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Complete Detoxification of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) Phosphate by Mixed Two Bacteria, Sphingobium Sp. Strain TCM1 and Arthrobacter Sp. Strain PY1

Complete Detoxification of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) Phosphate by Mixed Two Bacteria, Sphingobium Sp. Strain TCM1 and Arthrobacter Sp. Strain PY1

Shouji Takahashi, Yuki Obana, Shohei Okada, Katsumasa Abe, Yoshio Kera

J Biosci Bioeng. 2012 Jan;113(1):79-83.

PMID: 21956155

Abstract:

Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP), a flame retardant, is regarded as a potentially toxic and persistent environmental contaminant. We previously isolated a TDCPP-degrading bacterium, Sphingobium sp. strain TCM1, which, however, produced a toxic metabolite: 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol (1,3-DCP). This study was undertaken to develop a technique for complete TDCPP detoxification using strain TCM1 with a 1,3-DCP-degrading bacterium, Arthrobacter sp. strain PY1. For efficient detoxification, we designed a resting cell system and examined the effect of freezing and lyophilization treatments for preparation of their resting cells. Results show that treatments had no marked adverse effect on their activities. The TDCPP dephosphorylation by TCM1 resting cells was optimal at 30°C and pH 8.5. Also, 1,3-DCP dehalogenation by strain PY1 resting cells was optimal at 35°C and pH 9.5. Under those respective conditions, the activities were 2.48 μmol h⁻¹·OD₆₆₀⁻¹ for TDCPP and 0.95 μmol h⁻¹·OD₆₆₀⁻¹ for 1,3-DCP. Based on these results, we set the reaction temperature to 30°C and pH to 9.0. Then we examined the detoxification of 50 μM TDCPP using mixed resting cells at a final OD(660) of 0.05 for strain TCM1 and 0.2 for strain PY1. In these conditions, TDCPP was eliminated after 1h, but some of the resulting 1,3-DCP remained at a constant level. The increase in strain PY1 cells to a final OD₆₆₀ of 4.0 decreased the TDCPP dephosphorylation rate of strain TCM1 cells but achieved complete detoxification of TDCPP during 12 h of reaction.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1224696723	PY1		1224696-72-3	Price

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