Abstract
Selenium (Se) is a dietary essential trace element for humans with various physiological functions and it could also be accumulated by some plant species, like Astragalus bisulcatus, Stanleya pinnata, and Cardamine hupinshanensis. A novel Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, selenite-tolerant bacterium, designated strain YLX-1T , was isolated from the rhizosphere of a Se hyperaccumulating plant, Cardamine hupingshanensis in Enshi, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16 S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YLX-1T is a potential new species in the genus Wautersiella. Strain YLX-1T could grow in the temperature range of 4-37°C (optimally at 28°C) and in the pH range of 5-9 (optimum pH 7), which also could tolerate Se up to 6000 mg Se/L via producing extracellular red nano-Se with 100-300 nm size. However, it could predominantly accumulate selenocystine (SeCys2 ) in the cell under lower Se stress (1.5 mg Se/L). These results would help broaden our knowledge about the Se accumulation and transformation mechanism involved in rhizosphere bacteria like strain YLX-1T in C. hupingshanensis. Based on polyphasic data, we propose the creation of the new species Wautersiella enshiensis sp. nov., strain YLX-1T ( = CCTCC M 2013671) which will be promising to produce nano-Se as fertilizer, food additives or medicine.
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