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DOI 10.1007/s10532-011-9456-2
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Title (Primary) Detection of monochlorobenzene metabolizing bacteria under anoxic conditions by DNA-stable isotope probing
Author Martínez-Lavanchy, P.M.; Dohrmann, A.B.; Imfeld, G.; Trescher, K.; Tebbe, C.C.; Richnow, H.-H.; Nijenhuis, I.
Source Titel Biodegradation
Year 2011
Department ISOBIO; UMB; UBT
Volume 22
Issue 5
Page From 973
Page To 982
Language englisch
Keywords Biodegradation; Contamination; Chlorobenzenes; Bitterfeld; Stable isotope probing
Abstract

Cultivation-independent analyses were applied to study the structural diversity of the bacterial community which developed in groundwater inoculated microcosms actively metabolizing monochlorobenzene (MCB) under anaerobic conditions. Addition of 13C-labelled MCB demonstrated that the community produced 13CO2 as a metabolite at slightly increasing rates over a period of 1,051 days while no 13C-methane evolved. Genetic profiles of partial 16S rRNA genes generated with the single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) technique by PCR from directly extracted total DNA revealed that, despite the long incubation period, six replicate microcosms were characterized by almost the same microbial members. Nine distinguishable contributors to the SSCP-profiles were characterized by DNA sequencing, revealing the presence of different members from the phyla Proteobacteria, Fibrobacteres and from the candidate division OD1. DNA-stable isotope probing (SIP) was applied to distinguish the actual MCB metabolizing bacteria from the other community members. This study reveals for the first time the structural diversity of an anaerobic MCB metabolizing bacterial community. However, it also demonstrates the limitations of SIP to detect bacteria slowly metabolizing carbon sources under anaerobic conditions.
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Martínez-Lavanchy, P.M., Dohrmann, A.B., Imfeld, G., Trescher, K., Tebbe, C.C., Richnow, H.-H., Nijenhuis, I. (2011):
Detection of monochlorobenzene metabolizing bacteria under anoxic conditions by DNA-stable isotope probing
Biodegradation 22 (5), 973 - 982 10.1007/s10532-011-9456-2