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Cd, Cu, Ni, Mn and Zn resistance and bioaccumulation by thermophilic bacteria, Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus and Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis

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Bioaccumulation and heavy metal resistance of Cd2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+ ions by thermophilic Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus and Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis were investigated. The metal resistance from the most resistant to the most sensitive was found as Mn > Ni > Cu > Zn > Cd for both Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis and Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus. It was determined that the highest metal bioaccumulation was performed by Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus for Zn (36,496 μg/g dry weight cell), and the lowest metal bioaccumulation was performed by Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus for Ni (660.3 μg/g dry weight cell). Moreover, the dead cells were found to biosorbe more metal in their membranes compared to the live cells. In the presence of 7.32 mg/l Cd concentration, the levels of Cd absorbed in live and dead cell membranes were found as 17.44 and 46.2 mg/g membrane, respectively.

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  1. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakir, Turkey

    Sadin Özdemir & Kemal Güven

  2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakir, Turkey

    Ersin Kilinc

  3. National Research Council of Italy (C.N.R.), Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, via Campi Flegrei, n. 34, 80078, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Annarita Poli & Barbara Nicolaus

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Özdemir, S., Kilinc, E., Poli, A. et al. Cd, Cu, Ni, Mn and Zn resistance and bioaccumulation by thermophilic bacteria, Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus and Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis . World J Microbiol Biotechnol 28, 155–163 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0804-5

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