Review article
Potential of the Galega – Rhizobium galegae System for Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Soil
Kristina Lindström
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Minna M. Jussila
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Hannamari Hintsa
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Anna Kaksonen
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Lenna Mokelke
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Katri Mäkeläinen
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Jyrki Pitkäjärvi
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Leena Suominen
; Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Abstract
Bioremediation potential of the nitrogen-fixing leguminous plant Galega orientalis Lam. and its microsymbiont Rhizobium galegae was evaluated in microcosm and mesocosm scale in oil and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) contaminated soils, with m-toluate serving as a model for the latter group. G. orientalis and Rhizobium galegae remained viable in m-toluate fractions up to 3000 ppm. Plant growth and nodulation were inhibited in 500 ppm m-toluate, but were restored when plants were transferred to clean medium. In soil, G. orientalis nodulated and showed good growth in 2000 ppm m-toluate as well as in diesel-contaminated soil in the field, where the plant was stimulating bacterial growth in the rhizosphere. A collection of 52 indigenous m-toluate-tolerating bacteria isolated from oil-contaminated rhizosphere of G. orientalis was characterised and identified by classical and molecular biological methods. 16SrDNA PCR-RFLP and (GTG)5-PCR genomic fingerprinting combined with partial sequencing indicated the presence of five major lineages of the Bacteria domain. A TOL plasmid-specific xylE-PCR was developed in order to detect both active and potential degraders of m-toluate. The ability to degrade m-toluate in the presence of the gene xylE was detected only within the genus Pseudomonas. The isolates were tested for capacity to grow on m-toluate as their sole carbon and energy source. In laboratory experiments, the best rhizosphere isolates performed equally well to the positive control strain and are good candidates for inoculant production in the future. They have been tagged with marker genes for further studies on colonisation and persistence.
Keywords
Galega orientalis; Rhizobium galegae; bioremediation; oil-contaminated soil; m-toluate tolerating bacteria
Hrčak ID:
110925
URI
Publication date:
17.3.2003.
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