Project description:Positive-ionization DDA metabolomics data of anaerobic SDC-9 cultures, which perform dechlorination of tetrachloroethene for bioremediation
Project description:Negative-ionization DDA metabolomics data of anaerobic SDC-9 cultures, which perform dechlorination of tetrachloroethene for bioremediation
Project description:Positive-ionization DDA metabolomics data of anaerobic SDC-9 cultures, which perform dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes for bioremediation
Project description:Negative-ionization DDA metabolomics data of anaerobic SDC-9 cultures, which perform dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes for bioremediation
Project description:Microbial reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene (TCE) in groundwater often results in the accumulation of dichloroethenes (DCEs). Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc) are the only known bacteria capable of dechlorination beyond DCE to non-toxic ethene. In this study, two newly isolated Dhc strains (11a and 11a5) with dissimilar functional abilities are described. Strain 11a reductively dechlorinates TCE, 1,1-DCE, cis-DCE, trans-DCE, and vinyl chloride (VC) to ethene, while strain 11a5 dechlorinates TCE and all three DCE isomers only to VC. Each of these dechlorination reactions are coupled to growth by these strains. The VC dechlorination rate of strain 11a occurs at a rate of 258 nmol per min per mg of protein, about two times faster than previously reported stains. Strain 11a possesses the vcrA gene while strain 11a5 contains the tceA gene. Strains 11a and 11a5 share 100% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with previously sequenced Dhc strains BAV1 and CBDB1, placing it within the Pinellas subgroup, and 85.4% and 89.5% of all genes present in the CBDB1 and BAV1 genomes were detected in strains 11a and 11a5, respectively, using a custom-designed microarray targeting four sequenced Dhc strains. Genes that were not detected in strains 11a and 11a5 are mostly within the high plasticity regions or integrated elements of the sequenced strains. This study reports the functional description and comparative genomics of two additional Dhc isolates and provides evidence that the observed functional incongruence between the activity and core genome phylogenies of Dhc strains is likely driven by the horizontal transfer of key reductive dehalogenase-encoding genes.
Project description:The syntrophic growth of strain 195 with Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough (DVH) and/or Methanobacterium congolense (MC) enhanced TCE dechlorination process by faster dechlorination rate and more robust growth. Transcriptomes of strain 195 grown in isolation, co- and tri-cultures were obtained by microarray experiments to find out the differential expressed genes corresponding to the syntrophic growth. Thus we can better understand the role of DVH and MC within this syntrophy.
2011-08-01 | GSE26815 | GEO
Project description:Microbial community from anaerobic dechlorination in different salinity-gradient aquifers
Project description:The reductive dehalogenation of halogenated benzenes by anaerobic bacteria is of great environmental and biotechnological importance; however, the role of specific reductive dehalogenases in the (sequential) dehalogenation of different isomers has not been studied in detail. Here, we cultivated the obligate organohalide-respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1 with either 1,2,3- or 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) as electron acceptor and investigated differences in the expression of its 32 reductive dehalogenase (rdhA) genes using RNA-sequencing. The gene of the known chlorobenzene reductive dehalogenase, cbrA, and rdhA cbdbA80 were the two most highly expressed rdhA genes with 1,2,3-TCB. In the presence of 1,2,4-TCB, cbrA was also the most highly expressed rdhA, whereas rdhA cbdbA80 was transcribed at a slightly lower level. Instead, a third rdhA gene, cbdbA1588, encoding an orthologue of the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase PceA, was the second most highly expressed rdhA. The screening of the transcripts encoded in intergenic regions predicted three abundant sRNAs and a so far unannotated small protein. Proteome analyses of cultures respiring 1,2,3-TCB, 1,2,4-TCB, or hexachlorobenzene (HCB) confirmed the specific synthesis of the RdhA CbdbA1588 protein during respiration with 1,2,4-TCB. It was also up-regulated by HCB, suggesting its involvement in sequential dechlorination to dichlorobenzenes. Dehalogenase activity assays with cell extracts from 1,2,4-TCB-grown cultures indicated a higher activity towards 1,2,4-TCB and a ten-fold higher activity towards 2,3-dichlorophenol compared to that in extracts from 1,2,3-TCB-grown cultures. These findings demonstrate the functionality of RdhA CbdbA1588 and further support a role in 1,2,4-TCB dechlorination by strain CBDB1.