Bioprospecting of a Native Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Bacillus cereus B6 for Enhancing Uranium Accumulation by Sudan Grass (Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf).

ABSTRACT: Phytoremediation technology is viewed as a potential solution for addressing soil uranium contamination. Sudan grass (Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.), noted for its robust root structure and resilience to heavy metals, has garnered significant attention. This paper investigates a strain of uranium-tolerant bacterium, B6, obtained from the inter-root environment of native plants in soil contaminated with uranium tailings. The bacterium was identified as Bacillus cereus. Genomic analyses and assessment of uranium tolerance-promoting properties showed that strain B6 not only exhibited high uranium tolerance, but also possessed beneficial properties such as phosphorus solubilization and iron-producing carriers. In this study, we used strain B6 as an inoculant in combination with Sudan

SUBMITTER: Wu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11762556 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature