1. Nitrate-dependent [Fe(II)EDTA]2− oxidation by Paracoccus ferrooxidans sp. nov., isolated from a denitrifying bioreactor.
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Kumaraswamy, Rajkumari, Sjollema, Klaas, Kuenen, Gijs, van Loosdrecht, Mark, and Muyzer, Gerard
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ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC acid ,DENITRIFICATION ,RNA ,DENITRIFYING bacteria ,ELECTRON donor-acceptor complexes ,BIOREACTORS - Abstract
Abstract: Enrichments with [Fe(II)EDTA]
2− as electron donor and nitrate or nitrite as electron acceptor were established using an inoculum from a bioreactor performing denitrification. A nitrate-reducing, [Fe(II)EDTA]2− oxidizing strain was isolated and named strain BDN-1. The G+C content of strain BDN-1 was 67%, and the organism was closely affiliated to Paracoccus denitrificans, P. pantotrophus and P. versutus by 16S rRNA sequence comparison. Results from DNA–DNA hybridization, rep-PCR, and whole cell protein analysis gave congruent results confirming the genotypic and phenotypic differences between strain BDN-1 and the other species of Paracoccus. From these results, we considered strain BDN-1 as a novel species for which we propose the name Paracoccus ferrooxidans. Apart from [Fe(II)EDTA]2− , BDN-1 could also use thiosulfate and thiocyanate as inorganic electron donors. Nitrate, nitrite, N2 O, [Fe(II)EDTA·NO]2− and oxygen could be used by strain BDN-1 as electron acceptors. Repeated transfer on a culture medium with bicarbonate as the sole carbon source confirmed that strain BDN-1 was a facultative autotroph. [Fe(II)EDTA]2− oxidation dependent denitrification was also performed by other Paracoccus species, that were closely affiliated to P. ferrooxidans. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]- Published
- 2006
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