Aerobic cometabolic degradation of trichloroethene by methane and ammonia oxidizing microorganisms naturally associated with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Carex comosa</Emphasis> roots |
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Authors: | C L Powell G Nogaro A Agrawal |
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Institution: | (1) Environmental Science Program, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA;(2) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA; |
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Abstract: | The degradation potential of trichloroethene by the aerobic methane- and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms naturally associated
with wetland plant (Carex comosa) roots was examined in this study. In bench-scale microcosm experiments with washed (soil free) Carex comosa roots, the activity of root-associated methane- and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms, which were naturally present on the
root surface and/or embedded within the roots, was investigated. Significant methane and ammonia oxidation were observed reproducibly
in batch reactors with washed roots incubated in growth media, where methane oxidation developed faster (2 weeks) compared
to ammonia oxidation (4 weeks) in live microcosms. After enrichment, the methane oxidizers demonstrated their ability to degrade
150 μg l−1 TCE effectively at 1.9 mg l−1 of aqueous CH4. In contrast, ammonia oxidizers showed a rapid and complete inhibition of ammonia oxidation with 150 μg l−1 TCE at 20 mg l−1 of NH4
+-N, which may be attributed to greater sensitivity of ammonia oxidizers to TCE or its degradation product. No such inhibitory
effect of TCE degradation was detected on methane oxidation at the above experimental conditions. The results presented here
suggest that microorganisms associated with wetland plant roots can assist in the natural attenuation of TCE in contaminated
aquatic environments. |
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