Abundance of dioxygenase genes similar to Ralstonia sp. strain U2 nagAc is correlated with naphthalene concentrations in coal tar-contaminated freshwater sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Hebe M DionisiGary S Sayler

Abstract

We designed a real-time PCR assay able to recognize dioxygenase large-subunit gene sequences with more than 90% similarity to the Ralstonia sp. strain U2 nagAc gene (nagAc-like gene sequences) in order to study the importance of organisms carrying these genes in the biodegradation of naphthalene. Sequencing of PCR products indicated that this real-time PCR assay was specific and able to detect a variety of nagAc-like gene sequences. One to 100 ng of contaminated-sediment total DNA in 25-microl reaction mixtures produced an amplification efficiency of 0.97 without evident PCR inhibition. The assay was applied to surficial freshwater sediment samples obtained in or in close proximity to a coal tar-contaminated Superfund site. Naphthalene concentrations in the analyzed samples varied between 0.18 and 106 mg/kg of dry weight sediment. The assay for nagAc-like sequences indicated the presence of (4.1 +/- 0.7) x 10(3) to (2.9 +/- 0.3) x 10(5) copies of nagAc-like dioxygenase genes per microg of DNA extracted from sediment samples. These values corresponded to (1.2 +/- 0.6) x 10(5) to (5.4 +/- 0.4) x 10(7) copies of this target per g of dry weight sediment when losses of DNA during extraction were taken into account. There was a posit...Continue Reading

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