Microbiome degrading linear alkylbenzene sulfonate in activated sludge
- Authors
- Kim, Na-Kyung; Lee, Sang-Hoon; Yoon, Hyeokjun; Jeong, Garam; Jung, You-Jung; Hur, Moonsuk; Lee, Byoung-Hee; Park, Hee-Deung
- Issue Date
- 15-9월-2021
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Alkane 1-monooxygenase; Cytochrome p450; High-throughput sequencing; Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate; Metagenomic analysis
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v.418
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- Volume
- 418
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/136351
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126365
- ISSN
- 0304-3894
- Abstract
- As the most widely used anionic surfactant, linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) requires biological alkane degradation when it is treated using an activated sludge (AS) process in a wastewater treatment plant because of its structural carboxylic unavailability. As consumption of LAS is gradually increasing, LAS loading into the WWTP is accordingly increasing. However, fewer studies have examined the involvement of the AS microbial community in the LAS degradation. In this study, metagenomic approaches were used to define microbiomes involved in LAS degradation in AS, with a particular focus on omega-hydroxylation. The abundance and diversity of alkane-degrading genes were investigated, and these genes were integrated with reconstructed metagenomeassembled genomes (MAGs). Additionally, the association of functional genes and MAGs with respect to LAS degradation was investigated. The results showed that alkB and cytochrome P450 genes were only shared within specific MAGs. Unique sets of genes with diverse abundances were detected in each sample. The MAGs with the alkB and cytochrome P450 genes were strongly associated with the other MAGs and involved in positive commensal interactions. The findings provided significant insights into how the AS microbiomes, which have continuously treated anionic surfactants for decades, potentially metabolize LAS and interact with commensal bacteria.
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