Journal
GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 31, Issue 10, Pages 855-861Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2014.901440
Keywords
Sinorhizobium sp.; antimonate-reducing bacteria; antimony; isolation; antimony reduction sediment
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- Chonnam National University
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To date, there is very little information available on the oxidation and reduction of antimony by bacteria. An antimonate-respiring bacterium was isolated from sediment samples collected in the vicinity of an antimony oxide-producing factory in Korea. This bacterium was isolated by application of the Hungate standard anaerobic culture technique. Temporarily named strain JUK-1, it was found to be a rod-shaped bacterium and occurred individually or in pairs. Antimonate (pentavalent antimony) was reduced to antimonite (trivalent antimony) in the presence of JUK-1 in an anoxic minimal medium containing 5mM antimonate and 10mM acetate. The organism grew optimally at an initial pH of 7.7 and a temperature of 30 degrees C. A part of the antimonite which was produced in medium precipitated as a bio-mineral containing approximately 50.0% antimony, 33.5% oxygen, 12.7% carbon, 2.0% sodium and 1.9% magnesium by weight. Based on the phylogenetics of 16S rRNA gene sequence and DNA G+C content, JUK-1 appears to be a new strain of the Sinorhizobium genus. The results suggest that bacteria may play a significant role in changing the redox state of antimony in the environment.
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