Environmental Science and Pollution Research

, Volume 21, Issue 5, pp 3713–3721 | Cite as

Prospecting metal-resistant plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria for rhizoremediation of metal contaminated estuaries using Spartina densiflora

  • L. Andrades-Moreno
  • I. del Castillo
  • R. Parra
  • B. Doukkali
  • S. Redondo-Gómez
  • P. Pérez-Palacios
  • M. A. Caviedes
  • E. Pajuelo
  • I. D. Rodríguez-Llorente
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Abstract

In the salt marshes of the joint estuary of Tinto and Odiel rivers (SW Spain), one of the most polluted areas by heavy metals in the world, Spartina densiflora grows on sediments with high concentrations of heavy metals. Furthermore, this species has shown to be useful for phytoremediation. The total bacterial population of the rhizosphere of S. densiflora grown in two estuaries with different levels of metal contamination was analyzed by PCR denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Results suggested that soil contamination influences bacterial population in a greater extent than the presence of the plant. Twenty-two different cultivable bacterial strains were isolated from the rhizosphere of S. densiflora grown in the Tinto river estuary. Seventy percent of the strains showed one or more plant growth-promoting (PGP) properties, including phosphate solubilization and siderophores or indolacetic acid production, besides a high resistance towards Cu. A bacterial consortium with PGP properties and very high multiresistance to heavy metals, composed by Aeromonas aquariorum SDT13, Pseudomonas composti SDT3, and Bacillus sp. SDT14, was selected for further experiments. This consortium was able to two-fold increase seed germination and to protect seeds against fungal contamination, suggesting that it could facilitate the establishment of the plant in polluted estuaries.

Keywords

Heavy metal contamination Phytostabilization Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Spartina densiflora 
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Acknowledgments

This work has been financed by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (project numbers BIO2009-7766 and CTM2008-04453) and Junta de Andalucía (project number RNM07274). P. P thanks University of Sevilla for financial support. The authors thank Innoagral SL for analytical determination of metals. English revision by Ms. Emily Carter is acknowledged.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • L. Andrades-Moreno
    • 1
  • I. del Castillo
    • 2
  • R. Parra
    • 1
  • B. Doukkali
    • 2
  • S. Redondo-Gómez
    • 1
  • P. Pérez-Palacios
    • 2
  • M. A. Caviedes
    • 2
  • E. Pajuelo
    • 2
  • I. D. Rodríguez-Llorente
    • 2
  1. 1.Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de BiologíaUniversidad de SevillaSevillaSpain
  2. 2.Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de FarmaciaUniversidad de SevillaSevillaSpain

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