Home⇛Annals of Tropical Research⇛vol. 29 no. 2 (2007)

Toxic heavy metal biosorption by some marine bacteria isolated from the sediments of industrial effluents of lligan Bay

Arvin C. Balala | Jose M. Oclarit

 

Abstract:

Heavy metal-resistant marine bacteria were isolated from the sediments ofIligan Bay near the effluents outlets of certain factories. Isolation was done using marine agar fortified with corresponding different heavy metal concentrations. Isolates were grouped using their morphological and colonial growth characteristics. Among the purified isolates(61), 19 were cadmium-resistant, 29 were lead-resistant and 13 were mercuryresistant. These isolates were tested for their absorptive capability using marine broth added with metal ions: 23.20 µg of Cd, 250.24 µg of Pb and 495.66 µg of Hg, and consequently analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric(AAS) method. From these isolates, 10 heavy metal-resistant species with relatively high absorptive efficiency were identified using conventional method and API 20E Test Kit. Out of ten isolates, 3 were Gram-positive and 7 were Gram-negative rods. All Gram-positive bacteria belong to the genus Bacillus and were found to absorb lead metals at 94% absorptive efficiency. However, Enterobacter sp. 2 had the highest absorptive efficiency for Cd at 99% among Gram negative bacteria followed by Chryseomonas sp. 2 with 96% biosorption. Furthermore, among the mercury resistant isolates, Pseudomonas sp. had the highest absorptive efficiency at 79%. Only those heavy metal-resistant isolates which exhibited the highest absorptive efficiency were able to form a zone of growth promotion around a heavy metal-containing filter paper disk which suggests that these bacteria have accumulated heavy metals in their cells. The presence of heavy metalresistant bacteria is helpful in cleaning up or remediating metal contaminated environments released from industrial effluents.



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