scholarly journals Anaerobic growth of the haloalkaliphilic denitrifying sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. with thiocyanate

Microbiology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 150 (7) ◽  
pp. 2435-2442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitry Yu. Sorokin ◽  
Tat'yana P. Tourova ◽  
Alexey N. Antipov ◽  
G. Muyzer ◽  
J. Gijs Kuenen

Two strains of obligate chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were isolated from soda-lake sediments by enrichment culture with thiocyanate and nitrate at pH 9·9. The isolates were capable of growth with thiocyanate or thiosulfate as electron donor, either aerobically or anaerobically, and with nitrate or nitrite as electron acceptor. Cyanate was identified as an intermediate of thiocyanate oxidation, while sulfate, ammonia and dinitrogen gas were the final products. The anaerobic growth on thiocyanate plus nitrate was much slower (μ max=0·006 h−1) than on thiosulfate plus nitrate (μ max=0·02 h−1), while growth yields were similar (4·8 and 5·1 g protein mol−1, respectively). On the basis of their phenotypic and genetic properties, strains ARhD 1T and ARhD 2 are described as a novel species of the genus Thialkalivibrio, with the highest similarity to Thialkalivibrio denitrificans. The name Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species.

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 352-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mackiewicz ◽  
J. Wiegel

ABSTRACT Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans grew with formate as the electron donor and 3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenylacetate (3-Cl-4-OHPA) as the electron acceptor, yielding Y X/formate,Y X/2e− , andY X/ATP ranging from 3.2 to 11.3 g of biomass (dry weight)/mol, thus indicating that energy was conserved through reductive dechlorination. Pyruvate was utilized as the electron donor and acceptor, yielding stoichiometric amounts of acetate and lactate, respectively, and a Y X/reduced acceptor of 13.0 g of biomass (dry weight)/mol. The supplementation of pyruvate-containing medium with additional electron acceptors, such as 3-Cl-4-OHPA, nitrate, fumarate, or sulfite, caused pyruvate to be replaced as the electron acceptor and nearly doubled theY X/ATP (Y X/acetate formed). A comparison of the yields for 3-Cl-4-OHPA with those for other traditional electron acceptors indicates that the dehalogenation reaction led to the formation of similar amounts of energy equivalents. The various electron acceptors were used concomitantly with 3-Cl-4-OHPA in nonacclimated cultures, but the utilization rates and amounts utilized differed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 357-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Aulenta ◽  
A. Fina ◽  
M. Potalivo ◽  
M. Petrangeli Papini ◽  
S. Rossetti ◽  
...  

The focus of this research was to investigate the anaerobic transformation of tetrachloroethane (TeCA), perchloroethylene (PCE), and their mixtures by mixed cultures enriched from contaminated soils or sediments. Batch transformation studies were conducted using TeCA (60 μM), PCE (60 μM), or TeCA + PCE (each added at 60 μM) as electron acceptor(s) and H2+acetate (each added at 3 mM) or butyrate (3 mM) as electron donor(s). A Dehalococcoides spp.-containing, sediment-enrichment dechlorinated PCE rapidly to ethene (ETH) but slowly and incompletely dechlorinated TeCA. Moreover, when present in mixture with PCE, TeCA disrupted the ability of Dehalococcoides to dechlorinate vinyl chloride. In contrast, the soil-enrichment culture was able to completely dechlorinate TeCA and PCE to ETH, both when added as single contaminants and when added as a mixture.


1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy G. Love ◽  
Mary E. Rust ◽  
Kathy C. Terlesky

An anaerobic enrichment culture was developed from an anoxic/anaerobic/aerobic activated sludge sequencing batch reactor using methyl ethyl ketoxime (MEKO), a potent nitrification inhibitor, as the sole carbon and energy source in the absence of molecular oxygen and nitrate. The enrichment culture was gradually fed decreasing amounts of biogenic organic compounds and increasing concentrations of MEKO over 23 days until the cultures metabolized the oxime as the sole carbon source; the cultures were maintained for an additional 41 days on MEKO alone. Turbidity stabilized at approximately 100 mg/l total suspended solids. Growth on selective media plates confirmed that the microorganisms were utilizing the MEKO as the sole carbon and energy source. The time frame required for growth indicated that the kinetics for MEKO degradation are slow. A batch test indicated that dissolved organic carbon decreased at a rate comparable to MEKO consumption, while sulfate was not consumed. The nature of the electron acceptor in anaerobic MEKO metabolism is unclear, but it is hypothesized that the MEKO is hydrolyzed intracellularly to form methyl ethyl ketone and hydroxylamine which serve as electron donor and electron acceptor, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chady Moussallem ◽  
Magali Allain ◽  
Frédéric Gohier ◽  
Pierre Frere

From a central 3,7-bis(perfluorophenyl)-BDF unit, the extension performed with electron acceptor perfluorophenyl groups and/or electron donor N,N-dimethylamino groups via an imine link leads to symmetrical AAA and DAD or dissymmetrical...


2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 1402-1407
Author(s):  
Rui Wang ◽  
Ming Chen ◽  
Jia Wen Zhang ◽  
Fei Liu ◽  
Hong Han Chen

Effects of different electron donors (acetate and hydrogen), acetate and perchlorate concentrations on microbial perchlorate reduction in groundwater were studied. The results showed that acetate and hydrogen addition as an electron donor can significantly improve perchlorate removal efficiency while a longer period was observed for hydrogen (15 d) than for acetate (8 d). The optical ratio of electron donor (acetate)-to-electron acceptor (perchlorate) was approximately 1.65 mg COD mg perchlorate-1. The highest specific reduction rate of perchlorate was achieved at the acetate-to-perchlorate ratio of 3.80 mg COD mg perchlorate-1. The perchlorate reduction rates corresponded well to the theoretical values calculated by the Monod equation and the parameters of Ks and Vm were determined to be 15.6 mg L-1 and 0.26 d-1, respectively.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1824-1833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis A. Bazylinski ◽  
Timothy J. Williams ◽  
Christopher T. Lefèvre ◽  
Denis Trubitsyn ◽  
Jiasong Fang ◽  
...  

A magnetotactic bacterium, designated strain MV-1T, was isolated from sulfide-rich sediments in a salt marsh near Boston, MA, USA. Cells of strain MV-1T were Gram-negative, and vibrioid to helicoid in morphology. Cells were motile by means of a single polar flagellum. The cells appeared to display a transitional state between axial and polar magnetotaxis: cells swam in both directions, but generally had longer excursions in one direction than the other. Cells possessed a single chain of magnetosomes containing truncated hexaoctahedral crystals of magnetite, positioned along the long axis of the cell. Strain MV-1T was a microaerophile that was also capable of anaerobic growth on some nitrogen oxides. Salinities greater than 10 % seawater were required for growth. Strain MV-1T exhibited chemolithoautotrophic growth on thiosulfate and sulfide with oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor (microaerobic growth) and on thiosulfate using nitrous oxide (N2O) as the terminal electron acceptor (anaerobic growth). Chemo-organoautotrophic and methylotrophic growth was supported by formate under microaerobic conditions. Autotrophic growth occurred via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle. Chemo-organoheterotrophic growth was supported by various organic acids and amino acids, under microaerobic and anaerobic conditions. Optimal growth occurred at pH 7.0 and 26–28 °C. The genome of strain MV-1T consisted of a single, circular chromosome, about 3.7 Mb in size, with a G+C content of 52.9–53.5 mol%.Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain MV-1T belongs to the family Rhodospirillaceae within the Alphaproteobacteria , but is not closely related to the genus Magnetospirillum . The name Magnetovibrio blakemorei gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed for strain MV-1T. The type strain of Magnetovibrio blakemorei is MV-1T ( = ATCC BAA-1436T  = DSM 18854T).


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (21) ◽  
pp. 9766-9781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kahlert ◽  
Lena Böhling ◽  
Andreas Brockhinke ◽  
Hans-Georg Stammler ◽  
Beate Neumann ◽  
...  

An investigation ofC-dimesitylboryl-ortho-carboranes, 1-(BMes2)-2-R-1,2-C2B10H10(1and2), reveals that the carborane is the electron-acceptor and the mesityl group is the electron-donor in these dyads.


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