Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 18, Pages 4257-4261Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.03.067
Keywords
Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Co-culture; Herbicides; Immobilized cells
Funding
- European Commission [LIFE 06 ENV/F/000133]
- Alsace Region [930/05]
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This work intended to study the relationship between diuron herbicide dissipation and the population dynamics of co-cultivated Delftia acidovorans WDL34 (WDL34) and Arthrobacter sp. N4 (M) for different cell formulations: free cells or immobilization in Ca-alginate beads of one or both strains. GFP-tagged WDL34 and N4 Gram staining allowed analyzing the cell growth and distribution of each strain in both beads and culture medium in the Course of the time. Compared to the free cell Co-culture of WDL34 and N4, inn mobilization of WDL34 in Ca-alginate beads co-cultivated with free N4 increased the dissipation rate of diuron by 53% (0.141 mg ml(-1) h(-1)). In that case, immobilization strongly modified the final equilibrium among both strains (highest total N4 to WDL34 ratio). Our results demonstrated that the inoculant formulation played a major role in the cell growth of each cultivated strain possibly increasing diuron dissipation. This optimized cell formulation may allow improving water and soil treatment. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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