Discovery of a trans -Dichloroethene-Respiring Dehalogenimonas Species in the 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane-Dechlorinating WBC-2 Consortium | Zendy

Marie June Manchester | Zendy; Laura Hug | Zendy; Matt Zarek | Zendy; Anna Zila | Zendy; Elizabeth A. Edwards | Zendy

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Discovery of a trans -Dichloroethene-Respiring Dehalogenimonas Species in the 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane-Dechlorinating WBC-2 Consortium

Author(s) -

Marie June Manchester,

Laura Hug,

Matt Zarek,

Anna Zila,

Elizabeth A. Edwards

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.00384-12

Subject(s) - dehalococcoides , enrichment culture , biology , reductive dechlorination , 16s ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , library , thermus , vinyl chloride , phylotype , ribosomal rna , bacteria , chemistry , gene , thermophile , biochemistry , genetics , ecology , organic chemistry , biodegradation , copolymer , polymer

The WBC-2 consortium is an organohalide-respiring anaerobic microbial enrichment culture capable of dechlorinating 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (TeCA) to ethene. In the WBC-2 culture, TeCA is first transformed to trans-dichloroethene (tDCE) by dichloroelimination; tDCE is subsequently transformed to vinyl chloride (VC) and then to ethene by hydrogenolysis. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene clone libraries from culture DNA revealed sequences from three putative dechlorinating organisms belonging to Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, and Dehalogenimonas genera. Quantitative PCR primers were designed for each of these sequences, and their abundance was quantified in enrichment cultures over time. These data revealed that complete dechlorination of TeCA to ethene involves all three organisms. Dehalobacter spp. grew during the dihaloelimination of TeCA to tDCE, while Dehalococcoides and Dehalogenimonas spp. grew during hydrogenolysis of tDCE to ethene. This is the first time a genus other than Dehalococcoides has been implicated in dechlorination of tDCE to VC.

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