title: [Characteristics of 4-chlorophenol degradation by a soil bacterium Acinetobacter sp].
abstract: The bacterium capable of degrading 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) was enriched and isolated from agricultural soil. It was gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, and identified as Acinetobacter sp. based on the analysis of the 16S rRNA gene fragment. It was able to utilize 4-CP as a sole carbon source. The degradation mechanism of 4-CP by this isolate was proposed as a modified ortho-cleavage pathway, the activity of chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase was markedly induced. The bacterial isolate grew well and exhibited a high degradation efficiency when the initial concentration of 4-CP was between 2-8 mmol/L. It was able to survive in the presence of 4-CP at higher concentrations (up to 8 mmol/L). Not only 4-CP, but also 2-chlorophenol, 3-chlorophenol, phenol, and 2,4-dichlorophenol, were also growth substrates for the isolate. The results of co-substrate supplementation illustrated the suitable conditions of the isolate to improve growth rate and 4-chlorophenol biodegradation efficiency. The results suggested that the isolate had a potential use for bioremediation of the site contaminated with 4-chlorophenol.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. wuweizhong@pku.edu.cn
authors.forename: Wei-Zhong
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ye-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jian-Long
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; C029107:4-chlorophenol