title: Identification of genes and pathways related to phenol degradation in metagenomic libraries from petroleum refinery wastewater.
abstract: Two fosmid libraries, totaling 13,200 clones, were obtained from bioreactor sludge of petroleum refinery wastewater treatment system. The library screening based on PCR and biological activity assays revealed more than 400 positive clones for phenol degradation. From these, 100 clones were randomly selected for pyrosequencing in order to evaluate the genetic potential of the microorganisms present in wastewater treatment plant for biodegradation, focusing mainly on novel genes and pathways of phenol and aromatic compound degradation. The sequence analysis of selected clones yielded 129,635 reads at an estimated 17-fold coverage. The phylogenetic analysis showed Burkholderiales and Rhodocyclales as the most abundant orders among the selected fosmid clones. The MG-RAST analysis revealed a broad metabolic profile with important functions for wastewater treatment, including metabolism of aromatic compounds, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus. The predicted 2,276 proteins included phenol hydroxylases and cathecol 2,3- dioxygenases, involved in the catabolism of aromatic compounds, such as phenol, byphenol, benzoate and phenylpropanoid. The sequencing of one fosmid insert of 33 kb unraveled the gene that permitted the host, Escherichia coli EPI300, to grow in the presence of aromatic compounds. Additionally, the comparison of the whole fosmid sequence against bacterial genomes deposited in GenBank showed that about 90% of sequence showed no identity to known sequences of Proteobacteria deposited in the NCBI database. This study surveyed the functional potential of fosmid clones for aromatic compound degradation and contributed to our knowledge of the biodegradative capacity and pathways of microbial assemblages present in refinery wastewater treatment system.
authors: Microbial Resources Division, Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture, Campinas University, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Cynthia C
authors: CC
authors: Silva
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Hayden
authors: Tim
authors: T
authors: Sawbridge
authors: Pauline
authors: P
authors: Mele
authors: Sérgio O
authors: SO
authors: De Paula
authors: Lívia C F
authors: LC
authors: Silva
authors: Pedro M P
authors: PM
authors: Vidigal
authors: Renato
authors: R
authors: Vicentini
authors: Maíra P
authors: MP
authors: Sousa
authors: Ana Paula R
authors: AP
authors: Torres
authors: Vânia M J
authors: VM
authors: Santiago
authors: Valéria M
authors: VM
authors: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology; D050557:Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020451:Contig Mapping; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D056186:Metagenomics; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010578:Petroleum; D019800:Phenol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D050557:Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010578:Petroleum; D019800:Phenol; D012722:Sewage; D062065:Wastewater; C022336:phenol 2-monooxygenase
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