Characterization of a promiscuous cadmium and arsenic resistance mechanism in Thermus thermophilus HB27 and potential application of a novel bioreporter system.

Immacolata AntonucciGiovanni GalloDanila LimauroPatrizia ContursiAna Luisa RibeiroAlba BlesaJosé BerenguerSimonetta BartolucciGabriella Fiorentino

Published in: Microbial cell factories (2018)

Our results demonstrate that the system composed by TtSmtB and TtArsX is responsible for both the arsenic and cadmium resistance in T. thermophilus. The data also support the use of T. thermophilus as a suitable chassis for the design and development of As-Cd biosensors.

Keyphrases

heavy metals
drinking water
risk assessment
machine learning
climate change