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Diversity of arsenite oxidase gene and arsenotrophic bacteria in arsenic affected Bangladesh soils

Overview of attention for article published in AMB Express, March 2016
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Title
Diversity of arsenite oxidase gene and arsenotrophic bacteria in arsenic affected Bangladesh soils
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AMB Express, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13568-016-0193-0
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Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Taslin Jahan Mou, Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Sirajul Hoque, M. Anwar Hossain, Munawar Sultana

Abstract

Arsenic (As) contaminated soils are enriched with arsenotrophic bacteria. The present study analyzes the microbiome and arsenotrophic genes-from As affected soil samples of Bhanga, Charvadrason and Sadarpur of Faridpur district in Bangladesh in summer (SFDSL1, 2, 3) and in winter (WFDSL1, 2, 3). Total As content of the soils was within the range of 3.24-17.8 mg/kg as per atomic absorption spectroscopy. The aioA gene, conferring arsenite [As (III)] oxidation, was retrieved from the soil sample, WFDSL-2, reported with As concentration of 4.9 mg/kg. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the aioA genes of soil WFDSL-2 were distributed among four major phylogenetic lineages comprised of α, β, γ Proteobacteria and Archaea with a dominance of β Proteobacteria (56.67 %). An attempt to enrich As (III) metabolizing bacteria resulted 53 isolates. ARDRA (amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis) followed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of the 53 soil isolates revealed that they belong to six genera; Pseudomonas spp., Bacillus spp., Brevibacillus spp., Delftia spp., Wohlfahrtiimonas spp. and Dietzia spp. From five different genera, isolates Delftia sp. A2i, Pseudomonas sp. A3i, W. chitiniclastica H3f, Dietzia sp. H2f, Bacillus sp. H2k contained arsB gene and showed arsenite tolerance up-to 27 mM. Phenotypic As (III) oxidation potential was also confirmed with the isolates of each genus and isolate Brevibacillus sp. A1a showed significant As (III) transforming potential of 0.2425 mM per hour. The genetic information of bacterial arsenotrophy and arsenite oxidation added scientific information about the possible bioremediation potential of the soil isolates in Bangladesh.

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Colombia 1 2%
Unknown 58 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 31%
Researcher 12 20%
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 8 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 20%
Environmental Science 8 14%
Chemistry 4 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 5%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 12 20%
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#2,773,731
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#2
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