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Bioremediation of Copper, Chromium and Cadmium by Actinomycetes from Contaminated Soils

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Bio-Geo Interactions in Metal-Contaminated Soils

Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 31))

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Bioremediation is useful for large-scale application on environments. There is few information on actinomycetes for bioremediation of heavy metals in soils. The aim of this chapter is to show results related to chromium, copper and cadmium remediation by actinomycetes isolated from contaminated Argentinean areas. Qualitative assays showed that 100% of the isolated microorganisms were resistant up to CuSO4 80 mg L−1. Amycolatopsis tucumanensis DSM 45259 was used to bioaugment soil microcosms experimentally pollutes with Cu and for studying its ability to diminish phytoavailable Cu from soils. Cu bioimmobilization ability of A. tucumanensis was assessed measuring bioavailable Cu in the soil founding 31% lower amounts of the metal in soil. F4 strain was found cadmium resistant. In Cd(II) 8 mg L−1, the maximum specific biosorption was 37.3 mg Cd/g dry weight after 7 days of growth. The highest Cd(II) concentration was found into the cell wall (41.2%). Chromate-removing activity was estimated. Twenty percentage of the isolates from El Cadillal (EC) and 14% from a copper filter plant (CFP) were able to grow at 13 mM Cr(VI). Isolates from sugar cane could grow up to 17 mM Cr(VI). The highest and lowest Cr(VI) specific removal values were 75.5 mg g−1 cell by M3 (CFP), and 1.5 mg g−1 cell by C35 (EC) strains.

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

    María Julia Amoroso & Carlos Mauricio Abate

  2. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ayacucho 471, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina

    María Julia Amoroso & Carlos Mauricio Abate

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    Erika Kothe

  2. Amity Institute of Microbial Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201303, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Amoroso, M.J., Abate, C.M. (2012). Bioremediation of Copper, Chromium and Cadmium by Actinomycetes from Contaminated Soils. In: Kothe, E., Varma, A. (eds) Bio-Geo Interactions in Metal-Contaminated Soils. Soil Biology, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23327-2_17

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