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Cometabolic degradation mechanism and microbial network response of methanotrophic consortia to chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents

Journal

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 230, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.113110

Keywords

Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon; Functional bacteria; Microbial ecology; Mixed consortia; Tolerance

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation [51978117]
  2. Chongqing Technology Innovation and Application Demonstration Project [stc2018jszx-zdyfxmX0019, cstc2020jscx-msxmX0040]
  3. Scientific Research Foundation of Chongqing University of Technology [2019ZD72]

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The cometabolism mechanism of chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents (CHSs) in mixed consortia was studied for the first time, showing efficient degradation rates with non-fully chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons being more easily degraded. Methylocystaceae, Methylomonas, and Methylosarcina were identified as major functional degraders in methanotrophic consortia. Microbial correlation network analysis demonstrated that type I methanotrophs and heterotrophs interacted to determine biodegradability.
The cometabolism mechanism of chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents (CHSs) in mixed consortia remains largely unknown. CHS biodegradation characteristics and microbial networks in methanotrophic consortia were studied for the first time. The results showed that all CHSs can efficiently be degraded via cometabolism with a maximum degradation rate of 4.8 mg/(h.g(cell)). Chloroalkane and chloroethylene were more easily degraded than chlorobenzenes by methanotrophic consortia, especially nonfully chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, which were converted to Cl- with a production rate of 0.29-0.36 mg/(h.g(cell)). In addition, the microecological response results indicated that Methylocystaceae (49.0%), Methylomonas (65.3%) and Methylosarcina (41.9%) may be the major functional degraders in methanotrophic consortia. Furthermore, the results of the microbial correlation network suggested that interactive relationships constructed by type I methanotrophs and heterotrophs determined biodegradability. Additionally, PICRUSt analysis showed that CHSs could increase the relative abundance of CHS degradation genes and reduce the relative abundance of methane oxidation genes, which was in good agreement with the experimental results.

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