The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Their Strategies for Reduction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Strains and Growth Conditions
2.2. Physiological and Biochemical Tests
2.3. Tellurite Reductase Expression, Activity, and Localization
3. Results
3.1. Growth with Tellurite
Strain | pH | Aeration (rpm) | ||||
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7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 100 | 200 | 300 | |
E1 1 | 78.4 ± 3.8 | 82.5 ± 4.8 | 100 ± 1.8 | 61.8 ± 5.9 | 100 ± 5.4 | 64.5 ± 4.9 |
E4(1) 1 | 68.1 ± 5.1 | 77.6 ± 2.9 | 100 ± 0.7 | 54.2 ± 4.6 | 100 ± 2.2 | 67.4 ± 3.5 |
E5 1 | 62.8 ± 4.5 | 74.9 ± 2.4 | 100 ± 4.7 | 81.7 ± 3.7 | 100 ± 2.7 | 72.1 ± 2.9 |
KR99 1 | 77.7 ± 1.9 | 97.6 ± 1.1 | 100 ± 1.5 | 47.6 ± 2.2 | 100 ± 3.2 | 53.9 ± 4.4 |
RB 16-17 2 | 70.8 ± 3.3 | 71.4 ± 4.6 | 100 ± 4.3 | 55.9 ± 2.9 | 100 ± 3.7 | 66.8 ± 3.3 |
RB3 2 | 78.2 ± 3.6 | 76.6 ± 5.5 | 100 ± 3.2 | 59.7 ± 3.1 | 100 ± 4.3 | 62.1 ± 3.6 |
3.2. Effect of Tellurite on Protein and ATP Production
3.3. Characteristics of Tellurite Reductase Activity
3.4. Localization of Reductase Activity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Maltman, C.; Yurkov, V. The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Their Strategies for Reduction. Microorganisms 2015, 3, 826-838. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms3040826
Maltman C, Yurkov V. The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Their Strategies for Reduction. Microorganisms. 2015; 3(4):826-838. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms3040826
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaltman, Chris, and Vladimir Yurkov. 2015. "The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Their Strategies for Reduction" Microorganisms 3, no. 4: 826-838. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms3040826