Transcription dynamics of the functional tfdA gene during MCPA herbicide degradation by Cupriavidus necator AEO106 (pRO101) in agricultural soil

Environmental Microbiology
Mette H NicolaisenJan Sørensen

Abstract

A modified protocol for simultaneous extraction of RNA and DNA, followed by real-time polymerase chain reaction quantification, was used to investigate tfdA gene expression during in situ degradation of the herbicide MCPA (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy-acetic acid) in soil. tfdA encodes an alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase catalysing the first step in the degradation pathway of MCPA and 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid). A linear recovery of tfdA mRNA over three orders of magnitude was shown, and the tfdA mRNA level was normalized using the tfdA mRNA/DNA ratio. The density of active cells required for tfdA mRNA detection was 10(5) cells g(-1) soil. Natural soil microcosms inoculated with Cupriavidus necator (formerly Ralstonia eutropha) AEO106 (pRO101) cells were amended with four different MCPA concentrations (2, 20, 50 and 150 mg kg(-1)). Mineralization rates were estimated by quantification of 14CO2 emission from degradation of 14C-MCPA. tfdA mRNA was detected 1 h after amendment at all four concentrations. In soils amended with 2 and 20 mg kg(-1), the mRNA/DNA ratio for tfdA demonstrated a sharp transient maximum of tfdA expression from no to full expression within 3 and 6 h respectively, followed by a decline and ...Continue Reading

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