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ArticlePloS one2012

Identification of bacteria utilizing biphenyl, benzoate, and naphthalene in long-term contaminated soil.

Ondrej Uhlik, Jiri Wald, Michal Strejcek, Lucie Musilova, Jakub Ridl, Miluse Hroudova, Cestmir Vlcek, Erick Cardenas, Martina Mackova, Tomas Macek

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38 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Ondrej UhlikDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jiri Wald
Michal Strejcek
Lucie Musilova
Jakub Ridl
Miluse Hroudova
Cestmir Vlcek
Erick Cardenas
Martina Mackova
Tomas Macek

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria were identified associated with biodegradation of aromatic pollutants biphenyl, benzoate, and naphthalene in a long-term polychlorinated biphenyl- and polyaromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. In order to avoid biases of culture-based approaches, stable isotope probing was applied in combination with sequence analysis of 16 S rRNA gene pyrotags amplified from (13)C-enriched DNA fractions. Special attention was paid to pyrosequencing data analysis in order to eliminate the errors caused by either generation of amplicons (random errors caused by DNA polymerase, formation of chimeric sequences) or sequencing itself. Therefore, sample DNA was amplified, sequenced, and analyzed along with the DNA of a mock community constructed out of 8 bacterial strains. This warranted that appropriate tools and parameters were chosen for sequence data processing. (13)C-labeled metagenomes isolated after the incubation of soil samples with all three studied aromatics were largely dominated by Proteobacteria, namely sequences clustering with the genera Rhodanobacter Burkholderia, Pandoraea, Dyella as well as some Rudaea- and Skermanella-related ones. Pseudomonads were mostly labeled by (13)C from naphthalene and benzoate. The results of this study show that many biphenyl/benzoate-assimilating bacteria derive carbon also from naphthalene, pointing out broader biodegradation abilities of some soil microbiota. The results also demonstrate that, in addition to traditionally isolated genera of degradative bacteria, yet-to-be cultured bacteria are important players in bioremediation. Overall, the study contributes to our understanding of biodegradation processes in contaminated soil. At the same time our results show the importance of sequencing and analyzing a mock community in order to more correctly process and analyze sequence data.

Indexed as

Soil MicrobiologyBacteriaBase SequenceBenzoatesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalBiphenyl CompoundsCarbon IsotopesDNA, BacterialIsotope LabelingNaphthalenesPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNASoil PollutantsBenzoatesbiphenylBiphenyl CompoundsCarbon IsotopesDNA, BacterialnaphthaleneNaphthalenesSoil Pollutants

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PMCPMC3396604

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