Effect of Arsenic on Fluoride Tolerance in Microbacterium paraoxydans Strain IR-1.

ABSTRACT: Fluoride (F) and arsenic (As) are two major contaminants of water and soil systems around the globe, causing potential toxicity to humans, plants, animals, and microbes. These contaminated soil systems can be restored by microorganisms that can tolerate toxic stress and provide rapid mineralization of soil, organic matter, and contaminants, using various tolerance mechanisms. Thus, the present study was undertaken with the arsenic hyper-tolerant bacterium Microbacterium paraoxydans strain IR-1 to determine its tolerance and toxicity to increasing doses of fluoride, either individually or in combination with arsenic, in terms of growth inhibition using a toxicity unit model. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)and half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) values f

SUBMITTER: Mathur M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10675054 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature