Degradation of chlorophenols by a defined mixed microbial community.

AUTOR(ES)

Schmidt, E

RESUMO

Synthetic sewage containing phenol, acetone, and alkanols plus 4-chlorophenol or a mixture of isomeric chlorophenols is completely degraded by a defined mixed culture with Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 as a chlorocatechol-dissimilating member of the community. Total degradation of the organic carbon was indicated by release of stoichiometric amounts of chloride and low content of dissolved organic carbon in the cell-free effluents. During adaptation to high loads of chlorophenols the initial meta-cleavage activity was completely replaced by ortho-cleavage activity of type I and II. In the fully acclimated culture, hybrid strains such as Alcaligenes sp. strain A7-2 were detected, which are more competitive than Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 with respect to chlorophenol degradation.

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