Production of EPS under Cr(VI) challenge in two indigenous bacteria isolated from a tannery effluent. (14th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Batool, Rida; Yrjälä, Kim; Shaukat, Kamran; Jamil, Nazia; Hasnain, Shahida
• Is Part Of: Journal of basic microbiology. Volume 55:issue 9(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 1064
• Page End: 1074
• Publication Date: 2015-04-14
• Subjects: Microbiology -- Periodicals; 579
• DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201400885
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0233-111X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jobm201400885-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Indigenous Cr(VI) reducing bacterial strains <italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> Rb‐1 and <italic>Ochrobactrum intermedium</italic> Rb‐2 were evaluated for EPS production under Cr(VI) challenged and free conditions. Strain Rb‐2 was more efficient in total EPS production (13.63 mg g<sup>−1</sup>) than Rb‐1 (4.15 mg g<sup>−1</sup>) under Cr(VI) stress. Thick covering of capsular material around the cells of both bacterial strains was detected by electron microscopy. Transmission electron micrographs showed the appearance of pilli like structures under chromium stress by two bacteria suggested the possible involvement of this in exchange of hereditary material to increase their chances of survival under stress conditions. FTIR study showed involvement of sulphonate and hydroxyl groups in the binding with Cr(VI) ions. Solid‐state <sup>13</sup>C NMR spectra revealed that EPS produced by both strains exhibited structural similarity with the glucan. The partial <italic>psl</italic> gene sequences of Rb‐1 and Rb‐2 showed homology with <italic>psl</italic> gene of <italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> PAO1 and capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis protein of various strains of <italic>Pseudomonas</italic>. This is the first report on the identification of <italic>psl</italic> gene from <italic>Ochrobacterum</italic> in NCBI GenBank database up to our knowledge.</p> </sec> </abstract>