title: Enhanced biotransformation of fluoranthene by intertidally derived Cunninghamella elegans under biofilm-based and niche-mimicking conditions.
abstract: The aims of the investigation were to ascertain if surface attachment of Cunninghamella elegans and niche intertidal conditions provided in a bioreactor influenced biotransformation of fluoranthene by C. elegans. A newly designed polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) conico-cylindrical flask (CCF) holding eight equidistantly spaced rectangular strips mounted radially on a circular disc allowed comparison of fluoranthene biotransformation between CCFs with a hydrophobic surface (PMMA-CCF) and a hydrophilic glass surface (GS-CCF) and a 500-ml Erlenmeyer flask (EF). Fluoranthene biotransformation was higher by 22-fold, biofilm growth was higher by 3-fold, and cytochrome P450 gene expression was higher by 2.1-fold when C. elegans was cultivated with 2% inoculum as biofilm culture in PMMA-CCF compared to planktonic culture in EF. Biotransformation was enhanced by 7-fold with 10% inoculum. The temporal pattern of biofilm progression based on three-channel fluorescence detection by confocal laser scanning microscopy demonstrated well-developed, stable biofilm with greater colocalization of fluoranthene within extracellular polymeric substances and filaments of the biofilm grown on PMMA in contrast to a glass surface. A bioreactor with discs rotating at 2 revolutions per day affording 6-hourly emersion and immersion mimicked the niche intertidal habitat of C. elegans and supported biofilm formation and transformation of fluoranthene. The amount of transformed metabolite was 3.5-fold, biofilm growth was 3-fold, and cytochrome P450 gene expression was 1.9-fold higher in the process mimicking the intertidal conditions than in a submerged process without disc rotation. In the CCF and reactor, where biofilm formation was comparatively greater, higher concentration of exopolysaccharides allowed increased mobilization of fluoranthene within the biofilm with consequential higher gene expression leading to enhanced volumetric productivity.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sayani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.forename: Srijoni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Saubhik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haldar
authors.forename: Ratan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gachhui
authors.forename: Joydeep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D019149:Bioreactors; D001711:Biotransformation; D020093:Cunninghamella / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005449:Fluorenes; C007738:fluoranthene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
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