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<journal-id>0187-5779</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Terra Latinoamericana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Terra Latinoam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-5779</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-57792020000100067</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.28940/terra.v38i1.430</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aislamiento e identificación de bacterias tolerantes y bioacumuladoras de metales pesados, obtenidas de los jales mineros El Fraile, México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Identification and isolation of heavy-metal tolerant and bioaccumulator bacteria obtained from El Fraile mine tailings, Mexico]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Santana-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amairani]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Ayala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yanet]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Toledo-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erubiel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega-Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Santo Ángel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Toribio-Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jeiry]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chilpancingo Guerrero]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zacatepec de Hidalgo Morelos]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Ambientales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Iguala de la Independencia Guerrero]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>67</fpage>
<lpage>75</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-57792020000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-57792020000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-57792020000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La actividad minera ha dejado depósitos de jales ricos en metales pesados y metaloides. Por su toxicidad extrema, representan un ambiente hostil para la colonización microbiana; sin embargo, en estos residuos mineros existen bacterias metalotolerantes y esto se atribuye a mecanismos que destacan la bioacumulación y biotransformación de metales. Por lo tanto, las bacterias nativas que viven alrededor de los jales El Fraile, han desarrollado mecanismos de adaptación que las hace persistente en un ambiente tóxico; por tal motivo, el objetivo de este trabajo fue aislar e identificar bacterias capaces de tolerar, bioacumular o biotransformar metales pesados y metaloides. El estudio fue observacional descriptivo y se logró aislar 141 cepas de agua, lixiviados, suelo, rizosfera y tallos de plantas de los jales El Fraile, Guerrero, México. Se determinó tolerancia por concentración mínima inhibitoria en distintas sales metálicas, capacidad de bioacumulación de Ag, Pb, Cr, Cd y biotransformación de As (III) y Cr6+; algunas bacterias se identificaron mediante la secuencia del gene 16S ARNr. Los resultados de las 141 cepas analizadas mostraron tolerancia ascendente a Cd2+ 2 mM, Cu2+ 5 mM, Pb2+ 9 mM, Zn2+ 9 mM, Ag2+ 10 mM, As3+ 30 mM y As5+ 45 mM. Solo 9.24 y 39% de las cepas bioacumularon Zn2+, Pb2+ y Ag2+. En la biotransformación solo 9% oxidaron As3+ a As5+, 7 y 24% redujeron As5+ a As3+ y Cr6+ a Cr3+, respectivamente. Los géneros que prevalecieron fueron Chryseobacterium sp., Staphyloccoccus sp., Stenotrophomonas sp., Acinetobacter sp., Bacillus sp., Serratia sp., y Enterobacter sp. Por lo tanto, existen cepas bacterianas en la zona minera El Fraile capaces de bioacumular y biotransformar metales pesados y metaloides; por lo que es necesario realizar más estudios que permitan conocer su potencial en los procesos de biorremediación de sitios contaminados con metales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary The mining activity has left mine tailings with high quantities of heavy metals and metalloids. Due their extreme toxicity, they represent a hostile environment for microbial colonization; however, there are metalotolerant bacteria in these mining wastes, and this is attributed to mechanisms of bioaccumulation and biotransformation of metals. The native bacteria from El Fraile mine tailings have developed adaptation mechanisms that allow them to persist in a toxic environment, thus, the objective of this study was to isolate and identify bacteria with the ability to tolerate, bioaccumulate or biotransform heavy metals. Our study was based on descriptive observations, we isolated 141 strains from water, leachate, soil, and rhizosphere and stems of plants from El Fraile mine tailings, Guerrero, Mexico. Bacterial tolerance was determined by the minimum inhibitory concentration in different metallic salts, the capacity of bioaccumulation of Ag, Pb, Cr, and Cd, and by the biotransformation of As (III) and Cr6+; in addition, representative bacteria were identified using 16S rRNA gene sequences. The results of the 141 strains analyzed showed ascending tolerance to Cd2+ 2 mM, Cu2+ 5 mM, Pb2+ 9 mM, Zn2+ 9 mM, Ag2+ 10 mM, As3+ 30 mM, and As5+ 45 mM. Only 9.24 and 39% of the strains bioaccumulated Zn2+, Pb2+ and Ag2+. In regard to biotransformation, 9% oxidized As3+ to As5+, and 7 and 24% reduced As5+ to As3+ and Cr6+ to Cr3+, respectively. The genera that prevailed were Chryseobacterium sp., Staphyloccoccus sp., Stenotrophomonas sp., Acinetobacter sp., Bacillus sp., Serratia sp., and Enterobacter sp. These results showed that in El Fraile mine tailings, there are bacterial strains capable of bioaccumulating and biotransforming heavy metals and metalloids; therefore, further studies must be conducted to know their potential in the processes of bioremediation of areas polluted with metals.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pollution]]></kwd>
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