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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 172, Issue -, Pages 33-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.08.002
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Bioaugmentation; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Nitrophenol isomers; Pareto-Lorenz curve; Real-time PCR
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KSCX2-EW-Q-15]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21077130, 31070050]
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A consortium consisting of para-nitrophenol utilizer Pseudomonas sp. strain WBC-3, meta-nitrophenol utilizer Cupriavidus necator JMP134 and ortho-nitrophenol utilizer Alcaligenes sp. strain NyZ215 was inoculated into soil contaminated with three nitrophenol isomers for bioaugmentation. Accelerated removal of all nitrophenols was achieved in inoculated soils compared to un-inoculated soils, with complete removal of nitrophenols in inoculated soils occurring between 2 and 16 days. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting nitrophenol-degradation functional genes indicated that the three strains survived and were stable over the course of the incubation period. The abundance of total indigenous bacteria (measured by 16S rRNA gene real-time PCR) was slightly negatively impacted by the nitrophenol contamination. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of total and group-specific indigenous community suggested a dynamic change in species richness occurred during the bioaugmentation process. Furthermore, Pareto-Lorenz curves and Community organization parameters indicated that the bioaugmentation process had little impact on species evenness within the microbial community. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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