ARSENIC METHYLATING MICROORGANISMS IN WATERS, HEALTH THREATING FEATURES AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 96 - 105, 11.12.2018

Ece Sökmen Yılmaz , Esra Ersoy Ömeroğlu , İsmail Karaboz

Abstract

The
methylated form of arsenite is more toxic than inorganic arsenic, which can be
seen as a risk factor in health, but it is also a new study topic for some new
biotechnological applications.

            The isolated bacteria from Balçova
Ilıca Creek were identified by phenotypic and genotypic methods and
S-adenosylmethionine transferase, the arsenic methylating enzyme, was detected
by polymerase chain reaction.

               From seven isolated bacteria, six of them were identified as Pseudomonas sp. and one of them was identified as Pannonibacter phragmitetus. Arsenic S-adenosylmethionine transferase gene (arsM)  is detected in three of seven bacterial isolates. 

Keywords

Arsenic, toxicity of arsenic, thermal water, Balçova, İzmir, water pollution, methylation of arsenic, S-adenosylmethionine transferase, arsM, biotechnology

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