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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CIENCIAS AGRARIAS DE ROSARIO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Primer design to assess bacterial degradation of glyphosate and other phosphonates
Autor/es:
MARIANELA E. MORALES; M.B.VILLAMIL; MARCO ALLEGRINI; CELINA ZABALOY; MARCO ALLEGRINI; CELINA ZABALOY; JESSICA BASUALDO; JESSICA BASUALDO; MARIANELA E. MORALES; M.B.VILLAMIL
Revista:
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2020 vol. 169
ISSN:
0167-7012
Resumen:
Phosphonates are organic phosphorous (P) compounds frequently detected in the environment due to a very stable CP bond that render them relatively recalcitrant. Glyphosate [N-phosphonomethyl glycine] is the most widely used and best-known synthetic phosphonate, and one of the most concerning herbicides in the world today. Microbial degradation of glyphosate and organophosphonates in general, is the main dissipation mechanism operating in most environments. One microbial metabolic pathway in this process is the CP lyase pathway, entailing an enzymatic complex encoded by about 14 genes (the Phn operon). Our goal was to develop a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay for a key enzyme, the CP lyase that breaks down the CP bond, via quantification of the codifying phnJ gene. The primers designed in this study fulfill the requirements for a successful qPCR assay, with high efficiency and sensitivity, as well as specific detection of the target sequence in a wide range of taxonomic groups. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of primers designed to target phnJ in both pure cultures and metagenomic DNA from different environmental sources. Direct quantification of phnJ may be a cost-effective proxy to determine glyphosate degradation potential in different matrixes.