Abstract
A Gram-negative, arsenite-oxidizing bacterial strain, MM-1 tolerant to 20mM arsenite and 200mM arsenate was isolated from a heavy metal contaminated soil which contained only 8.8mgkg−1 of arsenic. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, the strain was closely related to the genus Variovorax. This strain completely oxidized 500μM of arsenite to arsenate within 3h of incubation in minimal salts medium. Kinetic studies of arsenite oxidation by the cells showed one of the lowest Km (17μM) and highest Vmax (1.23×10−7μMmin−1cell−1) values reported to date for whole cell suspension. PCR analysis using degenerate primers confirmed the presence of arsenite oxidase gene and its amino acid sequence was 70−91% identical to the large subunit of most reported arsenite oxidases. The significant arsenite oxidation capacity shown by the strain opens the way to its potential application in arsenic remediation process.
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