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Reduction of selenite and tellurite by a highly metal-tolerant marine bacterium

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Selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te) contaminations in soils and water bodies have been widely reported in recent years. Se(IV) and Te(IV) were regarded as their most dangerous forms. Microbial treatments of Se(IV)- and Te(IV)-containing wastes are promising approaches because of their environmentally friendly and sustainable advantages. However, the salt-tolerant microbial resources that can be used for selenium/tellurium pollution control are still limited since industrial wastewaters usually contain a large number of salts. In this study, a marine Shewanella sp. FDA-1 (FDA-1) was reported for efficient Se(IV) and Te(IV) reduction under saline conditions. Process and product analyses were performed to investigate the bioreduction processes of Se(IV) and Te(IV). The results showed that FDA-1 can effectively reduce Se(IV) and Te(IV) to Se0 and Te0 Se(IV)/Te(IV) to Se0/Te0 in 72 h, which were further confirmed by XRD and XPS analyses. In addition, enzymatic and RT‒qPCR assays showed that flavin-related proteins, reductases, dehydrogenases, etc., could be involved in the bioreduction of Se(IV)/Te(IV). Overall, our results demonstrate the ability of FDA-1 to reduce high concentrations of Se(IV)/or Te(IV) to Se0/or Te0 under saline conditions and thus provide efficient microbial candidate for controlling Se and Te pollution.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article and its supplementary information files. The genome data used in this study has been deposited in Short Read Archive under project number PRJNA967134.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFD0901003), National Natural Science Foundation of China (42077305), Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (2022212), and CSC Scholarship (202104910148).

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    Manman Cheng & Likun Liang

  2. Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264000, China

    Manman Cheng, Yanyu Sun, Haikun Zhang & Xiaoke Hu

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HZ conceived the study. HZ and MC designed the experiments. MC, LL and YS performed the experiments. HZ and MC wrote the manuscript. XH provided funding support. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Cheng, M., Liang, L., Sun, Y. et al. Reduction of selenite and tellurite by a highly metal-tolerant marine bacterium. Int Microbiol 27, 203–212 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-023-00382-w

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