Enhanced degradation of different crude oils by defined engineered consortia of Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 mutants based on their alkane metabolism

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Microbial consortia offer an attractive biodegradation strategy for removing hydrocarbons from oil-contaminated sites. In this study, we explored the degradation properties of Acinetobacter venetianus strain RAG-1 (RAG-1). RAG-1 effectively degrades three crude oils with excellent emulsification activity and cell surface hydrophobicity, while exhibiting broad environmental tolerance. RAG-1 accepts a range of alkane substrates (C10-C38) using three alkane hydroxylases (AlkMa, AlkMb, and AlmA). Bacterial mutant with alkMa or alkMb deletion enhanced degradation of C10-C20 or C22-C32 n-alkanes, respectively. Based on the substrate metabolism of the mutants, adjustable and targeted consortia consisting of ΔalkMa/almA and ΔalkMb were constructed, achieving enhanced degradation (10 days) of light crude oil (73.42% to 88.65%), viscous crude oil (68.40% to 90.05%), and high waxy crude oil (47.46% to 60.52%) compared with the single wild-type strain. The degradation properties of RAG-1 and the engineered consortia strategy may have potential use in microbial biodegradation applications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:327

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Bioresource technology - 327(2021) vom: 01. Mai, Seite 124787

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Lan, Yazheng [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ting [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acinetobacter venetianus
Alkane hydroxylase
Alkanes
Crude oil
Degradation
Engineered consortia
Journal Article
Petroleum

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Date Completed 01.03.2021

Date Revised 01.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124787

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321172221