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Plants and their associated bacteria: partners in remediation of contaminated
soils and groundwater?
Jaco Vangronsveld, Sofie Thijs, Panagiotis Gkorezis, Nele Weyens
General considerations and examples from the field
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Plant-associated bacteria:
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Bacteria: you can find them everywhere!
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General feeling about bacteria…
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Bacteria: you can find them everywhere!
At least half a kilogram
of our body weight are
bacteria!!!
Bacterial cells are much smaller than human cells.
There are at least 10 times as many bacteria as
human cells in our body!!
Bacteria:
the fingerprint of the future?
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Bacteria: humans probiotics!
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Salad for lunch?!
Bacteria: you can find them everywhere!
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A plant is much more than you can see!Plant-
geassocieerde
bacteriën in
bodemsanering,
van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocie
erde bacteriën
in bodemsanering,
van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocie
erde bacteriën
in bodemsanering,
van labo tot
veldschaal
Marlene Cameron and Sheng-Yang HeMichigan State University
Bonfante and Anca Ann Rev Microbiol. 2009 63: 363-83
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A plant is much more than you can see!Plant-
geassocieerde
bacteriën in
bodemsanering,
van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocie
erde bacteriën
in bodemsanering,
van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocie
erde bacteriën
in bodemsanering,
van labo tot
veldschaal
Hardoim et al., 2008
• Rhizosphere bacteria
• Endophytic bacteria
• Seed derived
• Soil derived
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Bacteria: plants probiotics!
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Controle W619 W619 + gfp
Root
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Controle W619 W619 + gfp L
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Bacteria can promote plant growth
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Bacteria: plants probiotics!
Indirect growth promotion: competition between
plant growth promoting bacteria
and pathogens
N2
NH4+
Direct growth promotion:
- Increase the availability of:
N: N-fixation (e.g. Rhizobium)
P: P-solubilization
Fe: Fe-solubilization
Biofertilizers
- Production of plant growth hormones
Auxins, gibberelins, cytokinins
- Production of stress reducing enzymes
e.g. ACC-deaminase
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Competition between PGP-bacteria and pathogens
inoculated
non-inoculated
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Remediation - phytoremediation
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Soil and groundwatercontamination
Using plants and bacteriafor remediation purposes
© Max Planc institute
© Hasselt University
© Biozentrum
Universitat
Wurzburg
Phyllosphere microbiome Endosphere
microbiome
Rhizosphere
microbiome
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Why soil remediation?
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Soil is one of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity
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Soil biodiversity
• Microorganisms (mikros organismos): small microscopic living organisms
• The majority of the bacteria are yet unknown: < 1 % of the microbial species on Earth
• 1 gram soil: contains 1,000,000,000 microbial cells and potentially 1000’s of species
• Global Biodiversity assessment: 1,000,000 bacterial species on Earth; up to now, less than 4,500 have been characterized.
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What is “PHYTOREMEDIATION”?
“Using plants and their associated microorganisms to degrade, or alternatively detoxify organic and inorganic pollutants in soil, (ground)water or sediments
”
!!! Plants are mostly not the ‘exclusiveplayers in the game’. A very important rolecan be attributed to plant-associated bacteriaand mycorrhiza.
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“Pump and treat”using solar energy
What is “PHYTOREMEDIATION”?
Trees can ‘pump’ big volumes of (undeep)groundwater (f.i. poplar: mean of 260 litersper tree each day; this results in anevaporation of 4.2 million liters per hectare in6 months!!!)
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Phytoremediation of trace elements
Phytoextraction
Extracting metals from soil in harvestable plant biomass
Trend towards:- sustainable land-use- biofuel production
Trace elements(Cd, Ni, Cu, Zn…)
Phytostabilisation
• Stabilizing trace elements in soil:
• Reduction or even elimination of lateral wind and water erosion
• Biological ‘immobilization’ of trace elements
• Reduction of percolation
Risk-reduction
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Phytoremediation of organic contaminantsPlant-
geassocieerde
bacteriën in
bodemsanering, van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocieer
de bacteriën
in bodemsane
ring, van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocieer
de bacteriën
in bodemsane
ring, van labo tot
veldschaal
Can the plant reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the plant?
Degradation
Rhizosphere
Xylem vessels
Evapotranspiration?
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Phytoremediation of organic contaminantsPlant-
geassocieerde
bacteriën in
bodemsanering, van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocieer
de bacteriën
in bodemsane
ring, van labo tot
veldschaal
Plant-geassocieer
de bacteriën
in bodemsane
ring, van labo tot
veldschaal
Can the plant reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the plant?
Degradation
Rhizosphere
Xylem vessels
Evapotranspiration?
Phytotoxicity?
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Bacteria: important players during phytoremediationof organic contaminants
Can the plant reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the plant?
Degradation
Rhizosphere
Xylem vessels
Evapotranspiration?
Phytotoxicity?
How can bacteria assist their hostplant?
• Growth promotion
• Production of biosurfactants,
organic acids, siderophores
• Degradation of the contaminant
- Rhizosphere:
high diversity vs short contact time
- Xylem vessels:
lower diversity vs long contact time
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Constraints for phytoremediation of organics
• Can the plants tolerate the contaminants?
• Do the naturally present bacteria possess
the appropriate characteristics?
• Is the amount of interesting strains high
enough to avoid phytotoxicity and
evapotranspiration?
Phytoremediation can be applied!
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Field case 1: BTEX contamination
Groundwater plume contaminated with
BTEX due to leakage of former
underground storage tanks.
1999:
- sources of contamination were eliminated
- bioscreen consisting of 275 poplar trees was
planted on the BTEX groundwaterplume
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Why poplar???
1. Fast growth
2. High biomass production
3. They are phreatophytic
4. Poplar trees can “pump”
huge volumes of groundwater
5. They are simple for propagation
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Field case 1: BTEX contamination
2000 2003 2006
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Field case 1: BTEX contamination
Are the appropriate bacteria present and are they doing their job?
fze 2003 2006
Outside the BTEX plume
Endophytes 18 x 105 0
Rhizosphere 18 x 105 0
Inside the BTEX plume
Endophytes 54 x 105 0
Rhizosphere 10 x 106 0
Bacteria were isolated from
the roots and rhizosphere of
the planted poplar trees
and tested for their BTEX
degradation capacity
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Field case 2:diesel oil contamination
poplar and willow
Leakage of diesel oil storage tank
Oil contamination plume
Poplar and willowwere planted in 2006
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Field case 2:oil contamination
2004 2008
Are the appropriate bacteria present and are they doing their job?
Most
probable
number
method
Degradation capacity? Growth promotion capacity?
Production of organic acids
HPLC
Production of siderophores
Evapotranspiration?
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Selected strains
Strain A
C
C
I
A
A
Organic
acids
Inorganic /
Organic P
Sid Quorum sensing
/ BS
Solvent
tolerance
Chemotaxis/
Biofilm
Antibiotics
sensitivity
Heavy
Metal
Acinetobacter
oleovorans
( Root )
+ + + + + + + + Ampicillin
Bacitracin
Pb,Cu,Zn
& Ni up to
1.5 mM
Acinetobacter
calcoaceticus
( Rhizosphere)
+ - + + + + + + Ampicillin
Bacitracin
Cl -
amphenicol
Pb,Cu,Zn
& Ni up to
1.5 mM
Brevibacterium
sp.(Rhizosphere)+ - - + - + + + Ampicillin
Bacitracin
Cl -
amphenicol
Pb, Cu ,
Zn up to
1.5 mM
and Zn up
to 4 mM
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Initial nC10 nC11 nC12 nC13 nC14 nC15 nC16 nC17 nC18 nC19 nC20 nC21 nC22 PristanePhytane
Acinetobacter calcoaceticusSingle hydrocarbons - Residual concentrations after 10 days
Degradation data GC-MS
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Deciphering the microbial “ black box”
The microbial community is responsible forcontaminant degradation.
The use of new genomics tools can help decipherthe who, what, where and how
Knowing who’s there provides importantinformation on capabilities
Knowing which key genes are present identifiespotential
Showing which genes are functional indicateswho is active
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Bacterial DNA
Reads
(200bp)
Contigs
(100 to
30000 bp)
Sequencing
Genome assembly
Ion Torrent Sequencing
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Genome characteristics
Size : 5.2 MBp
Acinetobacter oleivorans: 4.15 MBp
Genes: 11560
Acinetobacter oleivorans: 3963
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DNA
Diesel degradation
FATTY ACID DEGRADATION
Alkane-1-monooxygenase
PAH DEGRADATIONNaphthalene dioxygenase
(Ferredoxin dependant system)
Sequenced bacteria
3 genes
3 genes
Octane 1-Octanol
Naphthalene 1,2-dihydronaphthalene
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DNA
Plant growth promotion
LOWERING OF PLANT ETHYLENE PRODUCTIONACC deaminase
BACTERIAL SYNTHESIS OF IAANitrile hydratase
(IAA Biosynthesis type IV)
Sequenced bacteria
2 genes
2 genes
Indole-3-acetamideIndole-3-acetonitrile
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate 2-oxobutanoate
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Quorum sensing and biofilm formation
Sequenced bacteria
Prolyl isomerase (2 genes)
N-Ac Glucosamine synthase (5 genes)
Biofilm dispersion protein (3 genes)
Penicillin amidase (1 gene)
Ornithine utilization protein (3 genes)
Acyl-homoserine lactone acylase (6 genes)
Quorum sensing Biofilm formation
DNA
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Iron uptake
Sequenced bacteria
SIDEROPHORE BIOSYNTHESIS(4 genes)
•Aerobactin•Rhizobactin•Other putative siderophore
SIDEROPHORE RECEPTORS(16 genes)
•Aerobactin receptor•Ferrioxamin receptor•Ferrichrome receptor•Entrobactin receptor•Colcicin receptor•Vibriobactin receptor•Pseudobactin receptor
PROTEIN BREAKING THE Fe-SIDEROPHORE COMPLEX
(1 gene)NADPH-dependent ferric-chelate reductase
DNA
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Constraints for phytoremediation of organics
1. Can the plants tolerate the contaminants?
2. Do the naturally present bacteria have the
appropriate characteristics?
1. Is the amount of interesting strains high
enough to avoid phytotoxicity and
evapotranspiration?
Can these bacteria or their
appropriate characteristics be
enriched/introduced?
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Constraints for phytoremediation of organics
Can the appropriate bacteria be ‘constructed’
and introduced?
What would be the’ ideal’ bacterial strain for remediation of volatile organics?
Endophyte Long contact time between
contaminant and degrader
Easier to introduce
PGPB
Degrader
Degradation genes on
mobile DNA: plasmids
How to make and introduce the ideal bacterial strain?
Soil bacteria with
degradation plasmidPGP endophytes
What do we have?
The ‘ideal’ strain can be made by natural conjugation
Introduction by means of inoculation
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Constraints for phytoremediation
Toluene-exposed lupine plants
are inoculated with
a toluene degrading endophyte
Phytotoxicity decreases
Evapotranspiration decreases
Can the appropriate bacteria be made and introduced?
Proof of concept:
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Field case 3: TCE contamination
Mixed wood of english oak and common ash
TCE-contamination
Planted poplar trees
TC
E μ
g/l
Site background
All cultivable oak- and ash-associated bacteria were isolated,
identified and tested for TCE tolerance and degradation
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Field case 3: TCE contamination
82%
3%
TCE tolerance and degradation
Is this TCE degradation enough to prevent TCE evapotranspiration?
Ash: 10.84*10-3± 1.17*10-3 ngTCE/cm²h
Oak: 6.35*10-3± 0.18*10-3 ngTCE/cm²h
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Field case 3: TCE contamination
Poplar trees were planted on
the TCE contamination plume
The trees were equipped with a drainage tube for inoculation
Which bacterial strain was inoculated?
The TCE degrading,
plant growth promoting
poplar endophyte
Pseudomonas putida W619
TCE genes
Mixed wood of english oak and common ash
TCE-contamination
Planted poplar trees
TC
E μ
g/l
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Field case 3: TCE contamination
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m-2
h-1
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g c
m-2
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Before inoculation 3 months after inoculation
The in situ TCE evapotranspiration was measured
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Total number of cfu per g fresh weight:
9.4 x 104 3.2 x 107
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Field case 3: TCE contaminationWere the inoculated strain and its degradation genes introduced successfully?
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Field case 3: TCE contaminationWere the inoculated strain and its degradation genes introduced successfully?
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Field case 3: TCE contamination
Were the inoculated strain and its degradation genes introduced successfully?
Horizontal gene transferTCE genes
P. putida W619
In situ inoculation
Roots:The inoculated P. putida W619 with the TCE
genes was re-isolated in very high numbers
Stem:
But
3 months after inoculation
The inoculated P. putida W619
with the TCE genes could not
be re-isolated
The inoculated TCE degradation
genes were found in other, natural
abundant stem endophytes
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Conclusions
Can the tree reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the tree?
Degradation
Evapotranspiration?
Phytotoxicity?
1) Degradation capacity is present
in the natural abundant population
Degradation genes
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Conclusions
Can the tree reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the tree?
Degradation
Evapotranspiration?
Phytotoxicity?
2) Degradation capacity is NOT present
in the natural abundant population
INOCULATION
Degradation genes
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Conclusions
Can the tree reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the tree?
Degradation
Evapotranspiration?
Phytotoxicity?
Degradation genes
2) Degradation capacity is NOT present
in the natural abundant population
INOCULATION
Enrichment of the inoculated strain
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Conclusions
Transfer of the degradation genes
Degradation genes
2) Degradation capacity is NOT present
in the natural abundant population
INOCULATION
Can the tree reach the contaminants?
Can the contaminants reach the tree?
Degradation
Evapotranspiration?
Phytotoxicity?
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Phytodegradation/detoxification
Plants and microbiota transform, degrade, detoxify organic pollutants:
- In planta (highly water-soluble compounds)
- Rhizosphere (rhizoremediation)
Organic pollutants
Human intervention
“Pump and treat”using solar energy
General conclusions: phytoremediation of organic pollutants
1. Selecting the phytoremediator plant type
2. Exploiting the plant microbiome
3. Improving contaminant bio-availability
Phytoremediation: very promising, cheap and sustainable clean-up method
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