Microbial degradation of quinoline: kinetics study with Burkholderia picekttii / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the kinetics of quinoline biodegradation by Burkholderia pickttii, a gram negative rod-shaped aerobe, isolated in our laboratory.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>HPLC (Hewlett-Packard model 5050 with an UV detector) was used for the analysis of quinoline concentration. GC/MS method was used to identify the intermediate metabolites of quinoline degradation.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The biodegradation of quinoline was inhibited by quinoline at a high concentration, and the degradation process could be described by the Haldane model. The kinetic parameters based on Haldane substrate inhibition were evaluated. The values were vmax = 0.44 h(-1), K(S) = 166.7 mg/L, Ki = 650 mg/L, respectively. The quinoline concentration to avoid substrate inhibition was inferred theoretically and determined to be 329 mg/L.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The biodegradation of quinoline conforms to the Haldane inhibition model and the main intermediate metabolite of quinoline biodegradation is 2-hydroxy-quinoline.</p>