Efficient Metabolic Exchange and Electron Transfer within a Syntrophic Trichloroethene-Degrading Coculture of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195 and Syntrophomonas wolfei
Abstract
Dehalococcoides mccartyi195 (strain 195) andSyntrophomonas wolfeiwere grown in a sustainable syntrophic coculture using butyrate as an electron donor and carbon source and trichloroethene (TCE) as an electron acceptor. The maximum dechlorination rate (9.9 ± 0.1 μmol day-1) and cell yield [(1.1 ± 0.3) × 108cells μmol-1Cl-] of strain 195 maintained in coculture were, respectively, 2.6 and 1.6 times higher than those measured in the pure culture. The strain 195 cell concentration was about 16 times higher than that ofS. wolfeiin the coculture. Aqueous H2concentrations ranged from 24 to 180 nM during dechlorination and increased to 350 ± 20 nM when TCE was depleted, resulting in cessation of butyrate fermentation byS. wolfeiwith a theoretical Gibbs free energy of -13.7 ± 0.2 kJ mol -1. Carbon monoxide in the coculture was around 0.06 μmol per bottle, which was lower than that observed for strain 195 in isolation. The minimum H2 threshold value for TCE dechlorination by strain 195 in the coculture was 0.6 ± 0.1 nM. Cell aggregates during syntrophic growth were observed by scanning electron microscopy. The interspecies distances to achieve H2 fluxes required to support the measured dechlorination rates were predicted using Fick's law and demonstrated the need for aggregation.more »
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
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- 1512089
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- AC02-05CH11231
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- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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- Journal Volume: 81; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0099-2240
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- American Society for Microbiology
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- United States
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- English
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- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Mao, Xinwei, Stenuit, Benoit, Polasko, Alexandra, Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa, and Kostka, J. E. Efficient Metabolic Exchange and Electron Transfer within a Syntrophic Trichloroethene-Degrading Coculture of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195 and Syntrophomonas wolfei. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1128/AEM.03464-14.
Mao, Xinwei, Stenuit, Benoit, Polasko, Alexandra, Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa, & Kostka, J. E. Efficient Metabolic Exchange and Electron Transfer within a Syntrophic Trichloroethene-Degrading Coculture of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195 and Syntrophomonas wolfei. United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03464-14
Mao, Xinwei, Stenuit, Benoit, Polasko, Alexandra, Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa, and Kostka, J. E. Fri .
"Efficient Metabolic Exchange and Electron Transfer within a Syntrophic Trichloroethene-Degrading Coculture of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195 and Syntrophomonas wolfei". United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03464-14. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1512089.
@article{osti_1512089,
title = {Efficient Metabolic Exchange and Electron Transfer within a Syntrophic Trichloroethene-Degrading Coculture of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195 and Syntrophomonas wolfei},
author = {Mao, Xinwei and Stenuit, Benoit and Polasko, Alexandra and Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa and Kostka, J. E.},
abstractNote = {Dehalococcoides mccartyi195 (strain 195) andSyntrophomonas wolfeiwere grown in a sustainable syntrophic coculture using butyrate as an electron donor and carbon source and trichloroethene (TCE) as an electron acceptor. The maximum dechlorination rate (9.9 ± 0.1 μmol day-1) and cell yield [(1.1 ± 0.3) × 108cells μmol-1Cl-] of strain 195 maintained in coculture were, respectively, 2.6 and 1.6 times higher than those measured in the pure culture. The strain 195 cell concentration was about 16 times higher than that ofS. wolfeiin the coculture. Aqueous H2concentrations ranged from 24 to 180 nM during dechlorination and increased to 350 ± 20 nM when TCE was depleted, resulting in cessation of butyrate fermentation byS. wolfeiwith a theoretical Gibbs free energy of -13.7 ± 0.2 kJ mol -1. Carbon monoxide in the coculture was around 0.06 μmol per bottle, which was lower than that observed for strain 195 in isolation. The minimum H2 threshold value for TCE dechlorination by strain 195 in the coculture was 0.6 ± 0.1 nM. Cell aggregates during syntrophic growth were observed by scanning electron microscopy. The interspecies distances to achieve H2 fluxes required to support the measured dechlorination rates were predicted using Fick's law and demonstrated the need for aggregation. Filamentous appendages and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS)-like structures were present in the intercellular spaces. The transcriptome of strain 195 during exponential growth in the coculture indicated increased ATP-binding cassette transporter activities compared to the pure culture, while the membrane-bound energy metabolism related genes were expressed at stable levels.},
doi = {10.1128/AEM.03464-14},
journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology},
number = 6,
volume = 81,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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