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Dam, Hang T. & Vollmers, John & Kaster, Anne-Kristin & Häggblom, Max M. (2017).
Reconstructed genomes of novel Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains from 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-dechlorinating enrichment cultures reveal divergent reductive dehalogenase gene profiles. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93(12), fix151. Retrieved from
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Reconstructed genomes of novel Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains from 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-dechlorinating enrichment cultures reveal divergent reductive dehalogenase gene profiles (2017)
FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93(12): fix151.
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AbstractPolychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) contaminated sites are widespread and associated with a variety of anthropogenic sources. PCDDs and other organohalide pollutants can serve as terminal electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration by specialized bacteria containing reductive dehalogenases (RdhA). These microorganisms, therefore, play an important role in bioremediation of PCDD contaminated sites. Two anaerobic enrichment cultures established using sediments collected from the PCDD polluted Hackensack (USA) and Kymijoki (Finland) rivers showed robust reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1,2,3,4-TeCDD). Here, we report on the draft genome reconstructions of the two predominant Dehalococcoides strains from the metagenomes of these dehalogenating enrichment cultures. Furthermore, we gathered a complete list of reductive dehalogenases in the two predominant Dehalococcoides strains, and determined which are likely to be responsible for reductive dechlorination of PCDDs. The divergent rdhA gene profiles of the Dehalococcoides strains likely reflect their exposure to different organohalide compounds in their original habitats. Both draft genomes contained a full length rdhA gene with high sequence similarity to a reductive dehalogenase gene found in Dehalococcoides mccartyi CBDB1 known to reductively dechlorinate 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, i.e. cbrA. This gene homologue might also be responsible for reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-TeCDD in the enrichments and could be used as a biomarker to determine the potential for bioremediation of PCDD contaminated sediments.
SubjectsDehalococcoides, Metagenome binning, Chlorinated compounds, Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, Anthropogenic contaminated sediments, Bioremediation
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