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[交流] 【转帖】中美共同研究发现可清除墨西哥湾油污细菌已有7人参与

Strain of bacteria discovered; could aid in oil spill, other environmental cleanup
6-12-10

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have discovered a new strain of bacteria that can produce non-toxic, comparatively inexpensive “rhamnolipids,” and effectively help degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs – environmental pollutants that are one of the most harmful aspects of oil spills.

Because of its unique characteristics, this new bacterial strain could be of considerable value in the long-term cleanup of the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, scientists say.

More research to further reduce costs and scale up production would be needed before its commercial use, they added.

The findings on this new bacterial strain that degrades the PAHs in oil and other hydrocarbons were just published in a professional journal, Biotechnology Advances, by researchers from Oregon State University and two collaborating universities in China. OSU is filing for a patent on the discovery.

“PAHs are a widespread group of toxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic compounds, but also one of the biggest concerns about oil spills,” said Xihou Yin, a research assistant professor in the OSU College of Pharmacy.

“Some of the most toxic aspects of oil to fish, wildlife and humans are from PAHs,” Yin said. “They can cause cancer, suppress immune system function, cause reproductive problems, nervous system effects and other health issues. This particular strain of bacteria appears to break up and degrade PAHs better than other approaches we have available.”

The discovery is strain “NY3” of a common bacteria that has been known of for decades, called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It was isolated from a site in Shaanxi Province in China, where soils had been contaminated by oil.

P. aeruginosa is widespread in the environment and can cause serious infections, but usually in people with health problems or compromised immune systems. However, some strains also have useful properties, including the ability to produce a group of “biosurfactants” called rhamnolipids.

A “surfactant,” technically, is a type of wetting agent that lowers surface tension between liquids – but we recognize surfactants more commonly in such products as dishwashing detergent or shampoo. Biosurfactants are produced by living cells such as bacteria, fungi and yeast, and are generally non-toxic, environmentally benign and biodegradable. By comparison, chemical surfactants, which are usually derived from petroleum, are commonly toxic to health and ecosystems, and resist complete degradation.

Biosurfactants of various types are already used in a wide range of applications, from food processing to productions of paints, cosmetics, household products and pharmaceuticals. But they also have uses in decontamination of water and soils, with abilities to degrade such toxic compounds as heavy metals, carcinogenic pesticides and hydrocarbons.

Although the type of biosurfactant called “rhamnolipids” have been used for many years, the newly discovered strain, NY3, stands out for some important reasons. Researchers said in the new study that it has an “extraordinary capacity” to produce rhamnolipids that could help break down oil, and then degrade some of its most serious toxic compounds, the PAHs.

Rhamnolipids are not toxic to microbial flora, human beings and animals, and they are completely biodegradable. These are compelling advantages over their synthetic chemical counterparts made from petroleum. Even at a very low concentration, rhamnolipids could remarkably increase the mobility, solubility and bioavailability of PAHs, and strain NY3 of P. aeruginosa has a strong capability of then degrading and decontaminating the PAHs.

“The real bottleneck to replacing synthetic chemicals with biosurfactants like rhamnolipid is the high cost of production,” Yin said. “Most of the strains of P. aeruginosa now being used have a low yield of rhamnolipid. But strain NY3 has been optimized to produce a very high yield of 12 grams per liter, from initial production levels of 20 milligrams per liter.”

By using low-cost sources of carbon or genetic engineering techniques, it may be possible to reduce costs even further and scale up production at very cost-effective levels, researchers said.

The rhamnolipids produced by NY3 strain appear to be stable in a wide range of temperature, pH and salinity conditions, and strain NY3 aggressively and efficiently degrades at least five PAH compounds of concern, the study showed. It’s easy to grow and cultivate in many routine laboratory media, and might be available for commercial use in a fairly short time. Further support to develop the technology is going to be sought from the National Science Foundation.

“Compared to their chemically synthesized counterparts, microbial surfactants show great potential for useful activity with less environmental risk,” the researchers wrote in their report. “The search for safe and efficient methods to remove environmental pollutants is a major impetus in the search for novel biosurfactant-producing and PAH-degrading microorganisms.”

Collaborating on this research were scientists from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology and Nanjing Agricultural University in China.

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请注意，在英文原文里，是西安建筑科技大学，不是农业科技大学

在中文新闻里，都是西安农业科技大学，不知是原文有误，还是译文有误。

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综合外国媒体报道，美国俄勒冈州立大学6月11日发表声明称，来自该大学和中国西安农业科技大学和南京农业大学的科学家经过共同研究，发现了一种可以帮助清除墨西哥湾油污的细菌。

美国俄勒冈州立大学在声明中指出，这种被命名为“NY3”的细菌具有产生鼠李糖脂的“非凡能力”。鼠李糖脂是一种阴离子表面活性剂，它对微生物、动物和人类均不会构成危害，但可以降解类似墨西哥湾漏油事故中释放出来的多环芳香族碳氢化合物(PAHs)，该种化合物是芳香族碳氢化合物中的一种特例，它可以致癌或诱发基因突变。

声明还说，由NY3产生的鼠李糖脂在不同的温度、酸碱度以及盐度的环境中相对稳定，可以有效降解原油中至少5种多环芳香族碳氢化合物。

一名参与研究的科学家说：“在泄漏的原油中，对鱼类、野生动物和人类毒害最为严重的一些物质来自多环芳香族碳氢化合物，它们可以诱发癌症、破坏免疫系统、引发繁殖系统病变以及损害神经系统。”

美国俄勒冈州立大学还表示，对清除环境污染物质安全和有效方法的研究对发现这种生物表面活性剂和PAHs降解微生物起到了重要的促进作用。

目前，美国俄勒冈州立大学正为上述美中合作研究成果申请专利。

（来源：中国日报网柳洪杰编辑：刘纯萍）

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