Cometabolic biotransformation and microbial-mediated abiotic transformation of sulfonamides by three ammonia oxidizers
Cometabolic biotransformation and microbial-mediated abiotic transformation of sulfonamides by three ammonia oxidizers
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三种氨氧化剂对磺胺类药物的共代谢生物转化和微生物介导的非生物转化
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.031
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发表时间:
2019
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12.8
通讯作者:
Wu Qinglong L.
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作者:
Zhou Li-Jun;Han Ping;Yu Yaochun;Wang Baozhan;Men Yujie;Wagner Michael;Wu Qinglong L.
The abilities of three phylogenetically distant ammonia oxidizers,Nitrososphaera gargensis, an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon (AOA);Nitrosomomas nitrosaNm90, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium (AOB); and Nitrospirainopinata, the only complete ammonia oxidizer (comammox) available as a pure culture, to biotransform seven sulfonamides (SAs) were investigated. The removals and protein-normalized biotransformation rate constants indicated that the AOA strainN. gargensisexhibited the highest SA biotransformation rates, followed byN. inopinataandN. nitrosaNm90. The transformation products (TPs) of sulfadiazine (SDZ), sulfamethazine (SMZ) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and the biotransformation mechanisms were evaluated. Based on the analysis of the TP formulas and approximate structures, it was found that during biotransformation, i) the AOA strain carried out SA deamination, hydroxylation, and nitration; ii) the AOB strain mainly performed SA deamination; and iii) the comammox isolate participated only in deamination reactions. It is proposed that deamination was catalyzed by deaminases while hydroxylation and nitration were mediated by nonspecific activities of the ammonia monooxygenase (AMO). Additionally, it was demonstrated that among the three ammonia oxidizers, only AOB contributed to the formation of pterin-SA conjugates. The biotransformation of SDZ, SMZ and SMX occurred only when ammonia oxidation was active, suggesting a cometabolic transformation mechanism. Interestingly, SAs could also be transformed by hydroxylamine, an intermediate of ammonia oxidation, suggesting that in addition to enzymatic conversions, a microbially induced abiotic mechanism contributes to SA transformation during ammonia oxidation. Overall, using experiments with pure cultures, this study provides important insights into the roles played by ammonia oxidizers in SA biotransformation.