Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants

Chloroaromatic pollutants from bleached Kraft pulp mill effluents (BKME) are difficult to degrade, because bacterial strains present in BKME aerobic treatments, only partially degrade these compounds, accumulating the corresponding chlorocatechol intermediates. To improve the catabolic performance o...

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Autores principales: Bobadilla,Roberto, Varela,Cristián, Céspedes,Ricardo, González,Bernardo
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2002
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-345820020002000112003-08-19Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutantsBobadilla,RobertoVarela,CristiánCéspedes,RicardoGonzález,Bernardo Chloroaromatic pollutants from bleached Kraft pulp mill effluents (BKME) are difficult to degrade, because bacterial strains present in BKME aerobic treatments, only partially degrade these compounds, accumulating the corresponding chlorocatechol intermediates. To improve the catabolic performance of chlorocatechol-accumulating strains, we introduced, by chromosomal insertion, the tfdI CDEF gene cluster from Ralstonia eutropha JMP134 (pJP4). This gene cluster allows dechlorination and channelling of chlorocatechols into the intermediate metabolism. Two bacterial strains, R. eutropha JMP222 and Pseudomonas putida KT2442, able to produce chlorocatechols from 3-chlorobenzoate (3-CB) were used. Acinetobacter lwoffii RB2 isolated from BKME by its ability to grow on guaiacol as sole carbon source and shown to be able to produce the corresponding chlorocatechols from the BKME pollutants 4-, and 5-chloroguaiacol, was also used. The tfdI CDEF gene cluster was inserted in the chromosome of these strains using miniTn5-derived vectors that allow expression of the Tfd enzymes driven by the lacIq/Ptrc or tfdR/Ptfd-I regulatory systems, and therefore, responding to the inducers isopropyl-ß-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) or 3-CB, respectively. Crude extracts of cells from strains JMP222, KT2442 or RB2 engineered with the tfd genes, grown on benzoate and induced with IPTG or 3-CB showed Tfd specific activities of about 15% - 80% of that of the strain JMP134. Dechlorination rates for 3-CB or chloroguaiacols correlated with levels of Tfd enzymes. However, none of the strains containing the chromosomal copy of the tfdI CDEF cluster grew on monochloroaromatics as sole carbon source. Experiments with BKME aerobic treatment microcosms showed that the catabolic performance of the engineered bacteria was also lower than the wild-type R. eutropha strain JMP134.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.5 n.2 20022002-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582002000200011en
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description Chloroaromatic pollutants from bleached Kraft pulp mill effluents (BKME) are difficult to degrade, because bacterial strains present in BKME aerobic treatments, only partially degrade these compounds, accumulating the corresponding chlorocatechol intermediates. To improve the catabolic performance of chlorocatechol-accumulating strains, we introduced, by chromosomal insertion, the tfdI CDEF gene cluster from Ralstonia eutropha JMP134 (pJP4). This gene cluster allows dechlorination and channelling of chlorocatechols into the intermediate metabolism. Two bacterial strains, R. eutropha JMP222 and Pseudomonas putida KT2442, able to produce chlorocatechols from 3-chlorobenzoate (3-CB) were used. Acinetobacter lwoffii RB2 isolated from BKME by its ability to grow on guaiacol as sole carbon source and shown to be able to produce the corresponding chlorocatechols from the BKME pollutants 4-, and 5-chloroguaiacol, was also used. The tfdI CDEF gene cluster was inserted in the chromosome of these strains using miniTn5-derived vectors that allow expression of the Tfd enzymes driven by the lacIq/Ptrc or tfdR/Ptfd-I regulatory systems, and therefore, responding to the inducers isopropyl-ß-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) or 3-CB, respectively. Crude extracts of cells from strains JMP222, KT2442 or RB2 engineered with the tfd genes, grown on benzoate and induced with IPTG or 3-CB showed Tfd specific activities of about 15% - 80% of that of the strain JMP134. Dechlorination rates for 3-CB or chloroguaiacols correlated with levels of Tfd enzymes. However, none of the strains containing the chromosomal copy of the tfdI CDEF cluster grew on monochloroaromatics as sole carbon source. Experiments with BKME aerobic treatment microcosms showed that the catabolic performance of the engineered bacteria was also lower than the wild-type R. eutropha strain JMP134.
author Bobadilla,Roberto
Varela,Cristián
Céspedes,Ricardo
González,Bernardo
spellingShingle Bobadilla,Roberto
Varela,Cristián
Céspedes,Ricardo
González,Bernardo
Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
author_facet Bobadilla,Roberto
Varela,Cristián
Céspedes,Ricardo
González,Bernardo
author_sort Bobadilla,Roberto
title Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
title_short Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
title_full Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
title_fullStr Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
title_full_unstemmed Engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdI CDEF gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached Kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
title_sort engineering bacterial strains through the chromosomal insertion of the chlorocatechol catabolism tfdi cdef gene cluster, to improve degradation of typical bleached kraft pulp mill effluent pollutants
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
publishDate 2002
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582002000200011
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