title: Potential for chromium (VI) bioremediation by the aquatic carnivorous plant Utricularia gibba L. (Lentibulariaceae).
abstract: The aquatic carnivorous plant Utricularia gibba has one of the smallest known genomes among flowering plants, and therefore, it is an excellent model organism for physiological and developmental studies. The main aim of our work was to check whether the ubiquitous U. gibba might be useful for the phytoremediation of the highly toxic and mobile hexavalent chromium in waters. Plants were incubated for 1 week in a 50 μM (2.6 mg dm(-3)) Cr(VI) solution in laboratory conditions. Our results revealed that the plant exhibits a very high accumulation capacity for Cr. The accumulation level was higher than 780 mg kg(-1) and a bioconcentration factor >300. On the other hand, the plants showed a low tolerance to the elevated Cr concentration, which was expressed in a significant decrease of the photosystem II activity. However, the most pronounced negative influence of chromate was found on the morphology and activity of the traps. Due to its high accumulation capacity, we suggest that U. gibba may be efficient in the removal of chromate over a short time scale. It can also provide a new molecular resource for studying the mechanisms of Cr(VI) detoxification.
authors: Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425, Kraków, Poland.
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Augustynowicz
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Łukowicz
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Tokarz
authors: Bartosz Jan
authors: BJ
authors: Płachno
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002840:Chromates; D002857:Chromium / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000068378:Lamiales / Q000502:physiology*; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D010944:Plants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002840:Chromates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002857:Chromium; C074702:chromium hexavalent ion
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