Geobacter uraniireducens

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Geobacter uraniireducens
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Deltaproteobacteria
Order:
Desulfuromonadales
Family:
Geobacteraceae
Genus:
Geobacter
Species:
G. uraniireducens
Binomial name
Geobacter uraniireducens
Shelobolina et al. 2008 [1] [2]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1134, JCM 13001, Rf4 [3]
Synonyms

Geotalea uraniireducens(Shelobolina et al. 2008) Waite et al. 2020

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Geobacter uraniireducens (more recently known as Geotalea uraniireducens [4] ) is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, anaerobic, chemolithotrophic, [5] mesophilic, and motile bacterium from the genus of Geobacter . [1] [2] [6] [7] G. uraniireducens has been found to reduce iron and uranium [8] [7] [9] in sediment and soil. [5] It is being studied for use in bioremediation projects due to its ability to reduce uranium and arsenic. [10] [11] [12] [13]

History

Geobacter uraniireducens was isolated from the subsurface sediment of a previous uranium ore processing facility undergoing uranium bioremediation in 2002. [12] This occurred during a field study by Robert Anderson and his associates at the Old Rifle in situ test plot area in Rifle, Colorado. [12] Shelobolina et al. (2008) further described the strain Rf4T [7] While Geobacter uraniireducens is the basonym, David Waite and associates reclassified it to the current preferred name, Geotalea uraniireducens in their 2020 paper. [4]

Characteristics

G. uraniireducens are gram negative bacteria that are motile rods with rounded ends and two to four long lateral flagellum, as well as pili and vesicles. [7]

Extracellular electron transport strategies

The strategy of G. uraniireducens for extracellular electron transport (EET) is to facilitate iron (Fe(III)) oxide reduction via the production of a soluble electron shuttle. [14] It has been found that riboflavin mediates EET to reduce extracellular electron acceptors. [15] This is important because unlike in most Geobacter species, where conductive pili are critical for effective reduction of extracellular electron acceptors, the pili of G. uraniireducens are not conductive. [15]

Metabolic mechanisms

G. uraniireducens is an iron-reducing bacteria that uses acetate as an electron donor and reduces uranium (U(VI)). [7] In addition to Fe(III), it is also able to use Mn(IV), anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate, malate and fumarate as electron acceptors. [7] As it uses Fe(III) oxide as the electron acceptor, it can oxidize acetate, lactate, pyruvate and ethanol as electron donors. [7]

Applications

Bioremediation

G. uraniireducens have been used in bioremediation studies in situ to decontaminate groundwater containing high levels of uranium from previous activities. [10] [11] [12] This process can be enhanced by using acetate to stimulate increased populations. [12]

Environmental implications

One environmental implication of interest in G. uraniireducens is its arsenic (As(V)) reducing capabilities in subsurface sediments. [13] This ability is proposed to be due to gene encoding for respiratory arsenate reductase. [13]

See also

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