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ArticleMicrobes and environments2013

Identification of antimony- and arsenic-oxidizing bacteria associated with antimony mine tailing.

Natsuko Hamamura, Koh Fukushima, Takaaki Itai

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Article in Microbes and environments, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natsuko HamamuraCenter for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790–8577, Japan. nhama@ehime-u.ac.jp
Koh Fukushima
Takaaki Itai
Ehime University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimony (Sb) is a naturally occurring toxic element commonly associated with arsenic (As) in the environment and both elements have similar chemistry and toxicity. Increasing numbers of studies have focused on microbial As transformations, while microbial Sb interactions are still not well understood. To gain insight into microbial roles in the geochemical cycling of Sb and As, soils from Sb mine tailing were examined for the presence of Sb- and As-oxidizing bacteria. After aerobic enrichment culturing with As(III) (10 mM) or Sb(III) (100 μM), pure cultures of Pseudomonas- and Stenotrophomonas-related isolates with Sb(III) oxidation activities and a Sinorhizobium-related isolate capable of As(III) oxidation were obtained. The As(III)-oxidizing Sinorhizobium isolate possessed the aerobic arsenite oxidase gene (aioA), the expression of which was induced in the presence of As(III) or Sb(III). However, no Sb(III) oxidation activity was detected from the Sinorhizobium-related isolate, suggesting the involvement of different mechanisms for Sb and As oxidation. These results demonstrate that indigenous microorganisms associated with Sb mine soils are capable of Sb and As oxidation, and potentially contribute to the speciation and mobility of Sb and As in situ.

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Soil MicrobiologyAerobiosisAntimonyArsenicCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalMolecular Sequence DataOxidation-ReductionPhylogenyPseudomonasRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNASinorhizobiumStenotrophomonasAntimonyArsenicDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID23666539
PMCPMC4070671
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