Degradation of trichloroethylene by Pseudomonas cepacia G4 and the constitutive mutant strain G4 5223 PR1 in aquifer microcosms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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Abstract

Pseudomonas cepacia G4 degrades trichloroethylene (TCE) via a degradation pathway for aromatic compounds which is induced by substrates such as phenol and tryptophan. P. cepacia G4 5223 PR1 (PR1) is a Tn5 insertion mutant which constitutively expresses the toluene ortho-monooxygenase responsible for TCE degradation. In groundwater microcosms, phenol-induced strain G4 and noninduced strain PR1 degraded TCE (20 and 50 μM) to nondetectable levels (< 0.1 μM) within 24 h at densities of 108 cells per ml; at lower densities, degradation of TCE was not observed after 48 h. In aquifer sediment microcosms, TCE was reduced from 60 to < 0.1 μM within 24 h at 5 x 108 PR1 organisms per g (wet weight) of sediment and from 60 to 26 μM over a period of 10 weeks at 5 x 107 PR1 organisms per g. Viable G4 and PR1 cells decreased from approximately 107 to 104 per g over the 10-week period.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Degradation of trichloroethylene by Pseudomonas cepacia G4 and the constitutive mutant strain G4 5223 PR1 in aquifer microcosms
Series title Applied and Environmental Microbiology
DOI 10.1128/aem.59.8.2746-2749.1993
Volume 59
Issue 8
Year Published 1993
Language English
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Contributing office(s) Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
Description 4 p.
First page 2746
Last page 2749
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