TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation and characterization of Dehalococcoides sp. strain FL2, a trichloroethene (TCE)- and 1,2-dichloroethene-respiring anaerobe
AU - He, Jianzhong
AU - Sung, Youlboong
AU - Krajmalnik-Brown, Rosa
AU - Ritalahti, Kirsti M.
AU - Löffler, Frank E.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - A strictly anaerobic bacterium was isolated from tetrachloroethene (PCE)-to-ethene dechlorinating microcosms established with river sediment without prior exposure to chlorinated solvents.The isolation procedure included the addition of 2-bromoethanesulfonate to select against methanogenic archaea, >50 consecutive 1-2% (v/v) transfers to reduced mineral salts medium amended with trichloroethene (TCE), acetate, and hydrogen, the addition of ampicillin, and the dilution-to-extinction principle. Culture-dependent and 16S rRNA gene-targeted approaches suggested culture purity. Microscopic examination revealed a homogeneous culture of an organism with a distinct, disc-shaped morphology. The isolate shared >99% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with members of the Pinellas group of the Dehalococcoides cluster, and was designated Dehalococcoides sp. strain FL2. Strain FL2 could be propagated with TCE, cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE), or trans-DCE as the electron acceptors, acetate as the carbon source, and hydrogen as the electron donor in defined, completely synthetic medium. No other growth-supporting redox couples were identified. Trichloroethene, cis-DCE and trans-DCE were dechlorinated at rates of 27.5, 30.4 and 18.8 μmol I-1 day-1 respectively. Quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with a fluorescently labelled linear hybridization probe confirmed growth with these electron acceptors, and suggested that strain FL2 captures energy from both the TCE-to-cis-DCE and 1,2-DCE-to-VC dechlorination steps. Tetrachloroethene and vinyl chloride (VC) were slowly and cometabolically dechlorinated in the presence of a growth-supporting chloroethene, but ethene formation was incomplete, even after prolonged incubation. At room temperature, strain FL2 grew with a doubling time of 2.4 days, and yielded 166.1 ± 10.2 mg of protein per mole of chloride released. In the presence of excess electron acceptor, strain FL2 consumed hydrogen to a concentration of 0.061 ± 0.016 nM. Dechlorination ceased following the addition of 0.5 mM sulfite, whereas sulfate (10 mM) and nitrate (5 mM) had no inhibitory effects.
AB - A strictly anaerobic bacterium was isolated from tetrachloroethene (PCE)-to-ethene dechlorinating microcosms established with river sediment without prior exposure to chlorinated solvents.The isolation procedure included the addition of 2-bromoethanesulfonate to select against methanogenic archaea, >50 consecutive 1-2% (v/v) transfers to reduced mineral salts medium amended with trichloroethene (TCE), acetate, and hydrogen, the addition of ampicillin, and the dilution-to-extinction principle. Culture-dependent and 16S rRNA gene-targeted approaches suggested culture purity. Microscopic examination revealed a homogeneous culture of an organism with a distinct, disc-shaped morphology. The isolate shared >99% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with members of the Pinellas group of the Dehalococcoides cluster, and was designated Dehalococcoides sp. strain FL2. Strain FL2 could be propagated with TCE, cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE), or trans-DCE as the electron acceptors, acetate as the carbon source, and hydrogen as the electron donor in defined, completely synthetic medium. No other growth-supporting redox couples were identified. Trichloroethene, cis-DCE and trans-DCE were dechlorinated at rates of 27.5, 30.4 and 18.8 μmol I-1 day-1 respectively. Quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with a fluorescently labelled linear hybridization probe confirmed growth with these electron acceptors, and suggested that strain FL2 captures energy from both the TCE-to-cis-DCE and 1,2-DCE-to-VC dechlorination steps. Tetrachloroethene and vinyl chloride (VC) were slowly and cometabolically dechlorinated in the presence of a growth-supporting chloroethene, but ethene formation was incomplete, even after prolonged incubation. At room temperature, strain FL2 grew with a doubling time of 2.4 days, and yielded 166.1 ± 10.2 mg of protein per mole of chloride released. In the presence of excess electron acceptor, strain FL2 consumed hydrogen to a concentration of 0.061 ± 0.016 nM. Dechlorination ceased following the addition of 0.5 mM sulfite, whereas sulfate (10 mM) and nitrate (5 mM) had no inhibitory effects.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00830.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00830.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16104866
AN - SCOPUS:23944434942
SN - 1462-2912
VL - 7
SP - 1442
EP - 1450
JO - Environmental microbiology
JF - Environmental microbiology
IS - 9
ER -