Culture-dependent study of arsenic-reducing bacteria in deep aquatic sediments of Bengal Delta.

Biogeochemical release of soil-bound arsenic (As) governs mobilization of the toxic metalloid into the groundwater. The present study has examined As-reduction ability of bacteria from anoxic aquatic sediments that might contribute to arsenic mobilization in the Bengal Delta. Arsenic-reducing bacteria from deep layers of pond sediment were enriched and isolated in anaerobic environments and As reduction was assessed in culture medium.

Draft Genome Sequence of the Aquatic Phosphorus-Solubilizing and -Mineralizing Bacterium Bacillus sp. Strain CPSM8.

Bacillus sp. strain CPSM8 is an efficient solubilizer and mineralizer of phosphorus. Here, we present the 4.