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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2007, p. 226-231, Vol. 73, No. 1
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00677-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mutation of Candida tropicalis by Irradiation with a He-Ne Laser To Increase Its Ability To Degrade Phenol{triangledown}

Yan Jiang,1,2 Jianping Wen,1* Xiaoqiang Jia,1 Qinggele Caiyin,1 and Zongding Hu1

Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China,1 School of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Harbin University, Harbin 150016, People's Republic of China2

Received 23 March 2006/ Accepted 27 October 2006

Candida tropicalis isolated from acclimated activated sludge was used in this study. Cell suspensions with 5 x 107 cells ml–1 were irradiated by using a He-Ne laser. After mutagenesis, the irradiated cell suspension was diluted and plated on yeast extract-peptone-dextrose (YEPD) medium. Plates with approximately 20 individual colonies were selected, and all individual colonies were harvested for phenol biodegradation. The phenol biodegradation stabilities for 70 phenol biodegradation-positive mutants, mutant strains CTM 1 to 70, ranked according to their original phenol biodegradation potentials, were tested continuously during transfers. Finally, mutant strain CTM 2, which degraded 2,600 mg liter–1 phenol within 70.5 h, was obtained on the basis of its capacity and hereditary stability for phenol biodegradation. The phenol hydroxylase gene sequences were cloned in wild and mutant strains. The results showed that four amino acids were mutated by irradiation with a laser. In order to compare the activity of phenol hydroxylase in wild and mutant strains, their genes were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) and enzyme activities were spectrophotometrically determined. It was clear that the activity of phenol hydroxylase was promoted after irradiation with a He-Ne laser. In addition, the cell growth and intrinsic phenol biodegradation kinetics of mutant strain CTM 2 in batch cultures were also described by Haldane's kinetic equation with a wide range of initial phenol concentrations from 0 to 2,600 mg liter–1. The specific growth and degradation rates further demonstrated that the CTM 2 mutant strain possessed a higher capacity to resist phenol toxicity than wild C. tropicalis did.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China. Phone: 86 22 278 90 492. Fax: 86 22 278 90 492. E-mail: jpwen{at}tju.edu.cn.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 November 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2007, p. 226-231, Vol. 73, No. 1
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00677-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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