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type Journal Article
authors Wang, C. L.; Lum, A. M.; Ozuna, S. C.; Clark, D. S.; Keasling, J. D.
title Aerobic sulfide production and cadmium precipitation by Escherichia coli expressing the Treponema denticola cysteine desulfhydrase gene
journal Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
Activity 4.4.1.28
ui 21432644
year (2001)
volume 56
number 3-4
pages 425-30.
 
keywords Aerobiosis
abstract The cysteine desulfhydrase gene of Treponema denticola was over- expressed in Escherichia coli to produce sulfide under aerobic conditions and to precipitate metal sulfide complexes on the cell wall. When grown in a defined salts medium supplemented with cadmium and cysteine, E. coli producing cysteine desulfhydrase secreted sulfide and removed nearly all of the cadmium from solution after 48 h. A control strain produced significantly less sulfide and removed significantly less cadmium. Measurement of acid-labile sulfide and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy indicated that cadmium was precipitated as cadmium sulfide. Without supplemental cysteine, both the E. coli producing cysteine desulfhydrase and the control E. coli demonstrated minimal cadmium removal.
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