title: Testing the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides as heavy metal removal tool.
abstract: We present some preliminary results relevant to the ability of the purple non-sulphur bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain R26.1 to sequester heavy metals from contaminated growth media. The microorganism was chosen because of its significant tolerance to relatively high concentrations of the investigated ions Ni2+, Co2+, CrO4(2-), and MoO4(2-). In this paper the optimized conditions for the bacterial growth and the sample preparation used to infer the ability of the microorganism to cope with metal pollutants are presented. Elemental analysis has been performed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry previous mineralization of samples by a microwave system.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buccolieri
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Italiano
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell'Atti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buccolieri
authors.forename: Livia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giotta
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agostiano
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Milano
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trotta
mesh_terms: D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012015:Reference Standards; D012242:Rhodobacter sphaeroides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy