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Arsenate reduction characteristics and diversity analysis of arsenic-reducing bacteria enriched from an arsenic contaminated soil.

ZHANG Xue-xia; JIA Yong-feng;CHEN Liang;WANG Xin;XU Li-ying;ZHANG Xu-dong   

  1. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2008-05-13 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-01-10 Published:2009-01-10

Abstract: Arsenic (As)-resistance bacteria were enriched from an As-contaminated soil and cultured in anaerobic environment, aimed to study their arsenate reduction capability and microbial diversity. Within 21 h incubation, arsenate was completely reduced to arsenite; after 72 h incubation, yellow precipitates formed; and after 150 h incubation, about 65% of soluble arsenic was removed. SEM-EDS and XRD analyses revealed that the yellow precipitates were mainly of three kinds of AsS crystalloid. The microbial diversity in the culture was investigated by 16S rDNA-dependent molecular phylogeny, and a near-full-length 16S rDNA gene clone library was constructed. 197 clones were analyzed by using RFLP, and a total of 72 OTUs were obtained, among which, six OTUs occupied 51% of the volume. One clone from each of the six OTUs was selected for sequencing, and it was indicated that the enriched As-reducing bacteria belonged to Caloramator, Clostridium, and Bacillus.

Key words: Biological invasion, Approach and damage, Prevention measures