title: Aerobic degradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene by individual bacterial strains and defined mixed population in submerged cultures.
abstract: The degradation efficiencies of isomeric mononitrotoluenes (2- and 4-NTs) and dinitrotoluenes (2,4-DNT and 2,6-DNT) by either individual bacterial strains (Bacillus cereus NDT4, Pseudomonas putida NDT1, Pseudomonas fluorescens NDT2, and Achromobacter sp. NDT3) or their mixture were compared in submerged batch cultivations. The mixed culture degraded 2,4-DNT nearly 50 times faster than any of the individual strains. The mixed culture also demonstrated significantly shorter lag periods in 2,4-DNT degradation, a lack of nitrite or organic intermediates accumulation in the liquid medium and the ability to degrade a broader spectrum of nitrotoluenes over a wider concentration range. The presence of both readily degradable 2-NT (or 4-NT) and poorly degradable 2,6-DNT in the medium negatively affected 2,4-DNT biodegradation. However, the mixed bacterial culture still effectively degraded 2,4-DNT with only slightly lower rates under these unfavorable conditions, thus showing potential for the remediation of 2,4-DNT contaminated sites.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Department of Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Tereza
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hudcova
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halecky
authors.forename: Evguenii
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kozliak
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stiborova
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paca
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004136:Dinitrobenzenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004136:Dinitrobenzenes; C016403:2,4-dinitrotoluene