Identification of bacteria synthesizing ribosomal RNA in response to uranium addition during biostimulation at the Rifle, CO Integrated Field Research site

McGuinness, Lora R.; Wilkins, Michael J.; Williams, Kenneth H.; Long, Philip E.; Kerkhof, Lee J.; Boyanov, Maxim I.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137270

Title: Identification of bacteria synthesizing ribosomal RNA in response to uranium addition during biostimulation at the Rifle, CO Integrated Field Research site

Journal Article · Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · PLoS ONE

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137270· OSTI ID:1223863

McGuinness, Lora R. ^[1]; Wilkins, Michael J. ^[2]; Williams, Kenneth H. ^[3]; Long, Philip E. ^[3]; Kerkhof, Lee J. ^[1]; Boyanov, Maxim I. ^[4]

Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Understanding which organisms are capable of reducing uranium at historically contaminated sites provides crucial information needed to evaluate treatment options and outcomes. One approach is determination of the bacteria which directly respond to uranium addition. In this research, uranium amendments were made to groundwater samples from a site of ongoing biostimulation with acetate. The active microbes in the planktonic phase were deduced by monitoring ribosomes production via RT-PCR. The results indicated several microorganisms were synthesizing ribosomes in proportion with uranium amendment up to 2 μM. Concentrations of U (VI) >2 μM were generally found to inhibit ribosome synthesis. Two active bacteria responding to uranium addition in the field were close relatives of Desulfobacter postgateii and Geobacter bemidjiensis. Since RNA content often increases with growth rate, our findings suggest it is possible to rapidly elucidate active bacteria responding to the addition of uranium in field samples and provides a more targeted approach to stimulate specific populations to enhance radionuclide reduction in contaminated sites.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1223863

Journal Information:: PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, Issue 9; ISSN 1932-6203

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