Effects of selenium oxyanions on the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium
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Espinosa-Ortiz, Erika J.Gonzalez-Gil, Graciela
Saikaly, Pascal

van Hullebusch, Eric D.
Lens, Piet N L
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionEnvironmental Science and Engineering Program
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
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2014-10-24Online Publication Date
2014-10-24Print Publication Date
2015-03Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/594219
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The ability of Phanerochaete chrysosporium to reduce the oxidized forms of selenium, selenate and selenite, and their effects on the growth, substrate consumption rate, and pellet morphology of the fungus were assessed. The effect of different operational parameters (pH, glucose, and selenium concentration) on the response of P. chrysosporium to selenium oxyanions was explored as well. This fungal species showed a high sensitivity to selenium, particularly selenite, which inhibited the fungal growth and substrate consumption when supplied at 10 mg L−1 in the growth medium, whereas selenate did not have such a strong influence on the fungus. Biological removal of selenite was achieved under semi-acidic conditions (pH 4.5) with about 40 % removal efficiency, whereas less than 10 % selenium removal was achieved for incubations with selenate. P. chrysosporium was found to be a selenium-reducing organism, capable of synthesizing elemental selenium from selenite but not from selenate. Analysis with transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and a 3D reconstruction showed that elemental selenium was produced intracellularly as nanoparticles in the range of 30–400 nm. Furthermore, selenite influenced the pellet morphology of P. chrysosporium by reducing the size of the fungal pellets and inducing their compaction and smoothness.Citation
Espinosa-Ortiz EJ, Gonzalez-Gil G, Saikaly PE, van Hullebusch ED, Lens PNL (2014) Effects of selenium oxyanions on the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99: 2405–2418. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-6127-3.Sponsors
The authors thank the EU for providing financial support through the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme ETeCoS<SUP>3</SUP> (Environmental Technologies for Contaminated Solids, Soils and Sediments, grant agreement FPA no. 2010-0009). This work was partly supported by a Global Research Partnership-Collaborative Fellows Award (GRFP-CF-2011-13-P) from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. The authors thank Rachid Sougrad for his assistance with TEM 3D image reconstruction.Publisher
Springer NaturePubMed ID
25341399ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s00253-014-6127-3
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