Biodegradation of Environmental Chemicals Pollutants: Evolutionary Insights

Exploring the potential of bioremediation using extracellular enzymes

by Neelu .*,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 13, Issue No. 1, Apr 2017, Pages 527 - 531 (5)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals


ABSTRACT

An increase in organic pollutant is a major concern in the contemporary world. Organic pollutants may be treated through physical and chemical processes, but these processes are toxic and not environmental friendly because their final product may still remain toxic till the very end. Hence, the biological approaches may be a suitable alternative towards bioremediation practices being not only cost effective but eco-friendly as well. Moreover, the final product happens to be less toxic as compared to other approaches. The microorganisms and plants (bioremediation) are used to remediate the polluted environments widely and is emerging as a promising and appealing area of environmental biotechnology. Apart from using the whole cell microorganisms, the use of their extracellular andor cell-free enzymes has been advocated as an innovative technique to abate pollution. Employment of extracellular enzyme for the removal of pollutants has several advantages over using whole microbial cell. The present review attempts a brief survey of many aspects dealing with the characteristics and potential abilities of both cell-present and cell free extra cellular enzymes in bioremediation of various organic pollutants.

KEYWORD

biodegradation, environmental chemicals, pollutants, evolutionary insights, organic pollutant, physical and chemical processes, bioremediation practices, cost effective, eco-friendly, microorganisms, plants, bioremediation, environmental biotechnology, extracellular enzymes, cell-free enzymes, pollution

INTRODUCTION

Albeit a few yeasts, green growth, diatoms and in addition higher plants and creatures use an assortment of chemicals, their exercises are regularly unobtrusive in comparision to the changes affected by heterotrophic bacterial and parasites dwelling in a similar living space. Along these lines, the bacterial and contagious populaces show in soil and water are the main operators for biodegradation of the natural chemicals. Biphenyl and chlorinated biphenyls are widely utilized as a part of industry and horticulture and are known to be dangerous ecological contaminations. In comparison with the abundance of data accessible on the biodegrade at particle of different classes of fragrant mixes significantly less l's thought about the biodegradation of biphenyl and its subsidiaries m diverse living beings. The pathway for the corruption of biphenyl mixes has been examined primarily in the microscopic organisms of sort Pseudomonas. Be that as it may, the capacity of Micrococcus species to corrupt biphenyl has not been accounted for Nevertheless more concentrated in other bacterial frameworks are important with a specific end goal to assess the all-inclusiveness and transformative essentialness of the biodegradative pathways Therefore, the present examination was attempted to explain the biodegradative pathway of biphenyl and 4-chlorobipheny1 by a Miorococons sp, confined from soil by advancement culture. The late 1800s and early 1900, has witnessed a dramatic increase in the range of chemically synthesized products which include pesticides, plastics, hydrocarbon fuels, soaps, detergents and other useful substance. The effects of these chemical substances on the environment are a consequence of a sequence of processes that depend on the properties of individual chemical. Halogenated organic pollutants (HOPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), dechlorane plus (DP), and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), have been of great concern due to their persistence, bioaccumulation and potential toxicity to wildlife and human. PCBs were used primarily as dielectric and coolant fluids in capacitors, transformers and. electric fluids PBDEs (including Penta-, Octaand Deca-BDE commercial formulations), DP and DBDPE are some widely used flame retardants in electronics, textiles, and thermoplastics, polyurethane.

SUBSIDIARIES:

Benzoic corrosive: The bacterial corruption of banzoic corrosive happened regularly by an underlying twofold hydroxylation took after by ring cleavage, in spite of the fact that in a couple of examples monohydroxy subsidiaries were likewise hypothesized as intermediates cis-3.5- aCyclohexadiene-1,2-diol-l-carboxylie corrosive was appeared to be a middle of the road m the transformation of benzoate to catechol by 1 * Acmetobactoralcaligens and Pseudomonas' SP (Reiner, 1971; Knackmuss and Reineke, 1973) Yamaguchi and Fujisawa (1982) filtered benzoate-1, 2-dioxygenase from Pseudomonas a!ri manor. The compound was made out of a NADH-Cytochrome c-reductase and a benzoate oxygenase, which required Fe^+ and NADH for maximum activity Thedihydrodiol dehydrogenase catalyzing the change of cis-diol to catechol has been cleaned from A. ..Eutrophus. In few instances, benzoate was debased by the initial formation of salicylate or 3-hydroxybenzoate or 4- hydroxybenzoate. Most of the organisms debased benzoate through monohydroxylation response to yield 4-hydroxybenzoate. The monohydroxy benzoic acids are further metabolized through the presentation of anothbrhy droxy gathering at the ortho or para position to the current hydroxy gathering. Salicylic corrosive: Salicylic corrosive was oxidativelydecarboxylated to catechol by a few types of microorganisms having a place with family Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium f..ojtuitmn (Tsukamura, 1965), Acmetobacter Eullulariapullulans and a few types of bacilli. Salicylate-1-monooxygenase (decarboxylating), an outer flavoproteinmonooxygenase has been cleansed from Pseudomonas putida. This chemical has been examined widely and proposed an instrument for hydroxylation response. Growths m general appear to hydroxylate salicylate at the third position yielding 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic corrosive. In spite of the fact that this pathway was demonstrated m A. niger, A nidulans and Trichodermlignorum, the protein catalyzing this response was not acquired in sans cell frameworks. Salicyclate was changed over to gentisic corrosive m Pseudomonas, Lignobaoter and a few types of bacilli.

Figure-1

The debasement of 3-hydroxybenzoic corrosive continues through hydroxylation at the 4t*1 or 6t*1 position yielding protocatechuate or gentisate individually. 3-Hydroxybenzoate was hydroxylated to protocatechuate by P. testosteroni, A. Japanicus and A. niger. A few Pseudomonas species and Streptomyces changed over 3- hydroxybenzoate to gentisic corrosive Both these pathways were appeared in a few types of bacilli. A mutant strain of testQ.a.terunl collected 2,3-dihydroxybanzoic corrosive from 3-hydroxybenzoate as deadlock metabolite As of late, Starovoitov al (1985) revealed the catabolism of 3-hydroxybenzoate by P. putida BS893 by another pathway by means of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic corrosive and catechol This life form was likewise appeared to change over 3-hydroxybenzoate to gentisate and protocatechuate The different pathways for the corruption of banzoic corrosive and monohydroxybenzoic acids are appeared in Fig 1.

BIODEGRADATIOH OF HALOGENATED SWEET-SMELLING MIXES:

Halogenated sweet-smelling mixes (chloroaromatics m specific) are utilized as a part of vast amounts in an assortment of mechanical and horticultural applications, for example, bug sprays, herbicides, plasticizers, solvents and others. These are the most persevering environment toxins due to their impervious to microbial corruption and danger. In any case, ongoing investigations have uncovered that haloaromatic mixes are biodegradable. Halogenated benzoic acids: Microorganisms have been accounted for to corrupt halobenzoates by one of two unmistakable courses. These are dehalogenation before ring cleavage and dehalogenation in the wake of ring cleavage A few

before ring cleavage While 3-chlorobenzoate was converted to 3-hydroxybenzoate by a soil Pseudomonas, 4-chlorobenzoate was converted to 4- hydroxybenzoate m Arthrobacter, KocardiaSp, and Aspergillusniger. The cometabolism of 3- chlorobenzoate and 3-fluorobenzoate was exhibited in Vibrio sp., Nocardiasp and in a few blended societies. The greater part of creatures equipped for development on halobenzoates catabolize these mixes by means of the comparing halocatechols, and dehalogenation happens in the wake of ring cleavage. Subsequently, the oxidation of fluorobenzoates and chlorobenzoates to fluorocatechols and chlorocatechols separately, have been appeared to happen in Pseudomonas sp.), A^. eutr.Q-phus and Ac.inetobac.tercalcoacetICUS. A considerable lot of the compounds catalyzing these responses prompting dehalogenation more likely than not casual substrate specificities or evolutionarily specialized catalytic functions Microorganisms performing such dehalogenation must be safe to the first halogenated compound as well as to the halogenated intermediates Many of the qualities engaged with the degradation of chloroaromatics are plasmid-borne The nearness of the plasmid pAC25 in Pseudomonas putida is in charge of the usage of 3-chlorobenzoate. The conversion of 3- chlorobenzoate to 3-chlorocatechol most likely catalyzed by the compounds of benzoate corruption. Plasmid encoded chemicals are in charge of the dissimilation of the subsequent chlorocatechols. PyrocatechaseII particularly follows up on chlorocatechol and this chemical did not follow up on catechol. As opposed to benzoate corruption which continued by the ortho-cleavage of catechol, the plasmid indicated pathway for chlorocatechol continued through maleylacetate as a transitional. The different pathways for the metabolism1 of halogenated benzoic acids are demonstrated m fig 2

Fig. 2. Pathway for the biodegradation of halogenated benzoic acids

Halogenated biphenyls: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are overall contaminations due to their hydrophobicity and protection from organic corruption Ongoing investigations have demonstrated that few unadulterated and blended culture of microorganisms are equipped for utilizing the mono-, di-, and trichlorinated biphenyls. A few examiners have considered the debasement of PCBs by the microbes of the genera Pseudomonas, A.c.hromobacter., Al.calige.nes, Acinetobacter and Rhizopus. Notwithstanding, there are just couple of reports of microscopic organisms fit for corrupting the all the more very chlorinated PCBs. The significant pathway for the bacterial debasement of chlorinated biphenyls includes the development of 2,3-dihydroxy subsidiary which experiences 1,2-dioxygenative ring cleavage to produce the comparing chlorobenzoates A large portion of the bacterial strains corrupted 4-chlorobiphenyl to 4-chlorobenzoate through 2,3-dihydroxy-4'- chlorobiphenyl by a meta-cleavage pathway as appeared in Fig 3. There are additionally reports of corruption of PCBs by new course m Alcallgen.es. EutrQPhus and in a Pseudomonas sp. which delivered

microorganisms have been appeared to cometabolize polychlorinated biphenys to the relating chlorobenzoates.

FRAGRANT RING CLEAVAGE PATHWAYS:

The oxidative cleavage of the fragrant ring catalyzed by the dioxygenases is the most basic advance in the mineralization of sweet-smelling mixes as the aliphatic mixes shaped by the activity of dioxygenases enter the TCA cycle by straightforward decarboxylation, hydrolysis and isomerization responses. Dioxygenases cut the sweet-smelling ring containing two hydroxyl bunches that are either ortho or para to each other There are two particular methods of oxidative cleavage of the fragrant ring to be specific QrlllQ-and meta cleavages Cleavage of the bond between two contiguous carbon iotas that convey hydroxyl bunches is known as "ortho" or then again "intradiol" cleavage and the pathway by which the results of such cleavage are metabolized is known as the ortho or 0-ketoadipate pathway Cleavage of the bond between two carbon atoms, just one of which carries a hydroxyl gathering, the other carbon atom being either unsubstituted or substituted with other than a hydroxyl group This type of cleavage is known as "meta" or "extradiol" cleavage and the pathway by which items of such cleavage are metabolized is called the meta-pathwav When the hydroxyl groups are para to each other as m gentisic corrosive (2,5- dihydroxybenzoic corrosive), oxidative cleavage is catalyzed by gentisate-1,2-dioxygenase, and the ensuing pathway is the gentisate pathway. Host of the ring cleavage dioxygenases have been appeared to contain nonheme press as the sole cofactor with the exception of the homoprotocatechuate-2,3-dioxygenase from Baci1lus brevis which was appeared to contain manganese II. While the majority of the meta-cleavage dioxygenases have been appeared to contain ferrous iron (Fe^+), ortho - cleavage dioxygenases contain ferric iron (Fe^+). Organic pollutants-Types and properties: Organic pollutants are chemical compounds that contain carbon and have a demonstrably negative effect on one or more components of the environment. Organic pollutant can be placed into three general classes: (i) hydrocarbons, (ii) oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and (iii) organometallic compounds. The major category of organic pollutants includes the hydrocarbons and related compounds, which contains such compounds as Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT), the dioxins and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These compounds contain the elements of carbon and hydrogen, with some containing chlorine and oxygen as well. There are a limited number of types of chemical bonds present, which are principally C-H, C-C, C-Cl, C=C and C=C (aromatic). All of these in general are lipophilic, poorly soluble in water and persistent in the environment. This class includes the most toxic organic compound, abiotic in origin:-2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo (1, 4) dioxin, also known as 2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD or [7] TCDD.

DEGRADATION OFORGANIC POLLUTANTS:

Organic chemicals that are introduced into the environment are subjected to various physical, chemical, and biological processes which act in an interconnected way in environmental systems to determine the overall fate of the compound. The neutralization when done through chemical means, a huge amount of acid is used, which is neither economical, nor safe and poses serious health [14] hazards. There are many processes for the degradation of organic pollutants. Some processes for degradation of organic pollutant are listed below: 1. Physical processes: Physical processes have been used for the degradation of organic pollutant from many decades, which may include various processes like photocatalytic degradation by using Ag-modied Zn GeO nanorods, TiO /graphene oxide 2 4 2 nanocomposite hydrogels, Bio-silica coated with amorphous manganese oxide etc. Decomposition of these organic pollutants via catalytic/ photocatalytic oxidation is considered to be the most efcient green method for organic waste management. Visible-light response semiconductors have attracted interest of many researchers as the efcient photo catalysts. There are many catalysts used for photo catalytic degradation of organic pollutants. TiO used as a 2 photo catalyst because of its low cost, chemical stability, non-toxicity. TiO is preferred because 2 it is a promising photo-oxidation catalyst and has strong oxidizing ability of photo-induced holes. Many researchers coupled TiO with narrow band 2 gap semiconductors which enhanced the separation of photo induced charges by formation of heterogenous junctions. Researchers modied the surface of Ag PO using TiO by sol gel process. Researches in their study deposited Ag3PO4 nanoparticles onto TiO to form heterostructure. 2. Researchers prepared Ag/Ag3 PO4 /TiO2 heterostructure photo electrodes using a sequential chemical deposition and UV-reduction method. One of the effective methods was using TiO2 nanoparticles as a photo catalyst for the degradation of organic compounds due to their non-toxicity, low

Chemical Processes: The chemical methods for bioremediation include electrochemical dehalogenation of chlorinated benzenes, in this the chlorine is eliminated step by step from the highly chlorinated benzenes to yield less-chlorinated benzenes and finally transform to benzene. It was analyzed that chlorobenzenes and the cathodic reaction pathway for hexachlorobenzenes as follows: hexachlorobenzene pentachlorobenzene 1, 2, 3, 5-tetrachlorobenzene 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene 1, 4-dichlorobenzene monochlorobenzene benzene. The catalytic degradation of organic molecules through MnO nanostructures are 2 concerned, several groups reported the mineralization of various organic compounds/ dyes, such as Rhodamine B (RhB), MB, Benzyl alcohol (BA) in the presence of strong oxidizing agents at elevated temperature. Biological processes: Bioremediation of organic pollutant contaminated soil offers a cost-competitive treatment for many sites that are currently facing costly incineration or the extended liability of land disposal. In the field, under conditions of full-scale site remediation, this [32, technology has been shown to be cost effective 33]. Different types of biological processes include bio-attenuation, bio-stimulation and bio augmentation.

CONCLUSION:

Organic pollutant contaminated sites treatment through bioremediation is best because the approach is not only sustainable but eco-friendly. Moreover, there is no collateral loss of habitat quality. The immense biodiversity of microorganism in our environment offers greater potential for transformation of toxic compounds to less toxic by-products. Microbial enzymes play a major and crucial role in biodegradation of soil contaminated with organic pollutants such as diesel, petrol or PAHs compound etc. In future, these enzymes open further exploration by researchers which is likely to open a new era of microbiology aiding various environments clean up technologies. In this way our examination has helped to know the debasement pathway of biphenyl and 4-chlorobiphenyl in Micrococcus sp. There was an entire mineralization of biphenyl by the disconnected bacterium. 4-chlorobipheny1 was debased to 4-chlorobenzoic corrosive, which can be used further by soil microbes. A dioxygenase catalyzing the meta-ring cleavage of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl was mostly refined and examined a portion of its properties.

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Corresponding Author Neelu*

Research Scholar, OPJS University, Churu, Rajasthan