Gordonia polyisoprenivorans from groundwater contaminated with landfill leachate in a subtropical area: characterization of the isolate and exopolysaccharide production

Uma linahgem de Gordonia sp. (linhagem Lc), proveniente de aguas subterrâneas contaminadas por chorume, foi caracterizada por taxonomia polifasica e estudada quanto a producao de exopolissacarideos (EPS). As celulas, bastonetes agregados, isolados ou aos pares em formato de V, tipico de bacterias corineformes, apresentaram reacao Gram positiva, catalase positiva, oxidase negativa, nao apresentaram motilidade. O organismo cresceu em aerobiose e em ambiente anoxico na presenca de NaNO3. A linhagem apresentou caracteristicas morfologicas, bioquimicas e propriedades quimiotaxonomicas tipicas do genero Gordonia e perfil de acidos micolicos e acidos graxos correspondentes aos de G. polyisoprenivorans DSM44302T. A analise do sequenciamento dos primeiros 500 pares de bases do rDNA16S da linhagem mostrou 100% de similaridade com Gordonia polyisoprenivorans DSM44302T. Experimentos conduzidos em condicoes anaerobias em meio E com sacarose ou glicose como principal fonte de carbono, mostraram que a linhagem nao cresceu quando cultivada com sacarose. Entretanto, utilizando-se glicose, a velocidade especifica maxima de crescimento foi 0,17h-1, o tempo de geracao de aproximadamente 4 horas e o maximo de producao de EPS total ocorreu durante a fase exponencial (126,17 ± 15,63 g l-1). A producao de EPS livre excedeu a de capsular e a relacao EPS livre/EPS capsular aumentou de 1,9, durante a fase exponencial para 7,8 durante a fase estacionaria. Ate entao, foram isoladas seis linhagens de G. polyisoprenivorans de diferentes ambientes. A linhagem Lc e a sexta linhagem de G. polyisoprenivorans descrita, a segunda detectada nas aguas subterrâneas em questao e a primeira cuja producao de EPS esta sendo estudada.

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