The objective was to compare pentachlorophenol (PCP) degradation in contaminated groundwater by indigenous and bio-augmented (Sphingobium chlorophenolicum and Burkholderia cepacia) PCP degrading bacteria. Indigenous bacteria were identified by cloning and sequencing of 16S rDNA fragments while PCP concentrations were determined by GC-ECD. Gene expression for PCP degrading enzymes: chlorophenol 4-monooxygenase (TftD, B. cepacia) and pentachlorophenol-4-monooxygenase (pcpB, S. chlorophenolicum), was determined by RT-PCR. B. cepacia, a PCP degrading bacteria was identified as dominant indigenous bacteria. PCP concentrations correlated negatively with PCP tolerant bacteria and relative fold gene expression in treatments with air-sparging (phase2) compared to without air-sparging (phase1). PCP concentrations decreased and TftD or pcpB expressions were higher in treatments inoculated with B. cepacia (49%, 10.7 fold) or S. chlorophenolicum (32%, 7 fold), respectively, than un-inoculated (indigenous) or mixed culture inoculated treatments. Thus bio-augmentation of indigenous bacteria with B. cepacia or S. chlorophenolicum resulted in more PCP degradation than indigenous bacteria.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MSSTATE/oai:scholarsjunction.msstate.edu:td-2110 |
| Date | 11 May 2013 |
| Creators | Joshi, Vaibhav V |
| Publisher | Scholars Junction |
| Source Sets | Mississippi State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
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