title: Arsenic-tolerant plant-growth-promoting bacteria isolated from arsenic-polluted soils in South Korea.
abstract: The Janghang smelter in Chungnam, South Korea started in 1936 was subsequently shutdown in 1989 due to heavy metal (loid) pollution concerns in the vicinity. Thus, there is a need for the soil in the area to be remediated to make it usable again especially for agricultural purposes. The present study was conducted to exploit the potential of arsenic (As)-tolerant bacteria thriving in the vicinity of the smelter-polluted soils to enhance phytoremediation of hazardous As. We studied the genetic and taxonomic diversity of 21 As-tolerant bacteria isolated from soils nearer to and away from the smelter. These isolates belonging to the genera Brevibacterium, Pseudomonas, Microbacterium, Rhodococcus, Rahnella, and Paenibacillus, could tolerate high concentrations of arsenite (As(III)) and arsenate (As(V)) with the minimum inhibitory concentration ranging from 3 to >20 mM for NaAsO2 and 140 to 310 mM NaH2AsO4 · 7H2O, respectively. All isolates exhibited As(V) reduction except Pseudomonas koreensis JS123, which exhibited both oxidation and reduction of As. Moreover, all the 21 isolates produced indole acetic acid (IAA), 13 isolates exhibited 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase activity, 12 produced siderophore, 17 solubilized phosphate, and 13 were putative nitrogen fixers under in vitro conditions. Particularly, Rhodococcus aetherivorans JS2210, P. koreensis JS2214, and Pseudomonas sp. JS238 consistently increased root length of maize in the presence of 100 and 200 μM As(V). Possible utilization of these As-tolerant plant-growth-promoting bacteria can be a potential strategy in increasing the efficiency of phytoremediation in As-polluted soils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, 361-763, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Charlotte C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Shagol
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishnamoorthy
authors.forename: Kiyoon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Subbiah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: Tongmin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sa
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D063245:Plant Development; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D001151:Arsenic
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