Halotolerant Endophytic Bacteria 7BS3110 with Hg Tolerance Isolated from in a Caribbean Mangrove from Colombia.

The mangrove ecosystems of the Department of Atlántico (Colombian Caribbean) are seriously threatened by problems of hypersalinization and contamination, especially by heavy metals from the Magdalena River. The mangrove plants have developed various mechanisms to adapt to these stressful conditions, as well as the associated microbial populations that favor their growth. In the present work, the tolerance and detoxification capacity to heavy metals, especially to mercury, of a halotolerant endophytic bacterium isolated from the species located in the Balboa Swamp in the Department of Atlántico was characterized.