Isolation of Bacterial Strains Capable of Sulfamethoxazole Mineralization from an Acclimated Membrane Bioreactor

• DOI: 10.1128/aem.05888-11
• Publication Date: 2011-10-22T04:07:56Z
• Authors: Helene Bouju; Benjamin Ricken; Trello Beffa; Philippe F.-X. Co...; Boris A. Kolvenbach
• Keywords: DNA, Bacterial; 0301 basic medicine; Base Sequence; Sulfamethoxazole; Molecular Sequence Data; 6. Clean water; Actinobacteria; 03 medical and health sciences; Biodegradation, Environmental; Bioreactors; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Proteobacteria; Biotransformation

ABSTRACT

In this study, we isolated five strains capable of degrading 14 C-labeled sulfamethoxazole to 14 CO 2 from a membrane bioreactor acclimatized to sulfamethoxazole, carbamazepine, and diclofenac. Of these strains, two belonged to the phylum Actinobacteria , while three were members of the Proteobacteria .