Mineralization of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in soil inoculated withPseudomonas cepaciaDBO1(pRO101),Alcaligenes eutrophusAEO106(pRO101) andAlcaligenes eutrophusJMP134(pJP4): effects of inoculation level and substrate concentration
✍ Scribed by Carsten Suhr Jacobsen; Jens Chr. Pedersen
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 783 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0923-9820
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✦ Synopsis
Mineralization of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) by two Alcaligenes eutrophus strains and one Pseudomonas cepacia strain containing the 2,4-D degrading plasmids pJP4 or pRO101 (= pJP4::Tn1721) was tested in 50 g (wet wt) samples of non-sterile soil. Mineralization was measured as 14C-CO2evolved during degradation of uniformly-ring-labelled 14C-2,4-D. When the strains were inoculated to a level of approximately 108 CFU/g soil, between 20 and 45% of the added 2,4-D (0.05 ppm, 10 ppm or 500 ppm) was mineralized within 72 h. Mineralization of 0.05 ppm and 10 ppm 2,4-D by the two A. eutrophus strains was identical and rapid whereas mineralization by P. cepacia DBOI(pRO101) occurred more slowly. In contrast, mineralization of 500 ppm 2,4-D by the two A. eutrophus strains was very slow whereas mineralization by P. cepacia DBO1 was more rapid. Comparison of 2,4-D mineralization at different levels of inoculation with P. cepacia DBOI(pRO101) (6 x 104, 6 x 106 and 1 × 108 CFU/g soil) revealed that the maximum mineralization rate was reached earlier with the high inoculation levels than with the low level. The kinetics of mineralization were evaluated by nonlinear regression analysis using five different models. The linear or the logarithmic form of a three-half-order model were found to be the most appropriate models for describing 2,4-D mineralization in soil. In the cases in which the logarithmic form of the three-half-order model was the most appropriate model we found, in accordance with the assumptions of the model, a significant growth of the inoculated strains.