Intracellular toxicity exerted by PCBs and role of VBNC bacterial strains in biodegradation
| Autor: | Namasivayam Vasudevan, Karuvelan Murugan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gram-negative bacteria Operon Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030106 microbiology Substrate Specificity 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Bacterial Proteins Biotransformation Animals Humans Bacteria biology Chemistry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Active site General Medicine Biodegradation biology.organism_classification Polychlorinated Biphenyls Pollution Metabolic pathway Biodegradation Environmental Biochemistry biology.protein Cytokines Environmental Pollutants Xenobiotic |
| Zdroj: | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 157:40-60 |
| ISSN: | 0147-6513 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.03.014 |
| Popis: | Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are xenobiotic compounds that persists in the environment for long-term, though its productivity is banned. Abatement of the pollutants have become laborious due to it's recalcitrant nature in the environment leading to toxic effects in humans and other living beings. Biphenyl degrading bacteria co-metabolically degrade low chlorinated PCBs using the active metabolic pathway. bph operon possess different genetic arrangements in gram positive and gram negative bacteria. The binding ability of the genes and the active sites were determined by PCB docking studies. The active site of bphA gene with conserved amino acid residues determines the substrate specificity and biodegradability. Accumulation of toxic intermediates alters cellular behaviour, biomass production and downturn the metabolic activity. Several bacteria in the environment attain unculturable state which is viable and metabolically active but not cultivable (VBNC). Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) and Rpf homologous protein retrieve the culturability of the so far uncultured bacteria. Recovery of this adaptive mechanism against various physical and chemical stressors make a headway in understanding the functionality of both environmental and medically important unculturable bacteria. Thus, this paper review about the general aspects of PCBs, cellular toxicity exerted by PCBs, role of unculturable bacterial strains in biodegradation, genes involved and degradation pathways. It is suggested to extrapolate the research findings on extracellular organic matters produced in culture supernatant of VBNC thus transforming VBNC to culturable state. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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