Uptake of radioiodide by Paenibacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Burkholderia sp. and Rhodococcus sp. isolated from a boreal nutrient-poor bog.
Radionuclides, like radioiodine ((129)I), may escape deep geological nuclear waste repositories and migrate to the surface ecosystems. In surface ecosystems, microorganisms can affect their movement. Iodide uptake of six bacterial strains belonging to the genera Paenibacillus, Pseudomonas, Burkholderia and Rhodococcus isolated from an acidic boreal nutrient-poor bog was tested. The tests were run in four different growth media at three temperatures. All bacterial strains removed iodide from the solution with the highest efficiency shown by one of the Paenibacillus strains with >99% of iodide removed from the solution in one of the used growth media. Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus and one of the two Paenibacillus strains showed highest iodide uptake in 1% yeast extract with maximum values for the distribution coefficient (Kd) ranging from 90 to 270L/kg DW. The Burkholderia strain showed highest uptake in 1% Tryptone (maximum Kd 170L/kg DW). The Paenibacillus strain V0-1-LW showed exceptionally high uptake in 0.5% peptone +0.25% yeast extract broth (maximum Kd>1,000,000L/kg DW). Addition of 0.1% glucose to the 0.5% peptone +0.25% yeast extract broth reduced iodide uptake at 4°C and 20°C and enhanced iodide uptake at 37°C compared to the uptake without glucose. This indicates that the uptake of glucose and iodide may be competing processes in these bacteria. We estimated that in in situ conditions of the bog, the bacterial uptake of iodide accounts for approximately 0.1%-0.3% of the total sorption of iodide in the surface, subsurface peat, gyttja and clay layers.
Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: merja.lusa@helsinki.fi.
Merja
M
Lusa
Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Jukka
J
Lehto
Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Hanna
H
Aromaa
Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Jenna
J
Knuutinen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 02044 Espoo, Finland.
Malin
M
Bomberg
D019117:Burkholderia / Q000378:metabolism; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism*; D056507:Paenibacillus / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000378:metabolism; D012987:Soil; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D053833:Wetlands
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D012987:Soil
Burkholderia; Paenibacillus; Pseudomonas; Radioiodide; Rhodococcus; Uptake