Author/Authors :
gandhi, v.p. central university of bihar, bit campus - centre of biological sciences (biotechnology), school of earth, biological and environmental sciences, India , priya, a. central university of bihar, bit campus - centre of biological sciences (biotechnology), school of earth, biological and environmental sciences, India , priya, s. central university of bihar - centre of biological sciences (biotechnology), school of earth, biological and environmental sciences, India , daiya, v. central university of bihar - centre of biological sciences (biotechnology), school of earth, biological and environmental sciences, India , kesari, j. council of scientific and industrial research - central salt and marine chemicals research institute, India , prakash, k. central university of bihar, bit campus - centre of biological sciences (biotechnology), school of earth, biological and environmental sciences, India , kumar jha, a. birsa agricultural university - department of soil science and agricultural chemistry, India , kumar, k. k. k. birla goa campus - birla institute of technology science pilani - department of biological sciences, India , kumar, n. central university of bihar, bit campus - centre of biological sciences (biotechnology), school of earth, biological and environmental sciences, India
Abstract :
In recent years, environmental pollution by coal mining is a long-established human activity affecting all levels of life with various environmental impacts by generating heavy metals. The presence of heavy metals even in trace amount is toxic and detrimental to all living organisms. The coal mine area in Bokaro is one of the “Toxic Hotspot” in India. Bacteria have evolved uptake and efflux mechanisms to adapt in heavy metals contaminated environments and thus represent a potential source for bioremediation processes. In the present study, we isolated and characterized eight heavy metal resistant bacteria (NK-1 to 8) from soil sample in Bokaro coal mines, India. Isolates were selected based on high level of heavy metal resistance and its biochemical characterization. The following bacteria were identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing Enterobacter ludwigii (KM029957; NK-1), Klebsiella pneumonia (KM029958; NK-2), Enterobacter ludwigii (KM029959; NK-3), Enterobacter ludwigii (KM029960; NK-4), Klebsiella oxytoca (KM029961; NK-5), Enterobacter cloacae (KM029962; NK-6), Acinetobacter gyllenbergii (KM029963; NK-7), Enterobacter cloacae (KM029964; NK-8). A high degree of metal resistance associated with multiple antibiotic resistances was also detected in the selected isolate which was confirmed by the presence of plasmid. These isolates can further be used for bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated site.
Keywords :
bioremediation , coal mine , environment , heavy metals , 16S rDNA
