title: Degradation of o-chloronitrobenzene as the sole carbon and nitrogen sources by Pseudomonas putida OCNB-1.
abstract: A bacterial strain that utilized o-chloronitrobenzene (o-CNB) as the sole carbon, nitrogen and energy sources was isolated from an activated sludge collected from an industrial waste treatment plant. It was identified as Pseudomonas putida based on its morphology, physiological, and biochemical characteristics with an automatic biometrical system and the 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Microcosm study showed that the biodegradation of o-CNB was optimized at culture medium pH 8.0 and 32 degrees C. At these conditions, the strain degraded 85% of o-CNB at a starting concentration of 1.1 mmol/L in 42 h. o-Chloroaniline was identified as the major metabolite with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The study showed that o-CNB degradation by Pseudomonas putida OCNB-1 was initiated by aniline dioxyenase, nitrobenzene reductase and catechol-1,2-dioxygenase.
authors.affiliation: College of Bioscience and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. hzhwu2@scut.edu.cn
authors.forename: Haizhen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chaohai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yaqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qincong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Shizhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D002244:Carbon; C032785:2-chloronitrobenzene; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen