Growth kinetics of Hyphomicrobium and Thiobacillus spp. in mixed cultures degrading dimethyl sulfide and methanol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 5423-5431

  Hayes, Alexander C ^a   Liss, Steven N ^b,c   Allen, D Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HIGH GROWTH RATE; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; MIXED CULTURES; NITROGEN SOURCES; PH LEVELS; PH RANGE; REMOVAL RATE; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DIAMONDS; GROWTH RATE; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; RNA;

GROWTH KINETICS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANOL; NITRATE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTOR; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; METHANOL; PH; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPHOMICROBIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; THIOBACILLUS; PROCEDURES;

AMMONIA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHANOL; NITRATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFIDES; THIOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 77955940766     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00076-10     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Anthony, C. 2000. Methanol dehydrogenase, a PQQ-containing quinoprotein dehydrogenase, p. 73-117. In A. Holzenburg and N. S. Scrutton (ed.), Enzyme-catalyzed electron and radical transfer. Springer, New York, NY.
2. Attwood, M. M., andW. Harder. 1972. A rapid and specific enrichment procedure for Hyphomicrobium spp. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 38:369-378.
3. Bak, F., K. Finster, andF. Rothfuss. 1992. Formation of dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol from methoxylated aromatic compounds and inorganic sulfide by newly isolated anaerobic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 157:529-534.
4. Beller, H. R., P. S. G. Chain, T. E. Letain, A. Chalocherla, F. W. Larimer, P. M. Richardson, M. A. Coleman, A. P. Wood, andD. P. Kelly. 2006. The genome sequence of the obligately chemolithotrophic, facultatively anaerobic bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans. J. Bacteriol. 188:1473-1488.
5. Bratbak, G., andI. Dundas. 1984. Bacterial dry matter content and biomass estimations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 48:755-757.
6. Cho, K. S., M. Hirai, andM. Shoda. 1991. Degradation characteristics of hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide, and dimethyl disulfide by Thiobacillus thioparus DW44 isolated from peat biofilter. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 71:384-389.
7. De Bont, J. A. M., J. P. van Dijken, andW. Harder. 1981. Dimethyl sulphoxide and dimethyl sulfide as a carbon, sulphur and energy source for growth of Hyphomicrobium S. J. Gen. Microbiol. 127:315-323.
8. DeSantis, T. Z., P. Hugenholtz, K. Keller, E. L. Brodie, N. Larsen, Y. M. Piceno, R. Phan, andG. L. Andersen. 2006. NAST: a multiple sequence alignment server for comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes. Nucleic Acids Res. 34:W394-W399.
9. 1-cycle of sulfur compounds. Biodegradation 3:37-59.
10. De Zwart, J., P. Nelisse, andJ. Kuenen. 1996. Isolation and characterization of Methylophaga sulfidovorans sp. nov.: an obligate methylotrophic aerobic, DMS oxidizing bacterium from a microbial mat. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 20:261-271.
11. Drotar, A., G. A. Burton, J. E. Tavernier, and R. Fall. 1987. Widespread occurrence of bacterial thiol methyltransferases and the biogenic emission of methylated sulfur gases. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1626-1631.
12. Duine, J., J. Frank, andL. De Ruiter. 1979. Isolation of a methanol dehydrogenase with a functional coupling to cytochrome c. Microbiol. 115:523-526.
13. Finster, K., Y. Tanimoto, andF. Bak. 1992. Fermentation of methanethiol and dimethylsulfide by a newly isolated methanogenic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 157:425-430.
14. Gostelow, P., S. Parsons, andR. Stuetz. 2001. Odour measurements for sewage treatments works. Water Res. 35:579-597.
15. Harder, W., M. M. Attwood, andJ. R. Quayle. 1973. Methanol assimilation by Hyphomicrobium sp. J. Gen. Microbiol. 78:155-163.
16. Hayes, A. C., Y. Zhang, S. N. Liss, andD. G. Allen. 2010. Linking performance to microbiology in biofilters treating dimethyl sulphide in the presence and absence of methanol. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 85:1151-1166.
17. AL, p. 1895-1904. In J. T. Staley, M. P. Bryant, N. Pfennig, and J. G. Holt (ed.), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.
18. Holland, H. L. 1988. Chiral sulfoxidation by biotransformations of organic sulfides. Chem. Rev. 88:473-485.
19. Kanagawa, T., andD. P. Kelly. 1986. Breakdown of dimethyl sulphide by mixed cultures and by Thiobacillus thioparus. FEMS Microbiol. Let. 34: 13-19.
20. AL, p. 1842-1858. In J. T. Staley, M. P. Bryant, N. Pfennig, and J. G. Holt (ed.), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.
21. Kiene, R. P., andT. S. Bates. 1991. Biological removal of dimethyl sulfide from sea water. Nature 345:702-705.
22. Lomans, B. P., R. Maas, R. Luderer, H. M. J. Op den Camp, andA. Pol. C. van der Drift. 1999. Isolation and characterization of Methanomethylovorans hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from freshwater sediment, a methylotrophic methanogen able to grow on dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3641-3650.
23. Luo, J., andM. Agnew. 2001. Gas characteristics before and after biofiltration treating odorous emissions from animal rendering processes. Environ. Technol. 22:1091-1103.
24. Meers, J. L., andH. W. Jannasch. 1973. Growth of bacteria in mixed cultures. Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 2:139-184.
25. Nadkarni, M. A., F. E. Martin, N. A. Jacques, andN. Hunter. 2002. Determination of bacterial load by real-time PCR using a broad-range (universal) probe and primers set. Microbiology 148:257-266.
26. Ohta, S., T. Fujita, andJ. Tobari. 1981. Methanol dehydrogenase of Methylomonas J.: purification, crystallization, and some properties. J. Biochem. 90: 205-213.
27. Pol, A., H. J. M. Op den Camp, S. G. M. Mees, M. A. S. H. Kersten, and C. van der Drift. 1994. Isolation of a dimetbylsulfide-utilizing Hyphomicrobium species and its application in biofiltration of polluted air. Biodegradation 5:105-112.
28. Przyjazny, A., W. Janicki, W. Chrzanowski, andR. Staszewsiki. 1983. Head-space gas chromatographic determination of distribution coefficients of selected organosulphur compounds and their dependence on some parameters. J. Chromatogr. 280:249-260.
29. Rittman, B. E., andP. L. McCarty. 2001. Environmental biotechnology: principles and applications. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY.
30. Sangkhobol, V., andV. B. D. Skerman. 1981. Chitinophaga, a new genus of chitinolytic myxobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 31:285-293.
31. Sercu, B., N. Boon, S. Vander Beken, W. Verstraete, andH. Van Langenhove. 2007. Performance and microbial analysis of defined and non-defined inocula for the removal of dimethyl sulfide in a biotrickling filter. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 96:661-672.
32. Smet, E., G. Chasaya, H. Van Langenhove, andW. Verstraete. 1996. The effect of inoculation and the type of carrier material used on the biofiltration of methyl sulfides. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 45:293-298.
33. Smet, E., H. Van Langenhove, andW. Verstraete. 1996. Long-term stability of a biofilter treating dimethyl sulphide. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 46: 191-196.
34. Smet, E., P. Lens, andH. Van Langenhove. 1998. Treatment of waste gases contaminated with odorous sulfur compounds. Criti. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28:89-117.
35. Springer, A. 1993. Industrial environmental control: pulp and paper industry. TAPPI Press, Atlanta, GA.
36. Suylen, G. M. H., G. C. Stefess, andJ. G. Kuenen. 1986. Chemolithotrophic potential of a Hyphomicrobium species, capable of growth on methylated sulphur compounds. Arch. Microbiol. 146:192-198.
37. Suylen, G. M. H., P. J. Large, J. P. Van Dijken, andJ. G. Kuenen. 1987. Methyl mercaptan oxidase, a key enzyme in the metabolism of methylated sulphur compounds by Hyphomicrobium EG. J. Gen. Microbiol. 133:2989-2997.
38. Tamura, K., J. Dudley, M. Nei, andS. Kumar. 2007. MEGA4: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24:1596-1599.
39. Tanimoto, Y., andF. Bak. 1994. Anaerobic degradation of methyl mercaptan and dimethyl sulfide by newly isolated thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:2450-2455.
40. Van Durme, G., B. McNamara, andC. McGingley. 1992. Bench-scale removal of odor and volatile organic compounds at a composting facility. Water Environ. Res. 64:19-27.
41. Visscher, P. T., and H. van Gemerden. 1991. Photoautotrophic growth of Thiocapsa roseopersicina on dimethyl sulfide. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 81:247-250.
42. Visscher, P. T., andB. F. Taylor. 1993. A new mechanism for the aerobic catabolism of dimethyl sulfide. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:3784-3789.
43. Yasir, M., Z. Aslam, G. C. Song, F. Bibi, C. O. Jeon, andY. R. Chung. 14 August 2009, posting date. Chitinophaga vermicomposti sp. nov., with antifungal activity, isolated from vermicompost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Biol. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.013425-0.
44. Zeyer, J., P. Eicher, S. G. Wakeham, andR. P. Schwarzenbach. 1987. Oxidation of dimethyl sulfide to dimethyl sulfoxide by phototrophic purple bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:2026-2032.
45. Zhang, L., M. Hirai, andM. Shoda. 1991. Removal characteristics of dimethyl sulfide, methanethiol and hydrogen sulfide by Hyphomicrobium sp. 155 isolated from peat biofilter. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 73:392-396.
46. Zhang, L., I. Kuniyoshi, M. Hirai, andM. Shoda. 1991. Oxidation of dimethyl sulfide by Pseudomonas acidovorans DMR-11 isolated from peat biofilter. Biotechnol. Lett. 13:223-228.
47. Zhang, Y., S. N. Liss, andD. G. Allen. 2006. The effects of methanol on the biofiltration of dimethyl sulfide in inorganic biofilters. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 95:734-743.
48. Zhang, Y., S. N. Liss, andD. G. Allen. 2007. Effect of methanol on pH and stability of inorganic biofilters treating dimethyl sulfide. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:3752-3757.
49. Zhang, Y., S. N. Liss, andD. G. Allen. 2007. Enhancing and modeling the biofiltration of dimethyl sulfide under dynamic methanol addition. Chem. Eng. Sci. 62:2474-2481.
50. Zhang, Y., S. N. Liss, andD. G. Allen. 2008. Modeling the biofiltration of dimethyl sulfide in the presence of methanol in inorganic biofilters at steady state. Biotechnol. Prog. 24:845-851.