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ScienceAsia 47 (2021): 393-402 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2021.044


Characteristics of a small colony variant of Pseudomonas putida F1 emerged from repetitive exposure to nanoscale zerovalent iron


Panaya Kotchaplaia,b, Eakalak Khanc, Alisa S. Vangnaid,e,*

 
ABSTRACT:     While nanoscale zero valent iron (NZVI) is a promising alternative for in situ remediation, its potential environmental impact is a major concern. Herein, irreversible small colony variant (SCV) of Pseudomonas putida F1, obtained from the repetitive exposure to NZVI, was firstly reported. This SCV phenotype exhibited several altered characteristics including slower growth rate or longer lag phase, loss of swimming ability, and reduced biofilm formation. Regardless of reversibility, the persistence to gentamicin was used to distinguish the phenotypic variant from the normal phenotype and to further explore factors affecting this occurrence. By the third cycles of the repetitive exposure to 0.1 and 0.5 g/l of NZVI, the frequency of the phenotypic variant increased by 67- and 342-times, in comparison to those of non-exposed cells, respectively. While the repetitive exposure to 0.5 g/l of Fe(II) also resulted in the rising of the gentamicin-persistent phenotype by 65-fold by the third cycle of exposure, the repetitive exposure to either oxidized NZVI or Fe(III) did not induce the phenotypic variant. These results suggest that the emergence of this phenotype appears to associate with the NZVI-mediated oxidative stress. Together, this study suggests that the exposure to NZVI could trigger the emergence of phenotypic variants which could result in an environmental fitness trade-off.

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a Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
b International Program in Hazardous Substance and Environmental Management, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154?4015 USA
d Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
e Biocatalyst and Environmental Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand

* Corresponding author, E-mail: alisa.v@chula.ac.th

Received 23 Feb 2021, Accepted 17 Mar 2021