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<journal-id>0188-4999</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista internacional de contaminación ambiental]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-4999</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-49992023000100122</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/rica.54220</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Identification of halophilic bacteria tolerant to heavy metals]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Identificación de bacterias halófilas tolerantes a metales pesados]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Rosas-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jonathan Ricardo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Isaac-Olivé]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Keila]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín Pablo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Manzanares-Leal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gauddy Lizeth]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Serment-Guerrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Humberto]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sandoval-Trujillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ángel Horacio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Durán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ninfa]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Toluca Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Departamento de Biología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-49992023000100122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-49992023000100122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-49992023000100122&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Los metales pesados liberados en el ambiente causan el deterioro de la salud ambiental. Su eliminación por medios biológicos es una estrategia en estudio. El objetivo de esta investigación fue aislar e identificar bacterias halófilas a partir de suelos salino-sódicos y determinar su tolerancia al metaloide As3+ y a los metales pesados Cr6+, Hg2+ y Pb2+. Las cepas fueron cultivadas en medio halófilo (MH), sin y con la presencia de cada metal, al 10 % de NaCl, pH 8.0 ± 0.2 y 37 ºC. Las cepas que mostraron mayor tolerancia a cada metal se identificaron por análisis de secuenciación del gen del ARNr 16S y por análisis filogenético, posteriormente se determinó la concentración mínima inhibitoria (CMI). Se aislaron 75 cepas halófilas. Los aislados con mayor tolerancia fueron Salinicoccus spp. TX3SA-2MHG1 y TX3SA-4MHG1 [CMI (Hg2+) de 0.1 mmol/L]; Halomonas sp. TXO4B-1SG9 [CMI (Pb2+) de 7.0 mmol/L]; Nocardiopsis sp. TXO7B-1SG12 y TXV10-3SG5 [CMI (As3+) de 8. 5 mmol/L] y Nocardiopsis sp. TXV7-8SG2 [CMI (As3+) de 27.25 mmol/L; CMI (Cr6+) 1 250.0 mmol/L; CMI (Hg2+) 0.075 mmol/L y CMI (Pb2+) 7.5 mmol/L]. Fue posible obtener e identificar aislados de bacterias halófilas metalo-tolerantes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Heavy metals released into the environment cause deterioration of environmental health. Their removal by biological means is a strategy under study. This research aimed to isolate and identify halophilic bacteria from saline-sodic soils and determine their tolerance to the metalloid As3+ and the heavy metals Cr6+, Hg2+, and Pb2+. The strains were grown on halophilic medium (HM), without and with the presence of each metal, at 10% NaCl, pH 8.0 ± 0.2, and 37 ºC. The strains with the highest tolerance to each metal were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was subsequently determined. Seventy-five halophilic strains were isolated. The isolates with the highest tolerance were Salinicococcus spp. strains TX3SA-2MHG1 and TX3SA-4MHG1 [MIC (Hg2+) of 0.1 mmol/L]; Halomonas sp. strain TXO4B-1SG9 [MIC (Pb2+) of 7.0 mmol/L]; Nocardiopsis sp. strains TXO7B-1SG12 and TXV10-3SG5 [MIC (As3+) of 8.5 mmol/L], and Nocardiopsis sp. strain TXV7-8SG2 [MIC (As3+) of 27.25 mmol/L; MIC (Cr6+) 1250.0 mmol/L; MIC (Hg2+) 0.075 mmol/L and MIC (Pb2+) 7.5 mmol/L]. It was possible to obtain and identify isolates of halophilic metal tolerant bacteria.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sequencing 16S rRNA gene]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nocardiopsis salina]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[secuenciación del gen ARNr 16S]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nocardiopsis salina]]></kwd>
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