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Three indigenous pseudomonads, Pseudomonas putida DLL-E4, Pseudomonas reactans and Pseudomonas fluorescens, were isolated from chlorophenol-contaminated soil samples collected from a sawmill located in Durban (South Africa). The obtained isolates were tested for their ability to degrade chlorophenolic compounds: 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) in batch cultures. The isolates were found to effectively degrade up to 99.5, 98.4 and 94.0% with a degradation rate in the range of 0.67–0.99 (2,4-D), 0.57–0.93 (2,4-DCP) and 0.30–0.39 (2,4,6-TCP) mgL–1 day–1 for 2,4-D; 2,4-DCP and 2,4,6-TCP, respectively. The degradation kinetics model revealed that these organisms could tolerate up to 600 mg/L of 2,4-DCP. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity detected in the crude cell lysates of P. putida DLL-E4 and P. reactans was 21.9- and 37.6-fold higher than catechol 1,2-dioxygenase activity assayed, suggesting a meta-pathway for chlorophenol degradation by these organisms. This is also supported by the generally high expression of C23O gene (involved in meta-pathway) relative to tfdC gene (involved in ortho-pathway) expression. Results of this study will be helpful in the exploitation of these organisms and/or their enzymes in bioremediation strategies for chlorophenol-polluted environment.
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Olaniran, A.O., Singh, L., Kumar, A. et al. Aerobic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and other chlorophenols by Pseudomonas strains indigenous to contaminated soil in South Africa: Growth kinetics and degradation pathway. Appl Biochem Microbiol 53, 209–216 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683817020120
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