Trichloromethane dechlorination by a novel Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M reveals a third contrasting C and Cl isotope fractionation pattern within this genus

Jesica Maiara Soder Walz, Clara Torrentó, Camelia Algora Gallardo, Kenneth Wasmund, Maria Pilar Cortes Garmendia, Albert Soler, Teresa Vicent, Mònica Rosell, Ernesto Marco Urrea

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Trichloromethane (TCM) is a pollutant frequently detected in contaminated aquifers, and only four bacterial strains are known to respire it. Here, we obtained a novel Dehalobacter strain capable of transforming TCM to dichloromethane, which was denominated Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M. Besides TCM, strain 8M also completely transformed 1,1,2-trichloroethane to vinyl chloride and 1,2-dichloroethane. Quantitative PCR analysis for the 16S rRNA genes confirmed growth of Dehalobacter with TCM and 1,1,2-trichloroethane as electron acceptors. Carbon and chlorine isotope fractionation during TCM transformation was studied in cultured cells and in enzymatic assays with cell suspensions and crude protein extracts. TCM transformation in the three studied systems resulted in small but significant carbon (ε C = −2.7 ± 0.1‰ for respiring cells, −3.1 ± 0.1‰ for cell suspensions, and − 4.1 ± 0.5‰ for crude protein extracts) and chlorine (ε Cl = −0.9 ± 0.1‰, −1.1 ± 0.1‰, and − 1.2 ± 0.2‰, respectively) isotope fractionation. A characteristic and consistent dual C[sbnd]Cl isotope fractionation pattern was observed for the three systems (combined Λ C/Cl = 2.8 ± 0.3). This Λ C/Cl differed significantly from previously reported values for anaerobic dechlorination of TCM by the corrinoid cofactor vitamin B12 and other Dehalobacter strains. These findings widen our knowledge on the existence of different enzyme binding mechanisms underlying TCM-dechlorination within the genus Dehalobacter and demonstrates that dual isotope analysis could be a feasible tool to differentiate TCM degraders at field studies.

Idioma originalAnglès
Número d’article152659
Nombre de pàgines9
RevistaScience of the total environment
Volum813
Data online anticipada24 de des. 2021
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Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 20 de març 2022

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