CHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC RESISTANT BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM THE SOIL OF KHULNA SHIPYARD

Md. Naser  Uddin; Sheikh Julfikar  Hossain; Sarder Nasir  Uddin

doi:10.53808/KUS.2007.8.1.0612-L

Authors

Md. Naser Uddin Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Sheikh Julfikar Hossain Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Sarder Nasir Uddin Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2007.8.1.0612-L

Keywords:

Bacteria, arsenic, resistant, heavy metal

Abstract

Thirty four arsenic resistant bacterial strains were isolated from the soil samples of Khulna Shipyard. They were isolated by growing them on nutrient broth medium containing 5 mgl^-1 of arsenic. From them, five strains were finally selected, and studied their morphological, biochemical and ecological characters in details. They were identified as Bacillus lichenifomis, Bacillus polymyxa, Listeria murrayi, Moraxella urethralis and Planococcus citreus. All of these strains were able to tolerate upto100 ppm (mgl^-1) of arsenic (III). It is possibly due to the presence of arsenic (III) resistance mechanism(s) in these bacterial strains. The optimum pH and temperature for the growth of these bacterial strains were 8.5 and 37 ^°C, respectively.

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