Journal
MICROORGANISMS
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10091797
Keywords
bioremediation; deep-sea; malathion; Pseudidiomarina sp
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- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB42030302]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91951105]
- National Science and Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China [2019FY100700, 153211KYSB20200039]
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This study isolated and identified two bacterial strains capable of completely degrading malathion within 36 hours from deep-sea sediment. These strains have abundant carboxylesterases (CEs) genes and degrade malathion through the pathway from malathion monocarboxylic acid to malathion dicarboxylic acid.
The genetic and metabolic diversity of deep-sea microorganisms play important roles in phosphorus and sulfur cycles in the ocean, distinguishing them from terrestrial counterparts. Malathion is a representative organophosphorus component in herbicides, pesticides, and insecticides and is analogues of neurotoxic agent. Malathion has been one of the best-selling generic organophosphate insecticides from 1980 to 2012. Most of the sprayed malathion has migrated by surface runoff to ocean sinks, and it is highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Hitherto, there is no report on bacterial cultures capable of degrading malathion isolated from deep-sea sediment. In this study, eight bacterial strains, isolated from sediments from deep-sea hydrothermal regions, were identified as malathion degradators. Two of the tested strains, Pseudidiomarina homiensis strain FG2 and Pseudidiomarina sp. strain CB1, can completely degrade an initial concentration of 500 mg/L malathion within 36 h. Since the two strains have abundant carboxylesterases (CEs) genes, malathion monocarboxylic acid (MMC alpha and MMC beta) and dibasic carboxylic acid were detected as key intermediate metabolites of malathion degradation, and the pathway of malathion degradation between the two strains was identified as a passage from malathion monocarboxylic acid to malathion dicarboxylic acid.
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