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  • Increased toxicant levels can cause serious health problems in humans and aquatic life, prompting scientists to develop new detoxification technologies.
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens strains isolated from Ha'il, Saudi Arabia, demonstrate resistance to harmful heavy metals and pesticides, with one strain (AM-1) showing significant detoxification capabilities.
  • The AM-1 strain achieved up to 68.4% efficiency in bioremediating heavy metals and shows promise for future applications in environmental cleanup and wastewater treatment.

Article Abstract

Increased amounts of toxicants may cause sever health issues in humans as well as in aquatic life. Scientists are developing new technologies to combat these problems. Biological methods of detoxification are always beneficial for the environment. Pseudomonas fluorescens is known for its detoxification capacity. In this study stains were isolated from different locations of the Ha'il region, Saudia Arabia. The microbial strain AM-1 displayed resistance to heavy metals (Cr6+, Ni2+, Cd2+, Pb2+) and pesticides (BHC, 2,4-D, Mancozeb) at pollutant levels typical of highly contaminated areas. Additionally, AM-1 exhibited substantial detoxification potential, reducing toxicity by 40.67% for heavy metals and 47.4% for pesticides at 3x concentrations. These findings suggest that the AM-1 strain supports environmental remediation and pollution mitigation. Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) results exhibited bioremediation efficiency for metals Cr, Ni, and Pb using immobilized cells of AM-1 isolate, estimated to be 60.57%, 68.4%, and 53.93% respectively. These findings show that AM-1 strain has a potential role in bioremediation of water pollutants and may have future implications in wastewater treatment.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10625365PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.6026/97320630019901DOI Listing

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