Isolation and Characterization of a Mixed Culture That Degrades Polychlorinated Biphenyls

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A mixed culture composed of two Pseudomonas strains, designated as KKL101 and KKS102, was isolated from soil. This mixed culture had an enhanced ability to degrade various polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which include highly chlorinated components. They did not grow individually on the mineral salts medium supplemented with a highly chlorinated PCB (PCB48, a mixture of mainly tetrachlorobiphenyl) and biphenyl. When the spent medium of KKL101 was added to the washed cell preparation of KKS102, however, the latter grew on these carbon sources, producing yellow compounds which were identified as metabolic intermediates of the carbon sources, biphenyl and PCBs. These results suggest that KKL101 produces a growth factor(s) essential for KKS102 to grow on PCBs and that the growth of KKL101 is supported by the metabolic intermediates produced by KKS102. It appears that these two bacterial strains have a symbiotic relationship. From the analysis of the degradation products of various PCB congeners, it was found that strain KKS102 degrades a wide range of PCBs which have been considered to be refractory to biological degradation. © 1988, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry. All rights reserved.

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Kimbara, K., Hashimoto, T., Fukuda, M., Takagi, M., Yano, K., Koana, T., & Oishi, M. (1988). Isolation and Characterization of a Mixed Culture That Degrades Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 52(11), 2885–2891. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb1961.52.2885

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