Increased diazinon hydrolysis to 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinol in liquid medium by a specific Streptomyces mixed culture

BRICEÑO MUÑOZ G; SCHALCHLI H; RUBILAR O; TORTELLA G; MUTIS A; BENIMELI C.S.; PALMA G; DIEZ MC

CHEMOSPHERE

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2016 vol. 156 p. 195 - 203

0045-6535

Actinobacteria identified as Streptomyces spp. were evaluated for their ability to remove diazinon as the only carbon source from a liquid medium. Single cultures of Streptomyces strains were exposed to diazinon at a concentration of 50 mg L1. After 96 h incubation, six of the eight cultures grew and five strains showed an increase in their total protein concentrations and changes in their protein profile. Up to 32% of the diazinon was removed by the single Streptomyces cultures. A compatibility assay showed that the different Streptomyces species were not antagonistic. Twenty-six mixed cultures were then prepared. Diazinon removal was increased when mixed cultures were used, and maximum diazinon removal of 62% was observed when the Streptomyces spp. strains AC5, AC9, GA11 and ISP13 were mixed; this was defined as the selected mixed culture (SMC). Diazinon removal was positively influenced by the addition of glucose into the liquid medium. Our study showed a diazinon degradation rate of 0.025 h1, half-life of 28 h1 and 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinol (IMHP) production of 0.143 mg L h1. Rapid diazinon hydrolysis toIMHP was associated with adecrease in the pH of the medium as a consequence of microbial glucose metabolism and organic acid exudation.Moreover,the SMC of Streptomyceswas able to remove IMHP. This work constitutes a new, if not the only, report on diazinon degradation by mixedcultures of Streptomyces spp. Given the high levels of diazinon removal, the SMC formed by four Streptomyces strains has the potential to be used to treat the diazinon present in environmental matrices.