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ArticleBMC microbiology2020

Molecular and taxonomic characterization of arsenic (As) transforming Bacillus sp. strain IIIJ3-1 isolated from As-contaminated groundwater of Brahmaputra river basin, India.

Soma Ghosh, Balaram Mohapatra, Tulasi Satyanarayana, Pinaki Sar

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Soma GhoshEnvironmental Microbiology and Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India.
Balaram MohapatraEnvironmental Microbiology and Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India.
Tulasi SatyanarayanaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC), New Delhi, 110021, India.
Pinaki SarEnvironmental Microbiology and Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India. sarpinaki@yahoo.com.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · INUniversity of Delhi · IN

Funding

Department of Biotechnology , Ministry of Science and Technology BT/19/NE/TBP/2010Department of Science and Technology, India IF120832Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur IIT/ACAD/PGSandR/F.112//11/BT/92P03
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Abstract

backgroundMicrobe-mediated redox transformation of arsenic (As) leading to its mobilization has become a serious environmental concern in various subsurface ecosystems especially within the alluvial aquifers. However, detailed taxonomic and eco-physiological attributes of indigenous bacteria from As impacted aquifer of Brahmaputra river basin has remained under-studied.

resultsA newly isolated As-resistant and -transforming facultative anaerobic bacterium IIIJ3-1 from As-contaminated groundwater of Jorhat, Assam was characterized. Near complete 16S rRNA gene sequence affiliated the strain IIIJ3-1 to the genus Bacillus and phylogenetically placed within members of B. cereus sensu lato group with B. cereus ATCC 14579(T) as its closest relative with a low DNA-DNA relatedness (49.9%). Presence of iC17:0, iC15:0 fatty acids and menaquinone 7 corroborated its affiliation with B. cereus group, but differential hydroxy-fatty acids, C18:2 and menaquinones 5 & 6 marked its distinctiveness. High As resistance [Maximum Tolerable Concentration = 10 mM As

conclusionThis is the first report on molecular, taxonomic, and ecophysiological characterization of a highly As resistant, As

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ArsenicBacillusBase CompositionBiodegradation, EnvironmentalDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalFatty AcidsGroundwaterIndiaPhylogenyRiversRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNAVitamin K 2Water Pollutants, ChemicalArsenicDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalFatty Acidsmenaquinone 7RNA, Ribosomal, 16SVitamin K 2Water Pollutants, ChemicalArsenicBacillus cereus groupBrahmaputra river basinEcophysiology, Dissimilatory reductionGroundwaterTaxonomy

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