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Biodegradation



      Dr. Stephen Johnson
      s.j.johnson@gre.ac.uk
Fate of an organic contaminant

 Volatilization
 Leaching
 Sequestration
 Bioaccumulation
 Biodegradation
Bio – X - ation

 Biodeterioration
  –   BAD
 Biodegradation
  –   NEUTRAL
 Bioremediation
  –   GOOD
Microbial biodegradation

 Aerobic
 Anaerobic
 Insitu
 Ex situ
 Microbes + contaminants + TEA -> CO2 +
  H2O + biomass
Requirements for life

   Energy
   Water
   Carbon
   Nitrogen
   Oxygen?
   Phosphate
   Trace elements
   http://www.abe.iastate.edu/Ae573_ast475/Stoichiom
    etry_Notes.htm
Redox
   In most cases the contaminant is oxidised (loses electrons).
    For this to happen, another compound needs to be reduced
    (gain electrons) to prevent electrons from accumulating.
    Usually there is a chain of these redox couples with the
    electrons eventually being taken up by a terminal electron
    acceptor
   Oxygen → CO2
   Mn(IV) → Mn(III)
   NO3- → NO2-
   Fe(III) → Fe(II)
   SO42- → H2S
   H → CH4
Hydrocarbon degradation
                 Aerobic   Nitrate   Manganese   Fe(III) →   Sulphate   Methanogenesi
                                                  Fe(II)                      s

  Benzene                                                                

  Toluene                                                               
  Ethylbenzene              

  m-Xylene                                                   
  p-Xylene                  
  o-Xylene                                                   
  Alkanes                                                                 
  Alkenes                                                    
  LAB                                                        
  PAH                                                        
  Others                                                   
Redox zones




                                   Vadose Zone
Methanogenic                                        Water table
       Sulphate
               Nitrate
                         Aerobic   Saturated Zone




                                     Bedrock
Aerobic degradation of
n-alkanes

   β-oxidation
   Degrades hydrocarbon (fatty
    acid) chain
   Removes 2 carbons at a time
   Ubiquitous pathway
   BUT needs O2
O
                                    H2
              R                     C                  C
                                                       115
                       C                      C                  O
                  112 H                       H2
                           2

                               Fatty acid

     HS           CoA
                                               Activation



                                                       O
                                    H2
              R                     C                  C
                                                       12
                       C                      C                  S
                       H2                     H2

                               Acyl CoA                          CoA


                                               Oxidation


                                                       O
                                   H
              R                    C
                       C                  C                      S
                       H2                 H
                               Enoyl CoA                         CoA
                  H2O

                                               Hydration




                               OH              O

          R                    C               C
                               H               42
                   C                   C                     S
                   H2                  H2

                  L-Hydroxyacyl CoA CoA

                                               Oxidation



                               O                   O

          R                    C                   C
                               56              58
                   C                     C                   S
                   H2                    H2

                           Ketoacyl CoA                      CoA


     HS           CoA
                                               Thiolysis




          O                                                               O

R
    C
          C
          92
                   S
                                         +                        H3C
                                                                          C
                                                                          97
                                                                               S
    H2
                   CoA                                                         CoA


    Acyl CoA                                                            Acetyl CoA




     Beta oxidation (Adapted from Stryer 1981)
Initial anaerobic
transformations of toluene

                                      CH3
                                               OH



                                    o-Cresol



                           CH3         CH3
           CH3

                                                    Ring reduction/
                                                    Ring cleavage/
                                                    Mineralization
                                                     of Aliphatics
     Methylcyclohexane   Toluene       OH
                                   p-Cresol




                                        CH2OH




                                   Benzyl Alcohol
Anaerobic mineralization
of toluene

                                                                  O                                           O
                                                                                                                                      OH           O
                                                      H2
                                                                                                H
                                                      C                                         C
           CH3                                                                                                                         C
                                           H2C             C           SCoA            H2C                C       SCoA                 H
                                                           H2                                             H                   H2C             C        SCoA
                                                                                                                                              H2




       Toluene                          Hydrocinnamoyl-CoA                            Cinnamoyl-CoA
                                                                                                                         B-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA




                 O
                                                                                                      H2O
                              2e-, 2H+                                2e-, 2H+

                     SCoA




                                         O             O                                              CoA

                                                                                        O             S
                                  H2C            C           SCoA
                                                 H2




                                                                                                                                        CO2


                                    B-ketocinnamoyl-CoA                                 Benzoyl-CoA




                       2e-, 2H+
                                                                  CoASH           O


                                                                                        SCoA




                                                                Proposed pathway for anaerobic toluene mineralization - after Chee-Sanford et al 1996
Anaerobic degradation of
toluene
                                                                                                                               CoA                                        CoA

                                                                 O             O                               O               S                             O            S
                                                                                      O                                              O                                            O

                                                                         C                                             C
                     CH3                                                 H                                             H
                                                              H2C              C             O            H2C                  C             O             HC             C           O
                                                                               H2                                              H2                                         H2
                                    Benzylsuccinate                            Benzylsuccinate-
                                                                               CoA Transferase                             Benzylsuccinyl-CoA
                                      Synthetase                                                                            Dehydrogenase




               Toluene                                     Benzyl-succinate                              Benzylsuccinyl CoA
                                                                                                                                                           E-Phenylitaconyl-CoA




                                Fumarate                                                                                                     2[H]
                                                                      Succinyl CoA           Succinate


                                                      CoA                                                  CoA

                                        O             S                                      O             S
                                                             O                                                     O                                   CoA

                                 HO            C                                       O           C                                     O             S
                                        H      H
                                        C             C              O                             H
                                                                                                           C               O
                                                      H2                                                   H2
           Phenylitaconyl-CoA                                  3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA
               Hydratase                                                                                    Benzoylacetyl-CoA
                                                                 Dehydrogenase                                Thiolaseolase




               2-Carboxymethyl-3-Hydroxy-Phenylpropionyl-CoA                                                                             Benzoyl-CoA
                                                                                    Benzylsuccinyl-CoA




     H2O
                                                                              2[H]                       CoASH                 Succinyl-CoA




                                                                                   Proposed pathway for anaerobic toluene degradation - after Heider et al 1999
Anaerobic ethylbenzene
   degradation

                                                                                                                                                                            CoA
                                                                                                                                                                       S

                                                                                                                  O             O                        O             O
                                                                                                                                                                                                         CoA

           CH3                         HO          CH3                       O         CH3                  O           CH2                        O           CH2                         O             S
                                             H
  H2C                                        C

                      Ethylbenzene                       1-Phenylethanol                     Acetophenone                     Benzoylacetyl-CoA
                     Dehydrogenase                       Dehydrogenase                                                                                                 Benzoylacetyl-CoA
                                                                                              Carboxylase                      forming enzyme                            CoA thiolase




Ethylbenzene                                                                 Acetophenone                    Benzoylacetate                       Benzoylacetate-CoA                       Benzoyl-CoA
                                       1-Phenylethanol




               H2O              2[H]                                                        CO2
                                                                      2[H]                                              CoASH                                      CoASH            Acetyl-CoA



                                                                                                        Proposed pathway for anaerobic ethylbenzene degradation - after Heider et al 1999
Anaerobic alkylbenzene
degradation

   Alkylbenzenes (T,E,X)
   Key metabolites in
                              Toluene            o-Xylene                                                                Ethylbenzene
                                                                    m-Xylene

                                                                                              p-Xylene




    degradation
                            COOH               COOH                COOH                     COOH                          COOH


                                                                                                                         H3C
                                        COOH                COOH                 COOH                     COOH                          COOH




    All seen in
                                                            CH3



                                                                                CH3




    laboratory/ground
                                                                                                CH3




                                                  COOH               COOH                       COOH




    water
                                                            CH3



                                                                                CH3

                                                                                                CH3




   Benzoate                                                        COOH


                                                                                     COOH




                                                                                       COOH
                                                  COOH                                             COOH
                                                                    COOH
                                                            CH3




                                                                               CH3
                                                                                                   CH3


                                                                      COOH




                                                                                                   Elshahed et al 2001
Anaerobic benzoate
degradation

O         OH



                                                                O         SCoA              O         SCoA               O         SCoA               O         SCoA                  O          SCoA
  B e n z o a t e
                                                                                                           OH                           O
                                                                                   E3                       E4                              E5                  COO-           E6                COO-
                                                      E2
                                                                                                                                                                                                            E7
O         SCoA               O         SCoA                                                                                                                                                                           O          SCoA
                                                               C y c l o h e x - 1 - e n e y d r o x y c y c l o h e x a n e - o C y c l o h e x a n e P i m e l y l - C o A
                                                                                      2 - H                          2 - K e t                         -                            2 , 3 - D e d e h y d r o -
                                                               1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A - c a r b o x y l - C o A
                                                                                          1                            1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A                                    p i m e l y l - C o A
                                                                                                                                                                                                              HO
                    E1                                                                                                                                                                                                           COO-
                                                                               O         SCoA                                                                              O          SCoA          E11
                                                         E8                                                                 O         SCoA
                         C y c l o h e x - 1 , 5 - d i e n e                                                                                                                                                      3 - H y d r o x y p i m e l y l -
B e n z o y l - C o A      1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A
                                                                       HO                                           HO                     OH                      HO                      O
                                                                                                     E9                                               E10

                                                                        6 - H y d r o x y c y c l o h e x - 2 - e n e -
                                                                             1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A              2 , 6 - D i h y d r o x y c y c l o h e x a n e - - O x o - 2 - h y d r o x y c y c l o h e x a n e -
                                                                                                                                                                      6
                                                                                                                            1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A                      1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A




E1 -- Benzoyl-CoA reductase                                                                                     E7 -- 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA deyhdratase
E2 -- Cyclohex-1,5-diene -carboxyl-CoA reductase                                                                E8 -- Cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase
E3 -- Cyclohex-1-ene 1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase                                                                   E9 -- 6-Hydroxycyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase
E4 -- 2-Hydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA dehydrogenase                                                         E10 -- 2,6-Dihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA dehydrogenase
E5 -- 2-Ketocyclohexane11-carboxyl-CoA hydrolase                                                                E11 -- 6-Oxo-2-hydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA hydrolase
E6 -- Pimelyl-CoA dehydrogenase

                                                                                                                                                              Harwood and Gibson (1997) and Koch et al. (1993)
Anaerobic degradation of
n-alkanes


    Limited range of chain lengths
    No < 6 C to date
    Pathways unknown
    Specific to organism
    May involve addition/removal of
     odd number of C
    Rate of dissolution may limit rate
     of degradation
Aerobic degradation of LAB

             If chain > 3 long then starts with β-oxidation of methyl
              terminus/i
             Ring cleavage by oxidation
    R                           R                            R                       R                  RCOOH
              NADH   NAD+           H OH
                                    C      NAD+   NADH             OH                    O                 +
                                                                                         COOH                  COOH
                     E1             C
                O2                  H OH          E2
                                                                   OH   O2
                                                                             E3             OH     E4
                                                                                                                O
Alkylbenzene                Dihydrodiol                2,3-Dihydroxy-             Ring fission
                                                        alkylbenzene                product             2-Oxopenta-
                                                                                                         4-enoate


    E1   =   Alkylbenzene dioxygenase
    E2   =   cis-alkylbenzene glycol dehydrogenase
    E3   =   2,3-dihydroxyalkylbenzene 1,2-dioxygenase
    E4   =   ring fission product-hydrolysing enzyme                                         Smith & Ratledge 1989
Anaerobic degradation of
LAB

   β-oxidation?
   Conversion to benzoyl CoA?
   Hydrolytic ring cleavage?
   Limited by rate of dissolution?
Generalized breakdown

                                  HYDROCARBON (eg BTEX)




                                                          Anaerobic
                   Aerobic




                                                             ?
      Chain degraded by Beta oxidation

                                                   Convert to e.g.benzoyl CoA




  Ring cleavage by oxygenases (add O2)         Ring cleavage by hydrolysis (add H2O)
Organisms

 Bacteria
  –   bioremediation
 Fungi
  –   mycoremediation
 Plants
  –   phytoremediation
Bioavailability

 May not be available to organisms
 Chemically
 Physically
  –   Solubility
  –   Sorption
Pathways

 TheUniversity of Minnesota
 Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
  –   http://umbbd.ahc.umn.edu/
Bioremediation techniques
   MNA/MENA
   Landfarming
   Bioventing/sparging
   Windrows
   Composting
   Biopile
   Biofiltration
   Bioaugmentation
   Biostimulation
   Redox/TEA
Group 1
Not degraded

 Bitumen
 Asphalt
 Metals
 Inorganic   acids
 Asbestos
 Complex     cyanides
Group 2
May be degraded in lab

 Higher   MW PAHs
 PCBs
 Tars
Group 3
Demonstrated but not regularly achieved

   Explosives
   Pesticides (e.g. lindane, malathion, diuron,
    mecoprop, paraquat)
   PCP
   High MW PAH
   Branching aliphatics (e.g. hopane)
   Surfactants (e.g.LAS)
   MTBE
   Complex cyanides (?)
Group 4
Regularly treated aerobically

   Diesel               Chlorophenols
   Jet fuel             Organic acids
   BTEX                 Creosote
   Paraffin             Alcohols
   Ammonia              Aldehydes
   Crude oil            Ketones
   Lubricating oil      Some surfactants
   Petrol               Some pesticides
   Phenol               Low MW PAHs
Group 5
Regularly treated anaerobically

 Chlorinated   solvents
Soil factors affecting degradation

   Organic matter content
   Microbial activity
   pH
    –   ionisable compounds
    –   Acid/base catalysed degradation
   Temperature
   Soil water content
   Depth
    –   Faster near surface
Phytoremediation

 Rhizoremediation
 Transpiration    (control flow)
 Volatilisation
 Plant metabolism
 Accumulation
 Stabilisation/immobilisation

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Biodegradation

  • 1. Biodegradation Dr. Stephen Johnson s.j.johnson@gre.ac.uk
  • 2. Fate of an organic contaminant  Volatilization  Leaching  Sequestration  Bioaccumulation  Biodegradation
  • 3. Bio – X - ation  Biodeterioration – BAD  Biodegradation – NEUTRAL  Bioremediation – GOOD
  • 4. Microbial biodegradation  Aerobic  Anaerobic  Insitu  Ex situ  Microbes + contaminants + TEA -> CO2 + H2O + biomass
  • 5. Requirements for life  Energy  Water  Carbon  Nitrogen  Oxygen?  Phosphate  Trace elements  http://www.abe.iastate.edu/Ae573_ast475/Stoichiom etry_Notes.htm
  • 6. Redox  In most cases the contaminant is oxidised (loses electrons). For this to happen, another compound needs to be reduced (gain electrons) to prevent electrons from accumulating. Usually there is a chain of these redox couples with the electrons eventually being taken up by a terminal electron acceptor  Oxygen → CO2  Mn(IV) → Mn(III)  NO3- → NO2-  Fe(III) → Fe(II)  SO42- → H2S  H → CH4
  • 7.
  • 8. Hydrocarbon degradation Aerobic Nitrate Manganese Fe(III) → Sulphate Methanogenesi Fe(II) s Benzene      Toluene       Ethylbenzene   m-Xylene    p-Xylene   o-Xylene    Alkanes     Alkenes    LAB    PAH    Others     
  • 9. Redox zones Vadose Zone Methanogenic Water table Sulphate Nitrate Aerobic Saturated Zone Bedrock
  • 10. Aerobic degradation of n-alkanes  β-oxidation  Degrades hydrocarbon (fatty acid) chain  Removes 2 carbons at a time  Ubiquitous pathway  BUT needs O2
  • 11. O H2 R C C 115 C C O 112 H H2 2 Fatty acid HS CoA Activation O H2 R C C 12 C C S H2 H2 Acyl CoA CoA Oxidation O H R C C C S H2 H Enoyl CoA CoA H2O Hydration OH O R C C H 42 C C S H2 H2 L-Hydroxyacyl CoA CoA Oxidation O O R C C 56 58 C C S H2 H2 Ketoacyl CoA CoA HS CoA Thiolysis O O R C C 92 S + H3C C 97 S H2 CoA CoA Acyl CoA Acetyl CoA Beta oxidation (Adapted from Stryer 1981)
  • 12. Initial anaerobic transformations of toluene CH3 OH o-Cresol CH3 CH3 CH3 Ring reduction/ Ring cleavage/ Mineralization of Aliphatics Methylcyclohexane Toluene OH p-Cresol CH2OH Benzyl Alcohol
  • 13. Anaerobic mineralization of toluene O O OH O H2 H C C CH3 C H2C C SCoA H2C C SCoA H H2 H H2C C SCoA H2 Toluene Hydrocinnamoyl-CoA Cinnamoyl-CoA B-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA O H2O 2e-, 2H+ 2e-, 2H+ SCoA O O CoA O S H2C C SCoA H2 CO2 B-ketocinnamoyl-CoA Benzoyl-CoA 2e-, 2H+ CoASH O SCoA Proposed pathway for anaerobic toluene mineralization - after Chee-Sanford et al 1996
  • 14. Anaerobic degradation of toluene CoA CoA O O O S O S O O O C C CH3 H H H2C C O H2C C O HC C O H2 H2 H2 Benzylsuccinate Benzylsuccinate- CoA Transferase Benzylsuccinyl-CoA Synthetase Dehydrogenase Toluene Benzyl-succinate Benzylsuccinyl CoA E-Phenylitaconyl-CoA Fumarate 2[H] Succinyl CoA Succinate CoA CoA O S O S O O CoA HO C O C O S H H C C O H C O H2 H2 Phenylitaconyl-CoA 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Hydratase Benzoylacetyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Thiolaseolase 2-Carboxymethyl-3-Hydroxy-Phenylpropionyl-CoA Benzoyl-CoA Benzylsuccinyl-CoA H2O 2[H] CoASH Succinyl-CoA Proposed pathway for anaerobic toluene degradation - after Heider et al 1999
  • 15. Anaerobic ethylbenzene degradation CoA S O O O O CoA CH3 HO CH3 O CH3 O CH2 O CH2 O S H H2C C Ethylbenzene 1-Phenylethanol Acetophenone Benzoylacetyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Dehydrogenase Benzoylacetyl-CoA Carboxylase forming enzyme CoA thiolase Ethylbenzene Acetophenone Benzoylacetate Benzoylacetate-CoA Benzoyl-CoA 1-Phenylethanol H2O 2[H] CO2 2[H] CoASH CoASH Acetyl-CoA Proposed pathway for anaerobic ethylbenzene degradation - after Heider et al 1999
  • 16. Anaerobic alkylbenzene degradation  Alkylbenzenes (T,E,X)  Key metabolites in Toluene o-Xylene Ethylbenzene m-Xylene p-Xylene degradation COOH COOH COOH COOH COOH H3C COOH COOH COOH COOH COOH All seen in CH3  CH3 laboratory/ground CH3 COOH COOH COOH water CH3 CH3 CH3  Benzoate COOH COOH COOH COOH COOH COOH CH3 CH3 CH3 COOH Elshahed et al 2001
  • 17. Anaerobic benzoate degradation O OH O SCoA O SCoA O SCoA O SCoA O SCoA B e n z o a t e OH O E3 E4 E5 COO- E6 COO- E2 E7 O SCoA O SCoA O SCoA C y c l o h e x - 1 - e n e y d r o x y c y c l o h e x a n e - o C y c l o h e x a n e P i m e l y l - C o A 2 - H 2 - K e t - 2 , 3 - D e d e h y d r o - 1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A - c a r b o x y l - C o A 1 1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A p i m e l y l - C o A HO E1 COO- O SCoA O SCoA E11 E8 O SCoA C y c l o h e x - 1 , 5 - d i e n e 3 - H y d r o x y p i m e l y l - B e n z o y l - C o A 1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A HO HO OH HO O E9 E10 6 - H y d r o x y c y c l o h e x - 2 - e n e - 1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A 2 , 6 - D i h y d r o x y c y c l o h e x a n e - - O x o - 2 - h y d r o x y c y c l o h e x a n e - 6 1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A 1 - c a r b o x y l - C o A E1 -- Benzoyl-CoA reductase E7 -- 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA deyhdratase E2 -- Cyclohex-1,5-diene -carboxyl-CoA reductase E8 -- Cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase E3 -- Cyclohex-1-ene 1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase E9 -- 6-Hydroxycyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase E4 -- 2-Hydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA dehydrogenase E10 -- 2,6-Dihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA dehydrogenase E5 -- 2-Ketocyclohexane11-carboxyl-CoA hydrolase E11 -- 6-Oxo-2-hydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA hydrolase E6 -- Pimelyl-CoA dehydrogenase Harwood and Gibson (1997) and Koch et al. (1993)
  • 18. Anaerobic degradation of n-alkanes  Limited range of chain lengths  No < 6 C to date  Pathways unknown  Specific to organism  May involve addition/removal of odd number of C  Rate of dissolution may limit rate of degradation
  • 19. Aerobic degradation of LAB  If chain > 3 long then starts with β-oxidation of methyl terminus/i  Ring cleavage by oxidation R R R R RCOOH NADH NAD+ H OH C NAD+ NADH OH O + COOH COOH E1 C O2 H OH E2 OH O2 E3 OH E4 O Alkylbenzene Dihydrodiol 2,3-Dihydroxy- Ring fission alkylbenzene product 2-Oxopenta- 4-enoate E1 = Alkylbenzene dioxygenase E2 = cis-alkylbenzene glycol dehydrogenase E3 = 2,3-dihydroxyalkylbenzene 1,2-dioxygenase E4 = ring fission product-hydrolysing enzyme Smith & Ratledge 1989
  • 20. Anaerobic degradation of LAB  β-oxidation?  Conversion to benzoyl CoA?  Hydrolytic ring cleavage?  Limited by rate of dissolution?
  • 21. Generalized breakdown HYDROCARBON (eg BTEX) Anaerobic Aerobic ? Chain degraded by Beta oxidation Convert to e.g.benzoyl CoA Ring cleavage by oxygenases (add O2) Ring cleavage by hydrolysis (add H2O)
  • 22. Organisms  Bacteria – bioremediation  Fungi – mycoremediation  Plants – phytoremediation
  • 23. Bioavailability  May not be available to organisms  Chemically  Physically – Solubility – Sorption
  • 24. Pathways  TheUniversity of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database – http://umbbd.ahc.umn.edu/
  • 25. Bioremediation techniques  MNA/MENA  Landfarming  Bioventing/sparging  Windrows  Composting  Biopile  Biofiltration  Bioaugmentation  Biostimulation  Redox/TEA
  • 26. Group 1 Not degraded  Bitumen  Asphalt  Metals  Inorganic acids  Asbestos  Complex cyanides
  • 27. Group 2 May be degraded in lab  Higher MW PAHs  PCBs  Tars
  • 28. Group 3 Demonstrated but not regularly achieved  Explosives  Pesticides (e.g. lindane, malathion, diuron, mecoprop, paraquat)  PCP  High MW PAH  Branching aliphatics (e.g. hopane)  Surfactants (e.g.LAS)  MTBE  Complex cyanides (?)
  • 29. Group 4 Regularly treated aerobically  Diesel  Chlorophenols  Jet fuel  Organic acids  BTEX  Creosote  Paraffin  Alcohols  Ammonia  Aldehydes  Crude oil  Ketones  Lubricating oil  Some surfactants  Petrol  Some pesticides  Phenol  Low MW PAHs
  • 30. Group 5 Regularly treated anaerobically  Chlorinated solvents
  • 31. Soil factors affecting degradation  Organic matter content  Microbial activity  pH – ionisable compounds – Acid/base catalysed degradation  Temperature  Soil water content  Depth – Faster near surface
  • 32. Phytoremediation  Rhizoremediation  Transpiration (control flow)  Volatilisation  Plant metabolism  Accumulation  Stabilisation/immobilisation

Notas do Editor

  1. Until about 1990, it was generally considered that hydrocarbons were essentially immune to anaerobic degradation. Since than, a large number of papers have been written about the degradation of, especially, BTEX compounds. Much of this has been centred around Derek Lovley at the University of Minnesota.
  2. If a terminal isomer of LAB were degraded via this pathway, the end result would be either toluene or ethylbenzene, depending on whether the number of carbon atoms in the original alkane chain was odd or even. However, since the pathway requires the addition of molecular oxygen (at two points in each cycle) it will not occur in anaerobic conditions. In any event, the terminal isomers are absent in synthetic LAB.  -oxidation of the isomers found in cable oil may lead to one of a number of structures. This will be dependant on whether the initial chain(s) are odd or even in length, whether both ends of the chain are attacked, and on how close to the phenyl group the relevant enzyme can operate before the charge or physical size of the group interferes too much. However,  -oxidation does require molecular oxygen and so is unlikely to occur in strictly anaerobic conditions.
  3. If a terminal isomer of LAB were degraded via this pathway, the end result would be either toluene or ethylbenzene, depending on whether the number of carbon atoms in the original alkane chain was odd or even. However, since the pathway requires the addition of molecular oxygen (at two points in each cycle) it will not occur in anaerobic conditions. In any event, the terminal isomers are absent in synthetic LAB.  -oxidation of the isomers found in cable oil may lead to one of a number of structures. This will be dependant on whether the initial chain(s) are odd or even in length, whether both ends of the chain are attacked, and on how close to the phenyl group the relevant enzyme can operate before the charge or physical size of the group interferes too much. However,  -oxidation does require molecular oxygen and so is unlikely to occur in strictly anaerobic conditions.
  4. A number of authors have investigated the degradation of BTEX compounds Grbic-Galic 1991
  5. Proposed by Chee-Sanford et al 1996 Note Benzoyl CoA
  6. Heider et al 1991 Bemzoyl CoA
  7. Heider et al 1999 Benzoyl CoA
  8. Benzoate
  9. Benzoate, or more specifically, benzoyl-CoA is a central metabolite in anaerobic degradation pathways of aromatic compounds and it’s degradation is fairly well understood. These pathways are proposed from studies of the phototropic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris and the denitrifiers Thauera aromatica (Previously Pseudomona s sp strain K172) and Azoarcus evansii (Previously Pseudomonas sp strain K740) .
  10. Aekersberg et al . were the first to show that hexadecane and other long chain alkanes could be degraded to CO 2 by a bacterial strain under sulphate-reducing conditions . There was some evidence that this strain produced membrane lipids with an odd number of carbon atoms when fed alkanes with an even number of carbon atoms. This suggests that the alkane chain undergoes the removal or addition of an odd number of carbon atoms in this organism, which contrasts with the strictly even removal of  -oxidation. This even-to-odd transformation has not been seen in subsequently identified alkane-degrading anaerobes and each species is specific to a limited range of chain lengths, indicating that a range of novel pathways are used.
  11. A generalised pathway has been elucidated for the aerobic catabolism of C2-C7 n -alkylbenzenes (i.e. terminal isomers) by Pseudomonas sp. . Alkylbenzenes with an n -alkyl chain of more than 3 carbons are initially attacked by  - or  – oxidation at the methyl terminus. It is possible that both methyl termini are attacked in non-terminal isomers.
  12.  -oxidation? No - needs oxygen Conversion to benzoyl CoA? Perhaps - depends on whether alkyl chain degraded Hydrolytic ring cleavage? Most likely (though possibly oxidation under nitrate-reducing conditions) Limited by solubility? May be a plus - low solubility may make for low mobility and low toxicity The most likely route for anaerobic degradation of LABs will probably be an initial attack on the alkyl chain(s) to form an acyl CoA, followed by a hydrolytic ring cleavage.