Biodegradation of methyl t-butyl ether by pure bacterial cultures |
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Authors: | K. Mo C. O. Lora A. E. Wanken M. Javanmardian X. Yang C. F. Kulpa |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA. Fax: +1 219 6317413, US;(2) MS H-7, Amoco Research Center, P. O. Box 3011, Naperville, IL 60566, USA, US |
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Abstract: | Three pure bacterial cultures degrading methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) were isolated from activated sludge and fruit of the Gingko tree. They have been classified as belonging to the genuses Methylobacterium, Rhodococcus, and Arthrobacter. These cultures degraded 60 ppm MTBE in 1–2 weeks of incubation at 23–25 °C. The growth of the isolates on MTBE as sole carbon source is very slow compared with growth on nutrient-rich medium. Uniformly-labeled [14C]MTBE was used to determine 14CO2 evolution. Within 7 days of incubation, about 8% of the initial radioactivity was evolved as 14CO2. These strains also grow on t-butanol, butyl formate, isopropanol, acetone and pyruvate as carbon sources. The presence of these compounds in combination with MTBE decreased the degradation of MTBE. The cultures pregrown on pyruvate resulted in a reduction in 14CO2 evolution from [14C]MTBE. The availability of pure cultures will allow the determination of the pathway intermediates and the rate-limiting steps in the degradation of MTBE. Received: 8 December 1995 / Received last revision: 5 August 1996 / Accepted: 12 August 1996 |
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