Isolation and characterization of yeasts associated with plants growing in heavy-metal-and arsenic-contaminated soils

Juan Ramos-Garza, Rafael Bustamante-Brito, Gabriela Ángeles de Paz, Ma Gabriela Medina-Canales, Maria Soledad Vásquez-Murrieta, En Tao Wang, Aída Verónica Rodríguez-Tovar

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Yeasts were quantified and isolated from the rhizospheres of 5 plant species grown at 2 sites of a Mexican region contaminated with arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals. Yeast abundance was about 102 CFU/g of soil and 31 isolates were obtained. On the basis of the phylogenetic analysis of 26S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer fragment, 6 species were identified within the following 5 genera: Cryptococcus (80.64%), Rhodotorula (6.45%), Exophiala (6.45%), Trichosporon (3.22%), and Cystobasidium (3.22%). Cryptococcus spp. was the predominant group. Pectinases (51.6%), proteases (51.6%), and xylanases (41.9%) were the enzymes most common, while poor production of siderophores (16.1%) and indole acetic acid (9.67%) was detected. Isolates of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cystobasidium sloffiae could promote plant growth and seed germination in a bioassay using Brassica juncea. Resistance of isolates by arsenic and heavy metals was as follows: As3+ ≥ 100 mmol/L, As5+ ≥ 30 mmol/L, Zn2+ ≥ 2 mmol/L, Pb2+ ≥ 1.2 mmol/L, and Cu2+ ≥ 0.5 mmol/L. Strains of Cryptococcus albidus were able to reduce arsenate (As5+) into arsenite (As3+), but no isolate was capable of oxidizing As3+. This is the first study on the abundance and identification of rhizosphere yeasts in a heavy-metal- and arsenic-contaminated soil, and of the reduction of arsenate by the species C. albidus.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)307-319
Número de páginas13
PublicaciónCanadian Journal of Microbiology
Volumen62
N.º4
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2016

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