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Co-contaminated Soils Bioremediation by Actinobacteria

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More than one-third of contaminated areas are found to have more than one type of pollutant. Co-contaminated environments with metals and organic compounds are difficult to remediate because of the mixed nature of the pollulants. Actinobacteria is an important group of microorganisms found in soils, with high metabolic versatility and abilities to bioremediation. Actinobacteria are currently studied for bioremediation of soils contaminated by pesticides and heavy metals. In this chapter we review the potential of actinobacteria isolated from contaminated environments for simultaneous soil bioremediation of Cr(VI) and the organochlorine pesticide lindane. Four actinobacteria, tolerant to Cr(VI) and lindane mixture were used: Streptomyces spp. A5, M7, MC1 and Amycolatopsis tucumanensis DSM 45259. Sterilized soil samples were inoculated with actinobacteria strains, either individually or as a consortium (formed by all selected actinobacteria) then contaminated with Cr(VI) and lindane, and incubated at 30 °C for 14 days. All actinobacteria were able to grow and remove both contaminants, the consortium formed by Streptomyces spp. A5, M7, MC1 and A. tucumanensis showed the highest Cr(VI) removal, while Streptomyces sp. M7 produced the maximum lindane removal. In non-sterile soil samples, Streptomyces sp. M7 and the consortium removed more than 40 % of the lindane, while Streptomyces sp. M7 demonstrated the greatest Cr(VI) removal. According to these results, it could be concluded that the use of Streptomyces sp. M7 is the strategy more appropriate for the bioremediation of soils contaminated with Cr(VI) and lindane.

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  1. Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos (PROIMI), CONICET, Av. Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina

    Juan D. Aparicio, María Z. Simón Solá, Mariana C. Atjián, Claudia S. Benimeli & María Julia Amoroso

  2. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina

    Juan D. Aparicio, María Z. Simón Solá & María Julia Amoroso

  3. Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino (UNSTA), 4000, Tucumán, Argentina

    Claudia S. Benimeli & María Julia Amoroso

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Aparicio, J.D., Simón Solá, M.Z., Atjián, M.C., Benimeli, C.S., Amoroso, M.J. (2014). Co-contaminated Soils Bioremediation by Actinobacteria. In: Alvarez, A., Polti, M. (eds) Bioremediation in Latin America. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05738-5_11

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