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:Pseudomonas putida ATCC 17514 was used as a model strain to investigate the characteristics of bacterial growth in the presence of solid fluorene and phenanthrene. Despite the lower water-solubility of phenanthrene, P. putida degraded this polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) at a maximum observed rate of 1.4 +/- 0.1 mg L(-1) h(-1), higher than the apparent degradation rate of fluorene, 0.8 +/- 0.07 mg L(-1) h(-1). The role of physiological processes on the biodegradation of these PAHs was analyzed and two different uptake strategies were identified. Zeta potential measurements revealed that phenanthrene-grown cells were slightly more negatively charged (-57.5 +/- 4.7 mV) than fluorene-grown cells (-51.6 +/- 4.9 mV), but much more negatively charged than glucose-grown cells (-26.8 +/- 3.3 mV), suggesting that the PAH substrate induced modifications on the physical properties of bacterial surfaces. Furthermore, protein-to-exopolysaccharide ratios detected during bacterial growth on phenanthrene were typical of biofilms developed under physicochemical stress conditions, caused by the presence of sparingly water-soluble chemicals as the sole carbon and energy source for growth, the maximum value for TP/EPS during growth on phenanthrene (1.9) being lower than the one obtained with fluorene (5.5). Finally, confocal laser microscopy observations using a gfp-labeled derivative strain revealed that, in the presence of phenanthrene, P. putida::gfp cells formed a biofilm on accessible crystal surfaces, whereas in the presence of fluorene the strain grew randomly between the crystal clusters. The results showed that P. putida was able to overcome the lower aqueous solubility of phenanthrene by adhering to the solid PAH throughout the production of extracellular polymeric substances, thus promoting the availability and uptake of such a hydrophobic compound.
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Biotechnol Bioengjournal_title
Biotechnology and bioengineeringauthors
Rodrigues AC,Wuertz S,Brito AG,Melo LFdoi
10.1002/bit.20377subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-05-05 00:00:00pages
281-9issue
3eissn
0006-3592issn
1097-0290journal_volume
90pub_type
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