Heavy metal capture by autochthonous yeasts from a volcanic influenced environment of Patagonia
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Microbiology study of heavy metal capture by yeasts; the object is bioremediation.
The study investigates heavy-metal tolerance and capture by yeasts.
Microbiology of heavy-metal capture by yeasts.
Abstract
Heavy metals at elevated concentrations are a major threat to agricultural and human health. Typically, human activities tend to release these metals to the environment in aqueous solutions, generating high levels of pollution due to the mobility of the heavy metals. The aim of the present work was to assess heavy metal tolerance in yeasts isolated from Río Agrio − Lake Caviahue volcanic acidic aquatic environment and to evaluate the capacity of selected strains to capture metals in acidic culture media conditions. The ability of three yeast species, Cryptococcus agrionensis , Cryptococcus sp. 2, and Coniochaeta fodinicola , to tolerate and capture metals in live cultures has been evaluated. These three yeast species showed high tolerance to low pH and elevated concentrations of metals, thus implying their autochthonous status. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) for growth obtained for these isolates showed elevated tolerance to the six heavy metals evaluated and were significantly higher than those registered for other microorganisms. C. agrionensis was able to capture 15.80 mg (g biomass) −1 of Cu 2+ (MIC: 0.22 g L −1 ), Cryptococcus sp. 2 was able to capture 36.25 and 65.28 mg (g biomass) −1 of Ni 2+ and Zn 2+ , respectively (MIC: 0.56 and 1.68, respectively), and C. fodinicola was able to capture 67.11 mg (g biomass) −1 of Zn 2+ (MIC: 3.75). This work reported the ability of yeasts to capture metals in acidic conditions for the first time. We hope that it represents the step‐stone for future researches in the ability and metabolism of yeasts form acidic aquatic environment related to metal tolerance and capture.
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- Venue
- Journal of Basic Microbiology
- Topic
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Field
- Environmental Science
- Canadian institutions
- —
- Funders
- Universidade de LisboaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasCanadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
- Keywords
- Environmental chemistryYeastBiomass (ecology)MetalHeavy metalsBioavailabilityCryptococcus neoformansChemistryPollutionBiologyMicrobiologyEcologyBiochemistryOrganic chemistry
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- yes