Biodegradation of carbazole by Ralstonia sp. RJGII.123 isolated from a hydrocarbon contaminated soil

The use of microorganisms for bioremediation of contaminated soils may be enhanced with an understanding of the pathways involved in their degradation of hazardous compounds. Ralstonia sp. strain RJGII.123 was isolated from soil located at a former coal gasification plant, based on its ability to mineralize carbazole, a three-ring N-heterocyclic pollutant. Experiments were carried out with strain RJGII.123 and 14C-carbazole (2 mg/L and 500 mg/L) as the sole organic carbon source. At 15 days, 80% of the 2 mg/L carbazole was recovered as CO2, and <1% remained as undegraded carbazole, while 24% of the 500 mg/L carbazole was recovered as CO2 and ~70% remained as undegraded carbazole. Several stable intermediates were formed during this time. These intermediates were separated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and were characterized using high resolution mass spectroscopy (HR-MS) and gas chromatography - mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). At least 10 ring cleavage products of carbazole degradation were ...

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