Enhanced biodegradation of beta- and delta-hexachlorocyclohexane in the presence of alpha- and gamma-isomers in contaminated soils

The chlorinated insecticide hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) has been used extensively in the past, and contaminated sites are present throughout the world. Toward their bioremediation, we isolated a bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa ITRC-5 that mediates the degradation of all the four major isomers of HCH under aerobic conditions, both in liquid-culture and contaminated soils. In liquid-culture, the degradation of alpha- and gamma-HCH is rapid and is accompanied with the release of 5.6 micromole chloride ions and 4.1 micromole CO2 micromole(-1) HCH-isomer. The degradation of beta- and delta-isomers is slow, accompanied with the release of 0.9 micromole chloride ions micromole(-1) HCH-isomer, and results in a transient metabolite 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorocyclohexan-1-ol. The strain ITRC-5 also mediates the degradation of alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-isomers in contaminated soils, where degradation of otherwise persistent beta- and delta-HCH is enhanced severalfold in the presence of alpha- or gamma-HCH. The degradation of soil-applied beta- and delta-HCH under aerobic conditions has not been reported earlier. The isolate ITRC-5 therefore demonstrates potential for the bioremediation of HCH-wastes and contaminated soils.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Environmental science & technology - 39(2005), 11 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 4005-11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumar, Manish [VerfasserIn]
Chaudhary, Pankaj [VerfasserIn]
Dwivedi, Manish [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ranjan [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Debarati [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Rakesh K [VerfasserIn]
Garg, Satyendra K [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ashwani [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

142M471B3J
28903-24-4
319-84-6
319-86-8
59NEE7PCAB
Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane
Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane
Carbon Dioxide
Chlorides
Delta-hexachlorocyclohexane
Hexachlorocyclohexane
Ions
Journal Article
Pentachlorocyclohexene
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Soil Pollutants
YM80ODM9PD

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.10.2005

Date Revised 15.07.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM156234106