Dichloromethane as the sole carbon source forHyphomicrobium sp. strain DM2 under denitrification conditions |
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Authors: | Doris Kohler-Staub Simone Frank Thomas Leisinger |
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Institution: | (1) Mikrobiologisches Institut ETH, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Hyphomicrobium sp. strain DM2 was found to grow anaerobically in the presence of nitrate with methanol, formaldehyde, formate or dichloromethane. The estimated growth rate constants with methanol and dichloromethane under denitrification conditions were 0.04 h–1 and 0.015 h–1, respectively, which is twofold and fourfold lower than the rates of aerobic growth with these substrates. Slight accumulation of nitrite was observed in all cultures grown anaerobically with nitrate. Dichloromethane dehalogenase, the key enzyme in the utilization of this carbon source, was induced under denitrification conditions to the same specific activity level as under aerobic conditions. In a fed batch culture under denitrification conditionsHyphomicrobium sp. DM2 cumulatively degraded 35 mM dichloromethane within 24 days. This corresponds to a volumetric degradation rate of 5 mg dichloromethane/l·h and demonstrates that denitrificative degradation offers an attractive possibility for the development of anaerobic treatment systems to remove dichloromethane from contaminated groundwater. |
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Keywords: | denitrification Hyphomicrobium dichloromethane dichloromethane dehalogenase methylotrophic bacteria |
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