Characterization of the polyurethanolytic activity of two Alicycliphilus sp. strains able to degrade polyurethane and N-methylpyrrolidone.
Two bacterial strains (BQ1 and BQ8) were isolated from decomposed soft foam. These were selected for their capacity to grow in a minimal medium (MM) supplemented with a commercial surface-coating polyurethane (PU) (Hydroform) as the carbon source (MM-PUh). Both bacterial strains were identified as Alicycliphilus sp. by comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Growth in MM-PUh showed hyperbolic behavior, with BQ1 producing higher maximum growth (17.8 +/- 0.6 mg.ml(-1)) than BQ8 (14.0 +/- 0.6 mg.ml(-1)) after 100 h of culture. Nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of Hydroform showed that it was a polyester PU type which also contained N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) as an additive. Alicycliphilus sp. utilizes NMP during the first stage of growth and was able to use it as the sole carbon and nitrogen source, with calculated K(s) values of about 8 mg.ml(-1). Enzymatic activities related to PU degradation (esterase, protease, and urease activities) were tested by using differential media and activity assays in cell-free supernatants of bacterial cultures in MM-PUh. Induction of esterase activity in inoculated MM-PUh, but not that of protease or urease activities, was observed at 12 h of culture. Esterase activity reached its maximum at 18 h and was maintained at 50% of its maximal activity until the end of the analysis (120 h). The capacity of Alicycliphilus sp. to degrade PU was demonstrated by changes in the PU IR spectrum and by the numerous holes produced in solid PU observed by scanning electron microscopy after bacterial culture. Changes in the PU IR spectra indicate that an esterase activity is involved in PU degradation.
Oceguera-Cervantes
Alejandro
A
Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, 04510 México, D.F. México.
Carrillo-García
Agustín
A
López
Néstor
N
Bolaños-Nuñez
Sandra
S
Cruz-Gómez
M Javier
MJ
Wacher
Carmen
C
Loza-Tavera
Herminia
H
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D042621:Comamonadaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D003470:Culture Media; D011140:Polyurethanes; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C038678:N-methylpyrrolidone
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