Assessing Nickel Tolerance of Bacteria Isolated from Serpentine Soils

Overview

Journal Braz J Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2019 Jul 13

PMID 31297747

Citations 3

Authors

Flavio Silva Costa

Maria Wanna Figueiredo Sena Macedo

Ana Carolina Moreira Araujo

Cassimira Albuquerque Rodrigues

Eiko Eurya Kuramae

Silvia Keli de Barros Alcanfor

Marco Pessoa-Filho

Cristine Chaves Barreto

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Abstract

Serpentine soils present unique characteristics such as a low Ca/Mg ratio, low concentration of nutrients, and a high concentration of heavy metals, especially nickel. Soil bacterial isolates from an ultramafic complex located in the tropical savanna known as the Brazilian Cerrado were studied. Nickel-tolerant bacteria were obtained, and their ability to remove nickel from a culture medium was assessed. Bacterial isolates presented higher tolerance to nickel salts than previously reported for bacteria obtained from serpentine environments in other regions of the world. In addition, the quantification of nickel in cell pellets indicated that at least four isolates may adsorb soluble forms of nickel. It is expected that information gathered in this study will support future efforts to exploit serpentine soil bacteria for biotechnological processes involving nickel decontamination from environmental samples.

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