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Title: | Exposure of Cucurbita pepo to DDE-contamination alters the endophytic community: a cultivation dependent vs a cultivation independent approach. | Authors: | EEVERS, Nele Hawthorne, J.R. White, J.C. VANGRONSVELD, Jaco WEYENS, Nele |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Source: | ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 209, p. 147-154 | Abstract: | 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloro-ethylene (DDE) is the most abundant and persistent degradation product of the pesticide 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT) and is encountered in contaminated soils worldwide. Both DDE and DDT are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) due to their high hydrophobicity and potential for bioaccumulation and biomagnification in the food chain. Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo) has been shown to accumulate high concentrations of DDE and other POPs and has been proposed as a phytoremediation tool for contaminated soils. The endophytic bacteria associated with this plant may play an important role in the remedial process. Therefore, this research focuses on changes in endophytic bacterial communities caused by the exposure of C. pepo to DDE. The total bacterial community was investigated using cultivation-independent 454 pyrosequencing, while the cultivable community was identified using cultivation-dependent isolation procedures. For both procedures, increasing numbers of endophytic bacteria, as well as higher diversities of genera were observed when plants were exposed to DDE. Several bacterial genera such as Stenotrophomonas sp. and Sphingomonas sp. showed higher abundance when DDE was present, while, for example Pseudomonas sp. showed a significantly lower abundance in the presence of DDE. These findings suggest tolerance of different bacterial strains to DDE, which might be incorporated in further investigations to optimize phytoremediation with the possible use of DDE-degrading endophytes. | Keywords: | cucurbita pepo; DDE-contamination; phytoremediation; endophytes; 454 pyrosequencing | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/21345 | ISSN: | 0269-7491 | e-ISSN: | 1873-6424 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.038 | ISI #: | 000369202600018 | Rights: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2017 |
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