Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are notorious persistent organic pollutants. However, few organohalide-respiring bacteria that harbor reductive dehalogenases (RDases) capable of dehalogenating these pollutants have been identified. Here, we report reductive dehalogenation of penta-BDEs and PCBs byDehalococcoides mccartyi strain MB. The PCE-pregrown cultures of strain MB debrominated 86.6 ± 7.4% penta-BDEs to di- to tetra-BDEs within 5 days. Similarly, extensive dechlorination of Aroclor1260 and Aroclor1254 was observed in the PCE-pregrown cultures of strain MB, with the average chlorine per PCB decreasing from 6.40 ± 0.02 and 5.40 ± 0.03 to 5.98 ± 0.11 and 5.19 ± 0.07 within 14 days, respectively; para-substituents were preferentially dechlorinated from PCBs. Moreover, strain MB showed distinct enantioselective dechlorination of different chiral PCB congeners. Dehalogenation activity and cell growth were maintained during the successive transfer of cultures when amended with penta-BDEs as the sole electron acceptors but not when amended with only PCBs, suggesting metabolic and co-metabolic dehalogenation of these compounds, respectively. Transcriptional analysis, proteomic profiling, and in vitro activity assays indicated that MbrA was involved in dehalogenating PCE, PCBs, and PBDEs. Interestingly, resequencing of mbrA in strain MB identified three nonsynonymous mutations within the nucleotide sequence, although the consequences of which remain unknown. The substrate versatility of MbrA enabled strain MB to dechlorinate PCBs in the presence of either penta-BDEs or PCE, suggesting that co-metabolic dehalogenation initiated by multifunctional RDases may contribute to PCB attenuation at sites contaminated with multiple organohalide pollutants.

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