1,2,3-trichloropropane

Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour

Administrative data

Endpoint:

additional information on environmental fate and behaviour

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

supporting study

Reliability:

4 (not assignable)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: The study is only available as an abstract and the reliability cannot be evaluated.

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

publication

Title:

Isolation of novel bacteria within the Chloroflexi capable of reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3-trichloropropane

Author:

Yan J, Rash BA, Rainey FA, Moe WM

Year:

2009

Bibliographic source:

Environ Microbiol. 11(4): 833-843

Materials and methods

Principles of method if other than guideline:

Isolation of bacteria from contaminated groundwater and subsequent study of dehalogenation of 1,2,3-trichloropropane and degradation pathways and products formed.

GLP compliance:

not specified

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

1,2,3-trichloropropane

EC Number:

202-486-1

EC Name:

1,2,3-trichloropropane

Cas Number:

96-18-4

Molecular formula:

C3H5Cl3

IUPAC Name:

1,2,3-trichloropropane

Results and discussion

Any other information on results incl. tables

Isolated strains were found to reductively dehalogenate 1,2,3-trichloropropane. Allyl chloride (3-chloro-1-propene), which is chemically unstable, was produced from 1,2,3-trichloropropane, and it was hydrolysed abiotically to allyl alcohol and also reacted with the sulfide- and cysteine-reducing agents in the medium to form various allyl sulfides. A quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) approach targeting 16S rRNA genes indicated that both strains couple reductive dechlorination to cell growth. Growth was not observed in the absence of hydrogen (H2) as an electron donor and a polychlorinated alkane as an electron acceptor.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

The study showed that some naturally occurring, strictly anaerobic bacteria are able to biodegradate 1,2,3-trichloropropane by reductive dehalogenation into further degradable compounds.

Executive summary:

Two strictly anaerobic bacterial strains were isolated from contaminated groundwater at a Superfund site located near Baton Rouge, LA, USA. These strains represent the first isolates reported to reductively dehalogenate 1,2,3-trichloropropane. Allyl chloride (3-chloro-1-propene), which is chemically unstable, was produced from 1,2,3-trichloropropane, and it was hydrolysed abiotically to allyl alcohol and also reacted with the sulfide- and cysteine-reducing agents in the medium to form various allyl sulfides. A quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) approach targeting 16S rRNA genes indicated that both strains couple reductive dechlorination to cell growth. Growth was not observed in the absence of hydrogen (H2) as an electron donor and a polychlorinated alkane as an electron acceptor. Alkanes containing only a single chlorine substituent (1-chloropropane, 2-chloropropane), chlorinated alkenes (tetrachlorothene, trichlorothene, cisdichloroethene, trans-dichloroethene, vinyl chloride) and chlorinated benzenes (1-chlorobenzene and 1,2- dichlorobenzene) were not dechlorinated. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data showed these isolates to represent a new lineage within the Chloroflexi. Their closest previously cultured relatives are 'Dehalococcoides' strains, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of only 90%.