一株苯酚降解菌的筛选及其降解特性的初步研究

苯酚是一种严重污染物,目前的化学降解方法存在众多弊端,生物处理方法越来越受到重视。从胜利油田河口采油厂的飞雁滩油田土壤样品中分离,得到一株能够利用并降解苯酚的菌株P2。该菌株能够在以苯酚为唯一碳源和能源的培养基上生长,经BIOLOG细菌自动鉴定系统及16SrDNA鉴定,该菌株为类产碱假单胞菌（Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes）。通过苯酚羟化酶特异性引物的设计,从该菌株扩增出苯酚羟化酶大亚基（LmPH）基因,该基因片段编码对苯酚有催化活性的多肽。苯酚降解实验证实,该菌能在30℃192h内完全降解500mg／L的苯酚,Cu^2＋严重抑制该菌株对苯酚的降解,但碱性环境有利于其对苯酚的降解。     

Resistance ofPseudomonas aeruginosa to sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate by adaptation

Resistance and the development thereof inPseudomonas aeruginosa to the bactericide sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate (SMT) was investigated.P. aeruginosa was cultured in nutrient-poor broth in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of SMT. It adapted over 21 days of exposure from 250 g·ml^–1 to 490 g·ml^–1. The initial high MIC was ascribed to exclusion of SMT by the lipopolysaccharide layer, since removal thereof by EDTA rendered cells highly susceptible. The alginate-producing mutant PAO 579 was much more susceptible to SMT than was its parent PAO 381, indicating that extracellular polysaccharide does not act as an exclusion barrier to SMT. Following 24 h of exposure to SMT,P. aeruginosa had an altered profile of outer membrane proteins as determined by SDS-PAGE. Resistant cells had a further altered profile. Resistance ofP. aeruginosa is ascribed to a change in the outer membrane protein profile, leading to improved exclusion of SMT.     

Mechanism for phenol tolerance in phenol-degrading Comamonas testosteroni strain

Comamonas testosteroni P15 and its mutant strain E23 can tolerate and utilize phenol as the sole source of carbon and energy at up to 15 mM and 20 mM, respectively. Compared to the wild type P15, mutant E23 showed higher values of K _s and K _i but a lower μ_max value, and had lower phenol hydroxylase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activities. Without phenol exposure, mutant E23 demonstrated a two-fold greater amount of cardiolipin than the wild type P15. Upon exposure to phenol, an increase in cardiolipin at the expense of phosphatidylethanolamine was observed in the wild type P15. However, there was no significant difference in major phospholipid contents between mutant E23 cells grown in the presence or absence of phenol. It was noted that the ratio of trans/cis fatty acids of phosphatidylethanolamine and cardiolipin in mutant E23 was 65–70% higher than that in the wild type P15. In the absence of phenol, the degree of saturation of cardiolipin in mutant E23 was 33% higher than that in wild type P15. In contrast to earlier findings, an increase in C16:1 9trans with a simultaneous decrease in C18:1 11cis instead of C16:1 9cis was observed in specific classes of phospholipids. Received: 30 July 1998 / Received last revision: 16 November 1998 / Accepted: 12 December 1998     

Localization and organization of phenol degradation genes ofPseudomonas putida strain H

The genetic organization of the DNA region encoding the phenol degradation pathway ofPseudomonas putida H has been investigated. This strain can utilize phenol or some of its methylated derivatives as its sole source of carbon and energy. The first step in this process is the conversion of phenol into catechol. Catechol is then further metabolized via themeta-cleavage pathway into TCA cycle intermediates. Genes encoding these enzymes are clustered on the plasmid pPGH1. A region of contiguous DNA spanning about 16 kb contains all of the genetic information necessary for inducible phenol degradation. The analysis of mutants generated by insertion of transposons and cassettes indicates that all of the catabolic genes are contained in a single operon. This codes for a multicomponent phenol hydroxylase andmeta-cleavage pathway enzymes. Catabolic genes are subject to positive control by the gene product(s) of a second locus.     

Selection of mandelamidase constitutive mutants in continuous culture ofPseudomonas putida

Summary A method is described for the isolation of mandelamidase constitutive mutants ofPseudomonas putida in continuous culture. Growth was nitrogen-limited and the nitrogen was provided either as inducing substrate (mandelamide) or non-inducing substrate (isobutyramide) alternately.     

Aerobic nitrate respiration by a newly isolated phenol-degrading bacterium, Alcaligenes strain P5

An aerobic, nitrate-respiring bacterium which can degrade phenol under aerobic conditions was isolated and identified as Alcaligenes sp. Under microaerobic culture, the maximum concentration for phenol to be degraded was 0.29 mM in the presence of nitrate/O₂ but only 0.16 mM in the presence of O₂ alone. Azide (0.1 mM) and Triton X-100 (0.5%) inhibited nitrate reduction and cell growth completely in anoxic culture but had little or no effect on nitrate reduction in aerobic culture.     

Enrichment,isolation, and characterization of phenol-degrading Pseudomonas resinovorans strain P-1 and Brevibacillus sp. strain P-6

The objectives of this research were to isolate pure phenol-degrading strains from enriched mixed cultures, monitoring the variations of species during the enrichment period. Two strains were isolated from the acclimated mixed culture. They were identified as Pseudomonas resinovorans strain P-1 and Brevibacillus sp. strain P-6. DGGE indicated that strain P. resinovorans appeared at the beginning, and maintained well during the enrichment period. The second strain, Brevibacillus sp., did not appear in the initial stage, but showed up after 2 weeks of enrichment. The optimum growth temperatures for P. resinovorans and Brevibacillus sp. were 31 and 39 °C, respectively. P. resinovorans could degrade phenol completely within 57.5 h, when the initial phenol concentration was lower than 600 mg l⁻¹. If the initial phenol concentration was lower than 200 mg l⁻¹, Brevibacillus sp. could remove phenol completely within 93.1 h. It was obvious that the phenol-degrading ability of P. resinovorans was much better than that of Brevibacillus sp. The metabolic pathway for P. resinovorans phenol degradation was assigned to the meta-cleavage activity of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase.     

苯酚降解菌红球菌(Rhodococcus sp.) P1的鉴定及其在焦化废水中的应用

摘要:【目的】酚类物质的去除是焦化废水处理的关键问题,目的是从焦化废水中分离高效的苯酚降解细菌。【方法】以苯酚为唯一碳源筛选纯化降解苯酚细菌,菌株鉴定采用菌落形态和16S rRNA 序列分析方法,并研究其苯酚降解特性和在焦化废水中的除酚作用。【结果】菌落形态和16S rRNA序列比对分析表明分离的P1菌株为红球菌属(Rhodococcus sp.)细菌;其耐酚浓度高达1400 mg/L,苯酚降解的最适条件为32℃－42℃、pH 7.0和0－4%盐;苯酚降解动力学曲线符合Haldane动力学模型,qmax=0.517/h,Ks=77.487 mg/L,Ki=709.965 mg/L;不同重金属对红球菌P1菌株的苯酚降解抑制作用不同,Zn2+、Mn2+和低浓度的Pb2+对菌株降酚没有影响,Cu2+、Ni2+、Cd2+均抑制菌株对酚的降解;红球菌P1菌株2d内可完全降解1/3焦化原水中的279.9 mg/L酚类物质。【结论】P1菌株是1株高效的苯酚降解菌,具有生物处理焦化废水酚类物质的潜力。     

Cadmium increases catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity in Variovorax sp. 12S, a metal-tolerant and phenol-degrading strain

A Gram-negative bacterium, designated as strain 12S, was isolated from a heavy metal-polluted soil. According to the biochemical characteristics, FAME analysis, and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolated strain was identified as Variovorax sp. 12S. In the presence of 0.1 mM cadmium, 12S was able to completely utilize up to 1.5 mM of phenol as the sole carbon and energy source in an MSM–TRIS medium. Degradation of phenol was accompanied by a slow bacterial growth rate and an extension of the lag phase. The cells grown on phenol showed catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (C23O) activity. The activity of C23O from 12S cultivated in medium with Cd²⁺ was almost 20 % higher than in the control. Since environmental contamination with aromatic compounds is often accompanied by the presence of heavy metals, Variovorax sp. 12S and its C23O appear to be very powerful and useful tools in the biotreatment of wastewaters and soil decontamination.     

Cloning,expression, and characterization of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from a phenol-degrading Candida tropicalis JH8 strain

The sequence cato encoding catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Candida tropicalis JH8 was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The sequence cato contained an ORF of 858?bp encoding a polypeptide of 285?amino acid residues. The recombinant catechol 1,2-dioxygenase exists as a homodimer structure with a subunit molecular mass of 32 KD. Recombinant catechol 1,2-dioxygenase was unstable below pH 5.0 and stable from pH 7.0 to 9.0; its optimum pH was at 7.5. The optimum temperature for the enzyme was 30°C, and it possessed a thermophilic activity within a broad temperature range. Under the optimal conditions with catechol as substrate, the K_m and V_max of recombinant catechol 1,2-dioxygenase were 9.2?µM and 0.987?µM/min, respectively. This is the first article presenting cloning and expressing in E. coli of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from C. tropicalis and characterization of the recombinant catechol 1,2-dioxygenase.     

Extracellular factors responsible for the adaptation ofPseudomonas fluorescens batch cultures to unfavorable conditions

The culture liquid filtrate of an exponential-phasePseudomonas fluorescens batch culture added to anotherP. fluorescens culture at the moment of inoculation was found (1) to prevent or diminish cell adsorption of the flask walls, (2) to enhance the intensity of cell respiration, (3) to shorten the period of adaptation of LB-grown cells to growth in glucose-containing mineral M9 medium, (4) to stimulate bacterial growth at supraoptimum temperature (36°C) and pH values (4.8 and 9.2), and (5) to decrease the death rate of bacteria at the supraoptimum growth temperature. These results were interpreted as indicating thatP. fluorescens cultures produce two types of regulatory exometabolites similar to those revealed earlier inEscherichia coli andBacillus subtilis cultures: the direct-action adaptogenic factorX ₁ capable of increasing bacterial resistance to unfavorable growth conditions (temperature and pH) and factor of accelerated adaptation to new media. Both factors are presumably low-molecular-weight hydrophilic nonprotein compounds.     

Examination of the bactericidal and opsonic activity of normal human serum for a mucoid and nonmucoid strain ofPseudomonas aeruginosa

The bactericidal and opsonic activity of fresh human serum (FHS) for a mucoid strain ofPseudomonas aeruginosa, 144M, and its spontaneous nonmucoid revertant, 144NM, was examined. Strain 144M was sensitive to the bactericidal activity of FHS, but strain 144NM was not. This bactericidal activity was due to the combined interaction of IgG and IgM with complement, activated through both pathways. Neither 144M nor 144NM was ingested by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) without FHS. Whereas maximal phagocytosis of 144M required only 5% FHS, comparable ingestion of 144NM required 25% FHS. Maximal phagocytosis of either 144M or 144NM required IgG, IgM, and complement. However, 144M required a heat-sensitive opsonic IgG, whereas 144NM required a heat-resistant IgG. Using selective absorption techniques, the targets for bactericidal and opsonic immunoglobulins on 144M and 144NM appeared to be different, suggesting that the variant 144NM had one or more altered, absent, or inaccessible cell surface components that account for differences in response to FHS and PMNL.     

Selection for local adaptation in a plant breeding programme

Summary Regressions of yields of cultivars upon means of sets of cultivars over diverse environments are often used as measures of stability/adaptability. Prolonged selection for performance in environments of high yield potential has generally led to unconscious selection for high regressions. If adaptation to poor environments is required (as it often is in Third World agriculture), common sense suggests that low regressions could be exploited for the purpose. Simulations show that systematic selection in the poor environment is required, not merely trials of potential cultivars after selection in a good environment. In effect, systematic exploitation of a GE interactions effect is proposed. The effects are large enough to reduce correlated responses in different environments to zero. Orderly experimental studies are needed but not available. What information there is does not disagree with the theory developed here.     

Selection, adaptation, and bacterial operons

Bacteria are especially useful as systems to study the molecular basis of adaptive evolution. Selection for novel metabolic capabilities has allowed us to study the evolutionary potential of organisms and has shown that there are three major "strategies" for the evolution of new metabolic functions. (i) Regulatory mutations may allow a gene to be expressed under unusual conditions. If the product of that gene is already active toward a novel resource, then a regulatory mutation alone may confer a new metabolic capability. (ii) Structural gene mutations may alter the catalytic properties of enzymes so that they can act on novel substrates. These structural gene mutations may dramatically improve catalytic capabilities, and in some cases they can confer entirely new capabilities upon enzymes. In most cases both regulatory and structural gene mutations are required for the effective evolution of new metabolic functions. (iii) Operons that are normally silent, or cryptic, may be activated by either point mutations or by the action of mobile genetic elements. When activated, these operons can provide entirely new pathways for the metabolism of novel resources. Selection can also play a role in modulating the probability that a particular adaptive mutation will occur. In this paper I present evidence that a specific adaptive mutation, reversion of the metB1 mutation, occurs 60 to 80 times more frequently during prolonged selection on plates under conditions where the members of the population are not growing than it does in growing cells under nonselective conditions. This selective condition, methionine starvation, does not increase the frequency of other mutations unrelated to methionine biosynthesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

The many shades of prion strain adaptation

In several recent studies transmissible prion disease was induced in animals by inoculation with recombinant prion protein amyloid fibrils produced in vitro. Serial transmission of amyloid fibrils gave rise to a new class of prion strains of synthetic origin. Gradual transformation of disease phenotypes and PrP^Sc properties was observed during serial transmission of synthetic prions, a process that resembled the phenomenon of prion strain adaptation. The current article discusses the remarkable parallels between phenomena of prion strain adaptation that accompanies cross-species transmission and the evolution of synthetic prions occurring within the same host. Two alternative mechanisms underlying prion strain adaptation and synthetic strain evolution are discussed. The current article highlights the complexity of the prion transmission barrier and strain adaptation and proposes that the phenomenon of prion adaptation is more common than previously thought.     

In vivo bone strain and bone functional adaptation

Mechanistic interpretations of bone cross-sectional shapes are based on the paradigm of shape optimization such that bone offers maximum mechanical resistance with a minimum of material. Recent in vivo strain studies (Demes et al., Am J Phys Anthropol 106 (1998) 87-100, Am J Phys Anthropol 116 (2001) 257-265; Lieberman et al., Am J Phys Anthropol 123 (2004) 156-171) have questioned these interpretations by demonstrating that long bones diaphyses are not necessarily bent in planes in which they offer maximum resistance to bending. Potential limitations of these in vivo studies have been pointed out by Ruff et al. (Am J Phys Anthropol 129 (2006) 484-498). It is demonstrated here that two loading scenarios, asymmetric bending and buckling, would indeed not lead to correct predictions of loads from strain. It is also shown that buckling is of limited relevance for many primate long bones. This challenges a widely held view that circular bone cross sections make loading directions unpredictable for bones which is based on a buckling load model. Asymmetric bending is a potentially confounding factor for bones with directional differences in principal area moments (I(max) > I(min)). Mathematical corrections are available and should be applied to determine the bending axis in such cases. It is concluded that loads can be reliably extrapolated from strains. More strain studies are needed to improve our understanding of the relationships between activities, bone loading regimes associated with them, and the cross-sectional geometry of bones.     

Ethanol adaptation in a thermotolerant yeast strain Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3

The maximum ethanol concentration produced from glucose in defined media at 45°C by the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3 was 44 g L⁻¹. Acclimatisation of the strain through continuous culture at ethanol concentrations up to 80 g L⁻¹, shifted the maximum ethanol concentration at which growth was observed from 40 g L⁻¹ to 70 g L⁻¹. Four isolates were selected from the continuous culture, only one of which produced a significant increase in final ethanol concentration (50 ± 0.4 g L⁻¹), however in subsequent fermentations, following storage on nutrient agar plates, the maximum ethanol concentration was comparable with the original isolate. The maximum specific ethanol production rates (approximately 1.5 g (gh)⁻¹) were also comparable with the original strain except for one isolate (0.7 g (gh)⁻¹). The specific ethanol productivity decreased with ethanol concentration; this decrease correlated linearly (rval 0.92) with cell viability. Due to the transience of induced ethanol tolerance in the strain it was concluded that this was not a valid method for improving final ethanol concentrations or production rates. Received 18 July 1997/ Accepted in revised form 19 February 1998