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Changes to the structure of Sphingomonas spp. communities associated with biodegradation of the herbicide isoproturon in soil

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Shi, Shengjing and Bending, G. D. (2007) Changes to the structure of Sphingomonas spp. communities associated with biodegradation of the herbicide isoproturon in soil. FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol.269 (No.1). pp. 110-116. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00621.x

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Abstract

The phenyl-urea herbicide isoproturon is a major contaminant of surface and ground-water in agricultural catchments. Earlier work suggested that within-field spatial variation of isoproturon degradation rate resulted from interactions between catabolizing Sphingomonas spp. and pH. In the current study, changes to the structure of Sphingomonas communities during isoproturon catabolism were investigated using Sphingomonas-specific 16S rRNA gene primers. Growth-linked catabolism at high-pH (> 7.5) sites was associated with the appearance of multiple new denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) bands. At low-pH sites, there was no change in DGGE banding at sites in which there was cometabolism, but at sites in which there was growth-linked catabolism, degradation was associated with the appearance of a new band not present at high pH sites. Sequencing of DGGE bands indicated that a strain related to Sphingomonas mali proliferated at low pH sites, while strain Sphingomonas sp. SRS2, a catabolic strain identified in earlier work, together with several further Sphingomonas spp., proliferated at high-pH sites. The data indicate that degradation was associated with complex changes to the structure of Sphingomonas spp. communities, the precise nature of which was spatially variable.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010)
Journal or Publication Title: FEMS Microbiology Letters
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0378-1097
Official Date: April 2007
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April 2007Published
Volume: Vol.269
Number: No.1
Number of Pages: 7
Page Range: pp. 110-116
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00621.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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