Soiratchaneekorn Ruanchaiman. Dispersion of cadmium resistant bacteria in cadmium contaminated soils at Mae Sot district Tak province. Master's Degree(Technology of Environmental Management ). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2009.
Dispersion of cadmium resistant bacteria in cadmium contaminated soils at Mae Sot district Tak province
Abstract:
Contamination of cadmium in cultivated soil and rice grain found in Mae
Sot district, Tak province, the Northwestern of Thailand was brought to public
attention by the joint investigation of International Water Management Institute
and the Department of Agriculture in 2003. Cadmium is considered a highly toxic
heavy metal to plants, animals and microbes. However, some bacteria have
developed the ability to resist and detoxify heavy metals.
The aims of this research were to study the dispersion of soil bacteria and
cadmium resistant bacteria in cadmium contaminated soils at Mae Sot district, Tak
province. The potentially cadmium resistant bacteria were isolated and investigated
for their ability of cadmium resistance. The results found cadmium and zinc
concentrations in 15 soil samples ranged from 0.20-1,021 and 18.80-80,575 mg/kg,
respectively. The highest number of viable bacteria in soils collected in November
2007 and March 2008 were 4.3×108 and 1.3 x 107CFU/g soil, respectively. The lowest
number of viable soil bacteria was found in soils containing higher concentrations of
cadmium. The number of cadmium resistant bacteria in cadmium contaminated soils
grown in TSA amended with 10 mM CdCl2 were ranged from 3.2 × 104 to 1.3 x 105
CFU/g soil. A total of 9 strains of cadmium resistant bacteria were selected for their
potential resistance levels against cadmium toxicity. The results revealed that only
2 strains, TN6 and TM6, exhibited strong resistance to cadmium toxicity. The
percentages of cells surviving against 3mM CdCl2 of strain TN6 and TM6 were
97.62% and 84.62%, respectively. Two strains of selected cadmium resistant bacteria
namely TN6 and TM6 were identified by 16S rDNA sequencing as Alcaligenes sp.
and Arthrobacter sp., respectively. The results indicated that a high number of
cadmium resistant bacteria were found in cadmium contaminated soils. This finding
might lead to the use of the selected cadmium resistant bacteria for microbial
remediation of cadmium in soils