TCP Non-Dehalogenimonas Groundwater Consortium

A long-term domesticated non-Dehalogenimonas synergistic consortium optimized for bioremediation of 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) in groundwater. The PubMed abstract reports complete TCP removal within 3.5 days after co-metabolic substrate stimulation, links the transformation to a Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, and Parabacteroides alliance, and describes a coupled metabolic module involving hydrogen production, cofactor synthesis, and reductive dechlorination.

Taxonomy

Taxon Ontology ID Functional Roles Abundance
Fusibacter NCBITaxon:76008 · TaxonMech · TraitMech N/A
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "transformation process was driven by a synergistic alliance comprising Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, and Parabacteroides"
Desulfovibrio NCBITaxon:872 · TaxonMech · TraitMech N/A
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "transformation process was driven by a synergistic alliance comprising Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, and Parabacteroides"
Nitratidesulfovibrio NCBITaxon:2802295 · TaxonMech · TraitMech N/A
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "transformation process was driven by a synergistic alliance comprising Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, and Parabacteroides"
Parabacteroides NCBITaxon:375288 · TaxonMech · TraitMech N/A
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "transformation process was driven by a synergistic alliance comprising Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, and Parabacteroides"

Ecological Interactions

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Ecological interaction network for TCP Non-Dehalogenimonas Groundwater Consortium Bipartite graph where circles represent taxa and non-circular symbols represent interactions. Rare or untyped interactions share the Other symbol; exact curated types remain in the interaction details.
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Inferred Hydrogen Cofactor Reductive-Dechlorination Module

HYPOTHESIZED functional coupling: community and metagenomic analyses associate the four named genera with hydrogen production, cofactor synthesis and reductive dechlorination. This is a consortium-level reconstruction, not measured intergenus hydrogen/cofactor transfer or a demonstrated genus-specific dechlorination pathway.

Participating Taxa: Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, Parabacteroides

Metabolites: hydrogen (CHEBI:18276 · MediaIngredientMech · CMMMech), 1,2,3-trichloropropane (CHEBI:34036 · MediaIngredientMech · CMMMech)

Biological Processes:

Evidence

  • PMID:41736479 - PARTIAL (COMPUTATIONAL)
    "realized through a coupled metabolic module of "hydrogen production, cofactor synthesis, and reductive dechlorination""

Co-Metabolic Substrate Enhanced TCP Removal

Sodium acetate and lactate amendments enhanced TCP degradation in the domesticated consortium. The abstract reports an overall average degradation rate of 19.06 umol L-1 d-1 and complete removal within 3.5 days; those values are not separately assigned to each amendment or to an individual genus.

Participating Taxa: Fusibacter, Desulfovibrio, Nitratidesulfovibrio, Parabacteroides

Metabolites: 1,2,3-trichloropropane (CHEBI:34036 · MediaIngredientMech · CMMMech), sodium acetate (CHEBI:32954 · MediaIngredientMech · CMMMech), lactate (CHEBI:24996 · MediaIngredientMech · CMMMech)

Evidence

  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "sodium acetate and lactate significantly enhanced the degradation efficiency"
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "average degradation rate of the domesticated consortium increased to 19.06"

Knowledge gaps & discussions (2)

KNOWLEDGE_GAP OPEN Resolve species or strain IDs, initial inoculum source, the directed domestication passaging regimen, quantitative member abundances, co-metabolic substrate concentrations, and genus-specific assignment of hydrogen-production, cofactor-synthesis, and reductive-dechlorination roles.

The accessible PubMed abstract names the four-genera consortium and overall hydrogen/cofactor/reductive-dechlorination module, but it does not expose species or strain IDs, original inoculum details, full medium composition, substrate concentrations, transfer cadence, or the role of each named genus within the module.

Attaches to: taxonomy, engineering_design, growth_media, ecological_interactions#Inferred Hydrogen Cofactor Reductive-Dechlorination Module

KNOWLEDGE_GAP OPEN Which inferred functions actually mediate the observed amendment response?

Positive substrate-amendment effects remain distinct from metagenome-inferred coupling. The retrieved abstract does not resolve intergenus transfer, necessary cofactors or functional perturbations; the publisher full text was not retrieved. Keep the two existing nodes without inventing a module-to-removal arrow. Prior removal of syntrophy assertions and dangling phenotype arrows is preserved.

Attaches to: ecological_interactions#Inferred Hydrogen Cofactor Reductive-Dechlorination Module, ecological_interactions#Co-Metabolic Substrate Enhanced TCP Removal

1 evidence item(s)
COMPUTATIONAL PARTIAL PMID:41736479

realized through a coupled metabolic module of "hydrogen production, cofactor synthesis, and reductive dechlorination"

The abstract attributes this coupled module to community and metagenomic analyses; it does not independently demonstrate transfer or assign each function to a named genus.

External Resources

Name Repository Resource ID
DOI for the TCP non-Dehalogenimonas groundwater consortium article
Version-of-record DOI for the Water Environment Research article on co-metabolic-substrate enhancement of TCP bioremediation by a non-Dehalogenimonas consortium.
OTHER doi:10.1002/wer.70318

Environmental Factors

Factor Value Unit
1,2,3-trichloropropane target contaminant 1,2,3-trichloropropane N/A
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP), a highly mobile chemical byproduct, has severely exacerbated groundwater environment deterioration"
Co-metabolic substrate stimulation sodium acetate and lactate N/A
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "sodium acetate and lactate significantly enhanced the degradation efficiency"
TCP degradation rate after domestication 19.06 umol L-1 d-1
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "average degradation rate of the domesticated consortium increased to 19.06"
Complete TCP removal time 3.5 days
  • PMID:41736479 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "achieving complete removal within 3.5 days"

Growth Media

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