• Biodegradation Study of Gasoline Oxygenates by Butane-Utilizing Microorganisms
  • 부탄 분해 미생물을 이용한 휘발유 첨가제의 분해특성
  • 장순웅;
  • 경기대학교 토목환경공학부 환경공학;
Abstract
In this study, potential degradation of MTBE and other gasoline oxygenates by pure culture ENV425 and mixed culture isolated from gasoline contaminated soil using butane as the sources of carbon and energy was examined and compared. Butane monooxygenases(BMO) of butane-grown ENV425 and mixed culture generated 1-butanol as a major metabolite of butane oxidation and addition of acetylene, specific inhibitor of monooxygenase, inhibited both butane oxidation and 1-butanol production. The results described in this study suggest that alkanes including propane, pentane, and butane are effectively utilized as a growth substrate to oxidize MTBE cometabolically. And also BTEX compounds could be the potential substrate of the MTBE cometabolism. Cell density also affected on the MTBE degradation and transformation capacity(Tc). Increasing cell density caused increasing MTBE degradation but decreased transformation capacity. Other result demonstrated that MTBE and other gasoline oxygenates, ETBE and TAME, were degraded by butane-grown microorganism.

본 논문에서는 순수균주인 ENV425와 유류오염토양에서 butane을 탄소원 및 에너지원으로 이용하여 분리한 혼합균주를 대상으로 MTBE와 기타 가솔린 산화제 분해특성을 조사했다. ENV425와 혼합균주의 butane monooxygenase (BMO)에 의해 butane 분해시 1-butanol이 주요 부산물로 축적되었다. 또한 monooxygenase의 방해자로 알려진 acetylene의 첨가시에는 butane의 분해 및 1-butane떠 축적이 일어나지 않아 butane monooxygenase에 의한 분해임을 알 수 있다. 본 연구결과에서, propane, pentane, butane을 포함한 alkane류는 MTBE 공대사에 우수한 성장기질이었고, BTEX 화합물 역시 MTBE 공대사에 가능성 있는 기질임이 관찰되었다. 또한 균주농도 역시 MTBE분해에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났는데, 균주 농도 증가에 따라 MTBE 분해량은 증가하나 transformation capacity는 상대적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 그리고 대표적인 가솔린 산화제인 MTBE 외에 ETBE, TAME도 부탄분해균에 의해 효과적으로 분해가 이루어짐이 관찰되었다.

Keywords: MTBE;Gasoine Oxygenates;Cometabolism;Butane-Utilizing Microorganism;

Keywords: 가솔린 산화제;공대사;부탄분해균;

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  • 2003; 8(1): 27-34

    Published on Mar 1, 2003