title: Rhizosphere colonization and arsenic translocation in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) by arsenate reducing Alcaligenes sp. strain Dhal-L.
abstract: In the present study, six arsenic-resistant strains previously isolated were tested for their plant growth promoting characteristics and heavy metal resistance, in order to choose one model strain as an inoculum for sunflower plants in pot experiments. The aim was to investigate the effect of arsenic-resistant strain on sunflower growth and on arsenic uptake from arsenic contaminated soil. Based on plant growth promoting characteristics and heavy metal resistance, Alcaligenes sp. strain Dhal-L was chosen as an inoculum. Beside the ability to reduce arsenate to arsenite via an Ars operon, the strain exhibited 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase activity and it was also able to produce siderophore and indole acetic acid. Pot experiments were conducted with an agricultural soil contaminated with arsenic (214 mg kg⁻¹). A real time PCR method was set up based on the quantification of ACR3(2) type of arsenite efflux pump carried by Alcaligenes sp. strain Dhal-L, in order to monitor presence and colonisation of the strain in the bulk and rhizospheric soil. As a result of strain inoculation, arsenic uptake by plants was increased by 53 %, whereas ACR3(2) gene copy number in rhizospheric soil was 100 times higher in inoculated than in control pots, indicating the colonisation of strain. The results indicated that the presence of arsenate reducing strains in the rhizosphere of sunflower influences arsenic mobilization and promotes arsenic uptake by plant.
authors: Dipartimento Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy, lucia.cavalca@unimi.it.
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Cavalca
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Corsini
authors: Sachin Prabhakar
authors: SP
authors: Bachate
authors: Vincenza
authors: V
authors: Andreoni
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001149:Arsenates / Q000378:metabolism*; D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism*; D018053:Arsenites / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006368:Helianthus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D058441:Rhizosphere; D017262:Siderophores / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001149:Arsenates; D018053:Arsenites; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D017262:Siderophores; C030737:indoleacetic acid; D001151:Arsenic
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