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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 9, Pages 2924-2927Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02871-07
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An arsenic-chelating metallothionein (fMT) from the arsenic-tolerant marine alga Fucus vesiculosus was expressed in Escherichia coli, resulting in 30- and 26-fold-higher As(III) and As(V) binding, respectively. Coexpression of the As (III)-specific transporter GlpF with fMT further improved arsenic accumulation and offered high selectivity toward As. Resting E. coli cells coexpressing fMT and GlpF completely removed trace amounts (35 ppb) of As(III) within 20 min, providing a promising technology for compliance with the As limit of 10 ppb newly recommended by the U.S. EPA.
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