Microbial degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether (DBDE) in soil slurry microcosms

Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Hsi-Ling ChouYi-Tang Chang

Abstract

Decabromodiphenyl ether (DBDE), which has been identified as an endocrine disrupting compound, is used as brominated flame retardant, and this can result in serious bioaccumulation within ecological systems. The objective of this study was to explore DBDE bioremediation (25 mg/kg) using laboratory scale soil slurry microcosms. It was found that effective biodegradation of DBDE occurred in all microcosms. Various biometabolites were identified, namely polybrominated diphenyl ethers congeners and hydroxylated brominated diphenyl ether. Reductive debrominated products such as tri-BDE to hepta-BDE congeners were also detected, and their total concentrations ranged from 77.83 to 91.07 ng/g. The mechanism of DBDE biodegradation in soil slurry microcosms is proposed to consist of a series of biological reactions involving hydroxylation and debromination. Catechol 2,3-oxygenase genes, which are able to bring about meta-cleavage at specific unbrominated locations in carbon backbones, were identified as present during the DBDE biodegradation. No obvious effect on the ecological functional potential based on community-level physiological profiling was observed during DBDE biodegradation, and one major facultative Pseudomonas sp. (99 % sim...Continue Reading

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Sep 30, 2020·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Yi-Tang ChangStephen A Boyd
Sep 11, 2020·Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research·Ke ZhangJia Chen

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