Community of thermoacidophilic and arsenic resistant microorganisms isolated from a deep profile of mine heaps

dc.creatorJ SERGIO CASAS FLORES
dc.creatorELIDA YAZMIN GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ
dc.creatorJESSICA VIRIDIANA GARCIA MEZA
dc.date2015-08
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-19T13:52:44Z
dc.date.available2018-11-19T13:52:44Z
dc.identifierhttp://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/1326
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2252384
dc.description"Soluble arsenic (As) in acidic feed solution may inhibit the copper (Cu) bioleaching process within mine heaps. To clarify the effect of soluble arsenic on the live biomass and bioxidative activity in heaps, toxicological assays were performed using a synthetic feed solution given by a mine company. The microorganisms had previously been isolated from two heap samples at up to 66 m depth, and cultured using specific media for chemolithotrophic acidophiles (pH 1-2) and moderate thermophiles (48 degrees C), for arsenic tolerance assay. The four media with the highest biomass were selected to assay As-resistance; one culture (Q63h) was chosen to assay biooxidative activity, using a heap sample that contained chalcopyrite and covellite. We found that 0.5 g/L of As does not affect living biomass or biooxidative activity on Cu sulfides, but it dissolves Cu, while As precipitates as arsenic acid (H3AsO4 center dot 1/2H(2)O). The arsenic tolerant community, as identified by 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis, was composed of three main metabolic groups: chemolithotrophs (Leptospirillum, Sulfobacillus); chemolithoheterotrophs and organoheterotrophs as Acidovorax temperans, Pseudomonas alcaligenes, P. mendocina and Sphingomonas spp. Leptospirillum spp. and S. thermosulfidooxidans were the dominant taxa in the Q63-66 cultures from the deepest sample of the oldest, highest-temperature heap. The results indicated arsenic resistance in the microbial community, therefore specific primers were used to amplify ars (arsenic resistance system), aio (arsenite oxidase), or arr (arsenate respiratory reduction) genes from total sample DNA. Presence of arsB genes in S. thermosulfidooxidans in the Q63-66 cultures permits H3AsO4-As(V) detoxification and strengthens the community's response to As."
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central LTD
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/DOI/https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-015-0132-5
dc.relationcitation:Casas-Flores, S., Gómez-Rodríguez, E. Y., & García-Meza, J. V. (2015). Community of thermoacidophilic and arsenic resistant microorganisms isolated from a deep profile of mine heaps. AMB Express, 5, 54. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-015-0132-5
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Mine heaps
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Bacterial diversity
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Extremophiles
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Arsenic resistance system
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2
dc.titleCommunity of thermoacidophilic and arsenic resistant microorganisms isolated from a deep profile of mine heaps
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dc.typeArtículos de revistas
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