title: Estimation of uptake of humic substances from different sources by Escherichia coli cells under optimum and salt stress conditions by use of tritium-labeled humic materials.
abstract: The primary goal of this paper is to demonstrate potential strengths of the use of tritium-labeled humic substances (HS) to quantify their interaction with living cells under various conditions. A novel approach was taken to study the interaction between a model microorganism and the labeled humic material. The bacterium Escherichia coli was used as a model microorganism. Salt stress was used to study interactions of HS with living cells under nonoptimum conditions. Six tritium-labeled samples of HS originating from coal, peat, and soil were examined. To quantify their interaction with E. coli cells, bioconcentration factors (BCF) were calculated and the amount of HS that penetrated into the cell interior was determined, and the liquid scintillation counting technique was used as well. The BCF values under optimum conditions varied from 0.9 to 13.1 liters kg(-1) of cell biomass, whereas under salt stress conditions the range of corresponding values increased substantially and accounted for 0.2 to 130 liters kg(-1). The measured amounts of HS that penetrated into the cells were 23 to 167 mg and 25 to 465 mg HS per kg of cell biomass under optimum and salt stress conditions, respectively. This finding indicated increased penetration of HS into E. coli cells under salt stress.
authors.affiliation: Division of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia. knat@darvodgeo.ru
authors.forename: Natalia A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kulikova
authors.forename: Irina V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Perminova
authors.forename: Gennady A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Badun
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Chernysheva
authors.forename: Olga V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Koroleva
authors.forename: Eugenia A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Tsvetkova
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006812:Humic Substances / Q000032:analysis*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D006812:Humic Substances; D014316:Tritium; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D002244:Carbon; D006859:Hydrogen; D009584:Nitrogen