus, G. G.; Scheunert, I.; Kaune, A.; Schramm, K.-W.; Kettrup, A.; Zeemann, M.; Muir, D. C. G.; Hansen, L. G.; Mackay, D. Bioaccumulation and occurrence of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (ECDs), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and other organic compounds in fish and other organisms including humans. In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; Beek, B., Ed.; Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 2000; pp 1-178.
2. Gribble, G. W. Chlorinated compounds in the biosphere, natural production. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation; Meyers, R. A., Ed.; John Wiley and Sons, Inc.: New York, 1998; pp 972-1035.
3. Öberg, L. G.; Rappe, C. Biochemical formation of PCDD/Fs from chlorophenols. Chemosphere 1992, 25, 49-52.
4. Ballschmiter, K.; Bacher, R. Dioxine; VCH-Verlag: Weinheim, Germany, 1996.
5. Meharg, A. A.; Osborn, D. Dioxins released from chemical accidents. Nature 1995, 375, 353-354.
6. Verta, M.; Salo, S.; Korhonen, M.; Assmuth, T.; Kiviranta, H.; Koistinen, J.; Ruokojarvi, P.; Isosaari, P.; Bergqvist, P. A.; Tysklind, M.; Cato, I.; Vikelsoe, J.; Larsen, M. M. Dioxin concentrations in sediments of the Baltic Sea - A survey of existing data. Chemosphere 2007, 67, 1762-1775.
7. Götz, R.; Bauer, O. H.; Friesel, P.; Herrmann, T.; Jantzen, E.; Kutzke, M.; Lauer, R.; Paepke, O.; Roch, K.; Rohweder, U.; Schwartz, R.; Sievers, S.; Stachel, B. Vertical profile of PCDD/Fs, dioxin-like PCBs, other PCBs, PAHs, chlorobenzenes, DDX, HCHs, organotin compounds, and chlorinated ethers in dated sediment/soil cores from flood-plains of the river Elbe, Germany. Chemosphere 2007, 67, 592-603.
8. Adriaens, P.; Fu, Q.; Grbic-Galic, D. Bioavailability and transformation of highly chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in anaerobic soils and sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1995, 29, 2252-2260.
9. Barkovskii, A. L.; Adriaens, P. Microbial dechlorination of historically present and freshly spiked chlorinated dioxins and diversity of dioxin-dechlorinating populations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1996, 62, 4556-4562.
10. Vargas, C.; Fennell, D.; Häggblom, M. M. Anaerobic reductive dechlorination of chlorinated dioxins in estuarine sediments. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2001, 57, 786-790.
11. Ahn, Y. B.; Häggblom, M. M.; Fennell, D. E. Co-amendment with halogenated compounds enhances anaerobic microbial dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzofuran in estuarine sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2005, 24, 2775-2784.
12. Bunge, M.; Ballerstedt, H.; Lechner, U. Regiospecific dechlorination of spiked tetra- and trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxins by anaerobic bacteria from PCDD/F-contaminated Spittelwasser sediments. Chemosphere 2001, 43, 675-681.
13. Ballerstedt, H.; Kraus, A.; Lechner, U. Reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and its products by anaerobic mixed cultures from Saale River sediment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31, 1749-1753.
14. Beurskens, J. E. M.; Toussaint, M.; De Wolf, J.; Van der Steen, J. M. D.; Slot, P. C.; Commandeur, L. C. M.; Parsons, J. R. Dehalogenation of chlorinated dioxins by an anaerobic microbial consortium from sediment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1995, 14, 939-943.
15. Hiraishi, A.; Kaiya, S.; Miyakoda, H.; Futamata, H. Biotransformation of polychlorinated dioxins and microbial community dynamics in sediment microcosms at different contamination levels. Microbe Environ. 2005, 20, 227-242.
16. Yoshida, N.; Takahashi, N.; Hiraishi, A. Phylogenetic characterization of a polychlorinated-dioxin-dechlorinating microbial community by use of microcosm studies. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71, 4325-4334.
17. Albrecht, I. D.; Barkovskii, A. L.; Adriaens, P. Production and dechlorination of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in historically contaminated estuarine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 737-744.
18. Bunge, M.; Kähkonen, M. A.; Rämisch, W.; Opel, M.; Vogler, S.; Walkow, F.; Salkinoja-Salonen, M.; Lechner, U. Biological activity in a heavily organohalogen-contaminated sediment. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2007, 14, 3-10.
19. Beurskens, J. E. M.; Mol, G. A. J.; Barrefeld, H. L.; van Munster, B.; Winkels, H. J. Geochronology of priority pollutants in a sedimentation area of the Rhine river. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1993, 12, 1549-1566.
20. Meckenstock, R. U.; Morasch, B.; Griebler, C.; Richnow, H. H. Stable isotope fractionation analysis as a tool to monitor biodegradation in contaminated aquifers. J. Contam. Hydrol. 2004, 75, 215-255.
21. Numata, M.; Nakamura, N.; Koshikawa, H.; Terashima, Y. Chlorine isotope fractionation during reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes by anaerobic bacteria. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36, 4389-4394.
22. Sherwood Lollar, B.; Slater, G. F.; Sleep, B.; Witt, M.; Klecka, G. M.; Harkness, M.; Spivack, J. Stable carbon isotope evidence for intrinsic bioremediation of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene at area 6, Dover Air Force Base. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35, 261-269.
23. Morrill, P. L.; Sleep, B. E.; Slater, G. F.; dwards, E. A.; Sherwood Lollar, B. Evaluation of isotopic enrichment factors for the biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes using a parameter estimation model: Toward an improved quantification of biodegradation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 3886-3892.
24. Nijenhuis, I.; Andert, J.; Beck, K.; Kastner, M.; Diekert, G.; Richnow, H. H. Stable isotope fractionation of tetrachloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum multivorans and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-S and abiotic reactions with cyanocobalamin. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71, 3413-3419.
25. Griebler, C.; Adrian, L.; Meckenstock, R. U.; Richnow, H. H. Stable isotope fractionation during aerobic and anaerobic transformation of trichlorobenzene. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 2004, 48, 313-321.
26. Drenzek, N. J.; Eglinton, T. I.; Wirsen, C. O.; May, H. D.; Wu, Q.; Sowers, K. R.; Reddy, C. M. The absence and application of stable carbon isotopic fractionation during the reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35, 3310-3313.
27. Bunge, M.; Adrian, L.; Kraus, A.; Opel, M.; Lorenz, W. G.; Andreesen, J. R.; Görisch, H.; Lechner, U. Reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated dioxins by an anaerobic bacterium. Nature 2003, 421, 357-360.
28. Fennell, D. E.; Nijenhuis, I.; Wilson, S. F.; Zinder, S. H.; Häggblom, M. M. Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 reductively dechlorinates diverse chlorinated aromatic pollutants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 2075-2081.
29. Kube, M.; Beck, A.; Zinder, S. H.; Kuhl, H.; Reinhardt, R.; Adrian, L. Genome sequence of the chlorinated compound-respiring bacterium Dehalococcoides species strain CBDB1. Nat. Biotechnol. 2005, 23, 1269-1273.
30. Adrian, L.; Szewzyk, U.; Wecke, J.; Gorisch, H. Bacterial dehalorespiration with chlorinated benzenes. Nature 2000, 408, 580-583.
31. Widdel, F.; Kohring, G. W.; Mayer, F. Studies on dissimilatory sulfate reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids. III. Characterization of the filamentous gliding Desulfonema limicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonema magnum sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1983, 134, 286-294.
32. Holliger, C.; Schraa, G.; Stams, A. J. M.; Zehnder, A. J. B. Enrichment and properties of an anaerobic mixed culture reductively dechlorinating 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene to 1,3-dichlorobenzene. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1992, 58, 1636-1644.
33. McCue, J. J.; Gauger, W. K.; Holsen, T. H.; Kelly, R. L.; Cha, D. K. Effects of selected reducing agents on microbiologically mediated reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1242. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1996, 15, 1071-1082.
34. Richnow, H. H.; Annweiler, E.; Michaelis, W.; Meckenstock, R. U. Microbial in situ degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in a contaminated aquifer monitored by carbon isotope fractionation. J. Contam. Hydrol. 2003, 65, 101-120.
35. 13C scale. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2006, 20, 3165-3166.
36. Hoefs, J. Stable Isotope Geochemistry; Springer: Berlin, 1997.
37. Hunkeler, D.; Aravena, R.; Butler, B. J. Monitoring microbial dechlorination of tetrachloroethene (PCE) in groundwater using compound-specific stable carbon isotope ratios: Microcosm and field studies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 2733-2738.
38. Whiticar, M. J. Carbon and hydrogen isotope systematics of bacterial formation and oxidation of methane. Chem. Geol. 1999, 161, 291-314.
39. Clark, I.; Fritz, P. Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology, Lewis Publishers: New York, 1997.
40. Ballerstedt, H.; Hantke, J.; Bunge, M.; Werner, B.; Gerritse, J.; Andreesen, J. R.; Lechner, U. Properties of a trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin- dechlorinating mixed culture with Dehalococcoides as the putative dechlorinating species. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 2004, 47, 223-234.
41. Seshadri, R.; Adrian, L.; Fouts, D. E.; Eisen, J. A.; Phillippy, A. M.; Methe, B. A.; Ward, N. L.; Nelson, W. C.; Deboy, R. T.; Khouri, H. M.; Kolonay, J. F.; Dodson, R. J.; Daugherty, S. C.; Brinkac, L. M.; Sullivan, S. A.; Madupu, R.; Nelson, K. E.; Kang, K. H.; Impraim, M.; Tran, K.; Robinson, J. M.; Forberger, H. A.; Fraser, C. M.; Zinder, S. H.; Heidelberg, J. F. Genome sequence of the PCE-dechlorinating bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes. Science (Washington, DC, U.S.) 2005, 307, 105-108.
42. Sung, Y.; Ritalahti, K. M.; Apkarian, R. P.; Löffler, F. E. Quantitative PCR confirms purity of strain GT, a novel trichloroethene-to- ethene-respiring Dehalococcoides isolate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006, 72, 1980-1987.
43. Cupples, A. M.; Spormann, A. M.; McCarthy, P. L. Growth of a Dehalococcoides-like microorganism on vinyl chloride and cis-dichloroethene as electron acceptors as determined by competitive PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003, 69, 953-959.
44. Duhamel, M.; Mo, K.; Edwards, E. A. Characterization of a highly enriched Dehalococcoides-containing culture that grows on vinyl chloride and trichloroethene. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004, 70, 5538-5545.
45. Duhamel, M.; Edwards, E. A. Growth and yields of dechlorinators, acetogens, and methanogens during reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes and dihaloelimination of 1,2-dichloroethane. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 2303-2310.
46. Shiu, W. Y.; Doucette, W.; Gobas, F. A. P. C.; Andren, A.; Mackay, D. Physical-chemical properties of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1988, 22, 651-658.
47. Slater, G. F.; Dempster, H. S.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; Ahad, J. Headspace analysis: A new application for isotopic characterization of dissolved organic contaminants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 190-194.
48. Nijenhuis, I.; Nikolausz, M.; Koth, A.; Felfoldi, T.; Weiss, H.; Drangmeister, J.; Grossmann, J.; Kästner, M.; Richnow, H. H. Assessment of the natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in an anaerobic contaminated aquifer in the Bitterfeld/Wolfen area using stable isotope techniques, microcosm studies, and molecular biomarkers. Chemosphere 2007, 67, 300-311.