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DOI 10.1021/acs.est.5b00367
Title (Primary) Carbon stable isotope fractionation of sulfamethoxazole during biodegradation by Microbacterium sp. strain BR1 and upon direct photolysis
Author Birkigt, J.; Gilevska, T.; Ricken, B.; Richnow, H.-H.; Vione, D.; Corvini, P.F.-X.; Nijenhuis, I.; Cichocka, D.
Source Titel Environmental Science & Technology
Year 2015
Department ISOBIO
Volume 49
Issue 10
Page From 6029
Page To 6036
Language englisch
Supplements https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.est.5b00367/suppl_file/es5b00367_si_001.pdf
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Abstract Carbon isotope fractionation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) during biodegradation by Microbacterium sp. strain BR1 (ipso-hydroxylation) and upon direct photolysis was investigated. Carbon isotope signatures (δ13C) of SMX were measured by LC-IRMS (liquid chromatography coupled to isotope ratio mass spectrometry). A new LC-IRMS method for the SMX metabolite, 3-amino-5-methylisoxazole (3A5MI), was established. Carbon isotope enrichment factors for SMX (εC) were −0.6 ± 0.1‰ for biodegradation and −2.0 ± 0.1‰ and −3.0 ± 0.2‰ for direct photolysis, at pH 7.4 and pH 5, respectively. The corresponding apparent kinetic isotope effects (AKIE) for ipso-hydroxylation were 1.006 ± 0.001; these fall in the same range as AKIE in previously studied hydroxylation reactions. The differences in SMX and 3A5MI fractionation upon biotic and abiotic degradation suggest that compound specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) is a suitable method to distinguish SMX reaction pathways. In addition, the study revealed that the extent of isotope fractionation during SMX photolytic cleavage is pH-dependent.
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Birkigt, J., Gilevska, T., Ricken, B., Richnow, H.-H., Vione, D., Corvini, P.F.-X., Nijenhuis, I., Cichocka, D. (2015):
Carbon stable isotope fractionation of sulfamethoxazole during biodegradation by Microbacterium sp. strain BR1 and upon direct photolysis
Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (10), 6029 - 6036 10.1021/acs.est.5b00367