Isolation of an extremely boron-tolerant strain of Bacillus firmus |
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Authors: | Verce Matthew F Stiles Amanda R Chong Karen C Terry Norman |
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Affiliation: | Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA. |
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Abstract: | A strain of Bacillus firmus (designated strain KC) isolated from a boron (B) mine in California exhibited extreme tolerance to B, provided it was first acclimated at intermediate B supply concentrations. Strain KC tolerated up to 1000 mmol/L B (boric acid-B) and 1800 mmol/L B (sodium tetraborate-B), and attained the greatest growth (as measured by absorbance) at 300 mmol/L B. Despite its extreme tolerance to high B, there was no evidence that it was able to remove significant quantities of B from the growth media, suggesting that strain KC is not likely to be useful for the removal of B from wastewaters in an engineered bioreactor. |
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