A simple (14)C-respirometric method for assessing microbial catabolic potential and contaminant bioavailability.

Abstract:

:This paper describes the validation and application of a simple flask-based (14)C-respirometer system designed to assess mineralisation of (14)C-labelled substrates under defined conditions. Validation of this respirometer system indicated stoichiometric CO(2) trapping up to a maximum of 400 micromol of CO(2) (in a single trap). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria were used to measure growth-linked biodegradation of [(14)C]naphthalene to (14)CO(2). A (14)C activity balance of 101.7+/-8.9% (n=6), after 74 h incubation time and 10 respirometer-opening events, indicated the suitability of the system for monitoring substrate mineralisation. This respirometric apparatus was then successfully applied to assess: (i) the PAH catabolism of microbes in a field contaminated soil, where naphthalene and phenanthrene were rapidly mineralised and (ii) soil-associated organic contaminant bioavailability, where increased soil-phenanthrene contact time resulted in a reduction in phenanthrene mineralisation in the soil. The described respirometer system differs from existing respirometer systems in that the CO(2) trap can be removed and replaced quickly and easily. The system is efficient, reproducible, adaptable to many situations, easy to construct and simple to use, it therefore affords advantages over existing systems.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Reid BJ,MacLeod CJ,Lee PH,Morriss AW,Stokes JD,Semple KT

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10555.x

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-03-15 00:00:00

pages

141-6

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

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1574-6968

pii

S0378-1097(01)00062-3

journal_volume

196

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