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Journal Article
Exemplifying an archetypal thorium-EPS complexation by novel thoriotolerant Providencia thoriotolerans AM3
2021
Overview
It is the acquisition of unique traits that adds to the enigma of microbial capabilities to carry out extraordinary processes. One such ecosystem is the soil exposed to radionuclides, in the vicinity of atomic power stations. With the aim to study thorium (Th) tolerance in the indigenous bacteria of such soil, the bacteria were isolated and screened for maximum thorium tolerance. Out of all, only one strain AM3, found to tolerate extraordinary levels of Th (1500 mg L
−1
), was identified to be belonging to genus
Providencia
and showed maximum genetic similarity with the type strain
P. vermicola
OP1T. This is the first report suggesting any bacteria to tolerate such high Th and we propose to term such microbes as ‘
thoriotolerant
’. The medium composition for cultivating AM3 was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) which also led to an improvement in its Th-tolerance capabilities by 23%. AM3 was found to be a good producer of EPS and hence one component study was also employed for its optimization. Moreover, the EPS produced by the strain showed interaction with Th, which was deduced by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
