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学 位 論 文 の題 目 張 博
弦士
学 術
博 甲第
4236
号 平成22
年9
月30
日自然科学研 究科 バイオサイエ ンス専攻 (学位規則第
5
条第1
項該 当)Specific detection and assessmentofthephysiologlCalactivlty Ofan anaerobicbenzene degrader
, Az oar c u
ssp.StrainDNl1incontaminatedundergroundwater(汚染地下水 にお ける嫌気的ベ ンゼ ン分解菌Az
oar c u
ssp.DNll株の特異的検 出 と生理 活性評価)論 文 審 査 委 員 教授 鈴木 信 弘 准教授 園 田 昌司 教授 金原 和秀 (静岡大学)
学位論文内容の要 旨
Thephysiologicalactivityandcellnumberarethemostimportantdeterminantsthataffecttheefnciencyofbioremediationof benzeneincontaminatedundergroundwaterwithananaerobicbenzenedegrader
,Az o wc u
ssp.StrainDNl1.Inthisstudy,various methodsareappliedtoassessthephysiologicalactivityofthestrainunderanaerobiccondition.MPNIPCRmethodwasappliedtoquan
t
ify cellconcentrationsofstrain DNlIinenvironmental samples,whichartificially inoculatedwithstrainDNlI.As aresult,thedetectionofPCRproductsdidnotcorrelatetothedilutionseriesofundergroundwater samples.Thetechniquewassofarsuccessfullyappliedtomanycases,butfurtherconsiderationonexperimentalConditionshouldbe necessarytoapplythetechniquetothesamples.
A
n enumerationprotocolof
Az oay eu
ssp.strainDNllwith瓜uorescentprobeswasdeveloped.Theeffectofbenzene concentrationontheviability ofstrainDNl1wasevaluatedwiththeprotocol.SeveralGFP‑labeledstrainDNl1wereconstructedto monitoritsactivity underanaerobiccondition.Theresultshowedthatalthough theaerobicgrowthofstrainDNl1onbenzenewas rapid,itsanaerobicgrowthwouldbehighlystressfu)conditionsasrevealedbythisexperiment.Thepossiblecausesforthisdecrease inphysiologiCalactivitywereunknown,buttechmiquesforevaluatingphysiologicalactivitywerethusestablished.A methodtoanalyzephysiologlCalstatus ofamodeltargetbacterium wasestablished.A uniquemethodthatenables identincationandmonitorlngOfphysiologicalstatusofindjvidual targetbacterialcellswasestablished.Thekeystrategyofthis methodistheusageofglue,whichcanimmobilizethecellsonmembranefilterswithoutaffectingtheirviability andmicroscopic observation.TogetherwithimprovedFISH procedure,mostofcellswerelabeledwithhigh elRciency.Themethodenablesboth identiGcationoftargetbacteriainamixtureofvariousbacteriaandanalysisofitsphysiologicalactivlty.
ThemethodwasappliedtoanalyzestrainDNllgrowninanaerobiccontaminatedundergroundwater.Atthesametime, degradationofbenzenewastraced・Theresultssuggestedthatbenzenedegradationoccurredbuttheenergygeneratedbythe degradationwasusedforsurvivalbutnotfortheirgrowth.TheresllltsalsosuggestedthatinordertogainCellmassande氏cient benzenedegradationinanaerobiccondition,SomemoremodiRcationsoncultWeconditionsincludingitscompositionshouldbe f
urtherinvestigated.
Byapplbngthemethoddescribedinthisstudy,thephysiologlCalactivltyOfatargetbacterium inamixedpopulationcan be evaluated,toknowwhethertheinoculated(orintroduced)bacterium aree氏cientlydegradingthecontaminantsinenvironments.The combinedtechniquecanbeusedinmonitoringbacterialcellviabilityforbioremediation・Wh entheirphysiologicalactivityislowas foundinthisstudy,thebioremediationconditionscanbechangedtofacilitatedegradation.Theinform ationisveryusefulforbetter understandingforactualbioremediationprocessandwillbeappliedforpracticalmanagementofbioremediation.