Mineralization of low-chlorinated biphenyls by Burkholderia sp. strain LB400 and by a two-membered consortium upon directed interspecies transfer of chlorocatechol pathway genes |
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Authors: | T. Potrawfke T.-H. Löhnert K. N. Timmis R.-M. Wittich |
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Affiliation: | (1) Bereich Mikrobiologie, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany e-mail: wittich@gbf.de Tel.: +49-531-6181-557 Fax: +49-531-6181-411, DE |
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Abstract: | The biphenyl-mineralizing bacterium Burkholderia sp. strain LB400 also utilized 3-chloro-, 4-chloro-, 2,3′-dichloro- and 2,4′-dichlorobiphenyl for growth. By the attack of the initial enzyme a chlorine was eliminated dioxygenolytically from position 2 of one of the aromatic rings when hydrogens of both were substituted by chlorine. The strain mineralized 3-chloro- and 2,3′-dichlorobiphenyl via the central intermediate 3-chlorobenzoate through its chlorocatechol pathway enzymes, but excreted stoichiometric amounts of 4-chlorobenzoate from 4-chloro- and 2,4′-dichlorobiphenyl. These two compounds were mineralized by a co-culture of strain LB400 and a derivative of the (methyl-) benzoate-degrading strain Pseudomonas putida mt-2 (TOL). The complete degradation was achieved upon transfer of a cluster of at least five genes, encoding the regulated chlorocatechol pathway operon, from strain LB400 to strain mt-2. This transfer was demonstrated by the polymerase chain reaction. Received: 15 April 1998 / Received revision: 12 June 1998 / Accepted: 19 June 1998 |
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