title: Identification of anthraquinone-degrading bacteria in soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: Quinones and other oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxy-PAHs) are toxic and/or genotoxic compounds observed to be cocontaminants at PAH-contaminated sites, but their formation and fate in contaminated environmental systems have not been well studied. Anthracene-9,10-dione (anthraquinone) has been found in most PAH-contaminated soils and sediments that have been analyzed for oxy-PAHs. However, little is known about the biodegradation of oxy-PAHs, and no bacterial isolates have been described that are capable of growing on or degrading anthraquinone. PAH-degrading Mycobacterium spp. are the only organisms that have been investigated to date for metabolism of a PAH quinone, 4,5-pyrenequinone. We utilized DNA-based stable-isotope probing (SIP) with [U-(13)C]anthraquinone to identify bacteria associated with anthraquinone degradation in PAH-contaminated soil from a former manufactured-gas plant site both before and after treatment in a laboratory-scale bioreactor. SIP with [U-(13)C]anthracene was also performed to assess whether bacteria capable of growing on anthracene are the same as those identified to grow on anthraquinone. Organisms closely related to Sphingomonas were the most predominant among the organisms associated with anthraquinone degradation in bioreactor-treated soil, while organisms in the genus Phenylobacterium comprised the majority of anthraquinone degraders in the untreated soil. Bacteria associated with anthracene degradation differed from those responsible for anthraquinone degradation. These results suggest that Sphingomonas and Phenylobacterium species are associated with anthraquinone degradation and that anthracene-degrading organisms may not possess mechanisms to grow on anthraquinone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Elyse A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rodgers-Vieira
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Zhenfa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Alden C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Adrion
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Avram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA mike_aitken@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aitken
mesh_terms: D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D001711:Biotransformation; D042063:Caulobacteraceae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D012989:Soil Pollutants
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