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Environmental factors that control microbial perchlorate reduction.

Swades K Chaudhuri1, Susan M O'Connor, Ruth L Gustavson

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|August 30, 2002
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Microbial perchlorate reduction by Dechlorosoma suillum requires anaerobic conditions, molybdenum, and the absence of oxygen and nitrate. Environmental factors significantly impact perchlorate respiration and bioremediation strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental microbiology
  • Bioremediation
  • Biogeochemical cycles

Background:

  • Perchlorate contamination poses environmental risks.
  • Microbial perchlorate respiration is a key remediation pathway.
  • Understanding environmental controls is crucial for effective bioremediation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate environmental parameters controlling microbial perchlorate respiration.
  • To investigate perchlorate reduction by Dechlorosoma suillum under varied conditions.
  • To identify factors influencing chlorite dismutase enzyme activity.

Main Methods:

  • Culturing Dechlorosoma suillum under diverse anaerobic conditions.
  • Assessing perchlorate and nitrate reduction rates.
  • Measuring enzyme activity and gene expression.

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  • Comparing D. suillum with Dechloromonas agitata strain CKB.

    • Main Results:

    • Perchlorate reduction by D. suillum is anaerobic, molybdenum-dependent, and inhibited by oxygen (<2 mg/L) and nitrate.
    • Chlorite dismutase is essential and induced by perchlorate metabolism, not anaerobiosis alone.
    • D. suillum preferentially reduces nitrate over perchlorate; perchlorate reduction resumes only after nitrate depletion.
    • Dechloromonas agitata strain CKB reduces both nitrate and perchlorate simultaneously without inhibition.

    Conclusions:

    • Microbial perchlorate respiration is highly sensitive to environmental conditions, including electron acceptor availability.
    • Molybdenum presence and the absence of oxygen and nitrate are critical for D. suillum perchlorate reduction.
    • Effective perchlorate bioremediation requires strict control of environmental variables like dissolved oxygen and competing electron acceptors.