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ArticleScientific reports2019

The ant Lasius niger is a new source of bacterial enzymes with biotechnological potential for bleaching dye.

Alexandra Díez-Méndez, Paula García-Fraile, Francisco Solano, Raúl Rivas

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandra Díez-MéndezDepartment of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain. alexandradm@usal.es.
Paula García-FraileDepartment of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
Francisco SolanoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B. Faculty of Medicine and LAIB-IMIB, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9612-761X
Raúl RivasDepartment of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
Universidad de Salamanca · ESUniversidad de Murcia · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Industrial synthetic dyes cause health and environmental problems. This work describes the isolation of 84 bacterial strains from the midgut of the Lasius niger ant and the evaluation of their potential application in dye bioremediation. Strains were identified and classified as judged by rRNA 16S. The most abundant isolates were found to belong to Actinobacteria (49%) and Firmicutes (47.2%). We analyzed the content in laccase, azoreductase and peroxidase activities and their ability to degrade three known dyes (azo, thiazine and anthraquinone) with different chemical structures. Strain Ln26 (identified as Brevibacterium permense) strongly decolorized the three dyes tested at different conditions. Strain Ln78 (Streptomyces ambofaciens) exhibited a high level of activity in the presence of Toluidine Blue (TB). It was determined that 8.5 was the optimal pH for these two strains, the optimal temperature conditions ranged between 22 and 37 °C, and acidic pHs and temperatures around 50 °C caused enzyme inactivation. Finally, the genome of the most promising candidate (Ln26, approximately 4.2 Mb in size) was sequenced. Genes coding for two DyP-type peroxidases, one laccase and one azoreductase were identified and account for the ability of this strain to effectively oxidize a variety of dyes with different chemical structures.

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ActinobacteriaAnimalsAntsBacillotaBacteriaBiodegradation, EnvironmentalBiotechnologyBrevibacteriumColoring AgentsEnvironmental PollutantsLaccaseNADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNitroreductasesPeroxidaseStreptomycesazoreductaseColoring AgentsEnvironmental PollutantsLaccaseNADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNitroreductasesPeroxidase

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PMID31645628
PMCPMC6811527
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