Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 57, Issue 6, Pages 1319-1328Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0675-5
Keywords
Bacterial diversity; 16S rRNA gene; Chromate-reducing bacteria; Chromate reduction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31370053, 31500091]
- Co-Innovation Center for Clean & efficient Utilization of Strategic Metal Mineral Resources
- Innovation Driven Plan of Central South University [2016CX016]
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Three soil samples obtained from different sites adjacent to a chromium slag heap in a steel alloy factory were taken to examine the effect of chromium contamination on soil bacterial diversity as determined by construction of 16S rDNA clone libraries and sequencing of selected clones based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Results revealed that Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Alphaproteobacteria occurred in all three soil samples, although the three samples differed in their total diversity. Sample 1 had the highest microbial diversity covering 12 different classes, while Sample 3 had the lowest microbial diversity. Strains of six different species were successfully isolated, one of which was identified as Zobellella denitrificans. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a strain belonging to the genus Zobellella able to resist and reduce chromium. Among all isolates studied, Bacillus odysseyi YH2 exhibited the highest Cr(VI)-reducing capability, with a total removal of 23.5 % of an initial Cr(VI) concentration of 350 mg L-1.
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