Differential isotopic fractionation during Cr(VI) reduction by an aquifer-derived bacterium under aerobic versus denitrifying conditions

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Apr;78(7):2462-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07225-11. Epub 2012 Jan 27.

Abstract

We studied Cr isotopic fractionation during Cr(VI) reduction by Pseudomonas stutzeri strain RCH2. Despite the fact that strain RCH2 reduces Cr(VI) cometabolically under both aerobic and denitrifying conditions and at similar specific rates, fractionation was markedly different under these two conditions (ε was ∼2‰ aerobically and ∼0.4‰ under denitrifying conditions).

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aerobiosis
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Chemical Fractionation / methods*
  • Chromium / chemistry
  • Chromium / metabolism*
  • Chromium Isotopes / analysis
  • Denitrification
  • Nitrites / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygen / metabolism*
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri / growth & development
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri / isolation & purification
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri / metabolism*
  • Water Microbiology*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / metabolism

Substances

  • Chromium Isotopes
  • Nitrites
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Chromium
  • Oxygen