Study on Burkholderia sp: Arsenic Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Contaminated Soil

Aritri Laha^{1, 2,} , Somnath Bhattacharyya², Sudip Sengupta³, Kallol Bhattacharyya³ and Sanjoy GuhaRoy¹

¹Department of Botany, West Bengal State University, Barasat, Kolkata 700126, West Bengal, India

²Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India

³Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India

Cite this paper:
Aritri Laha, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Sudip Sengupta, Kallol Bhattacharyya and Sanjoy GuhaRoy. Study on Burkholderia sp: Arsenic Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Contaminated Soil. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 2021; 9(2):144-148. doi: 10.12691/aees-9-2-4

Abstract

The threat of arsenic (As) pollution being severe warrants opting for low cost microbial remediation strategies. Our present study of identifying suitable bacterial strain led to isolation of As-tolerant strain from the As contaminated soil of West Bengal, India. The isolated bacterial strain LAR-2 had a high MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) towards As(V) (300.67 mM) and As(III) (31.3 mM) and transformed 78.4% of arsenite to arsenate under laboratory condition. Based on 16S rRNA homology the LAR-2 was identified as Burkholderia sp (MK634685) and emerged as the most potent strain for As decontamination.

Keywords:
Arsenic (As) Burkholderia sp minimum inhibitory concentration phylogenetic tree

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