Journal
GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 35, Issue 8, Pages 713-720Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2018.1454556
Keywords
Antimony; antimony-contaminated soil; bioremediation; Sb(III)-oxidizing bacteria
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of P. R. China [31100173, 31000106, 31200382, 31470230, 51274268, 50904080]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2015M582348]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University [2017zzts818]
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Antimony (Sb)-oxidizing bacteria play an important role in environmental Sb bioremediation because of their ability to convert the more toxic Sb(III) to the less toxic Sb(V). So far, the information about the Sb(III)-oxidizing bacteria species is still limited. In this study, three highly Sb(III)-resistant bacterial strains were isolated from contaminated mine soils after aerobic enrichment culturing with Sb(III) (1 mM). The morphological, biochemical, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis suggested that the three novel bacterial isolates fell within Cupriavidus, Moraxella, and Bacillus, respectively. Among the strains, Moraxella sp. S2 isolated from soils with the highest Sb content exhibited the highest minimum inhibitory concentration for Sb(III) but the lowest Sb(III) oxidation efficiency, which could not completely oxidize 50 M Sb(III) in 15days. Cupriavidus sp. S1 was able to oxidize 50 M Sb(III) completely in 12days, but could not oxidize 100 M Sb(III) even with extended time of incubation, while Bacillus sp. S3 with the lowest resistance to Sb(III) could aerobically oxidize 100 mu M Sb(III) within 2days, showing high Sb(III) oxidation efficiency. Our research demonstrated that indigenous microorganisms associated with Sb mine soils were capable of Sb oxidation, and the novel bacteria isolated could represent good candidates for Sb remediation in heavily polluted sites.
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