Altered 16S rRNA gene size in Agrobacterium tumefaciens at IC50 of heavy metals

Authors

  • Ayman Younus Fathi Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56286/pprmkt62

Keywords:

keyword1, Agrobacterium tumefaciens keyword2, Heavy metals keyword3, IC50 keyword4, 16S rRNAgene

Abstract

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a soil-endemic bacterial species that causes crown galls disease on a range of medicinal and economically important plants. In this study, the diagnosis of this bacterium was confirmed by its formation of crown galls on the discs of carot. And when treated in a laboratory with eight different heavy metals (Mo, Fe, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd, Ni, and Pb), and with ten concentrations (40, 20, 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.625, 0.312, 0.156, 0.078 mM/ Metal), it was found to have an inhibitory effect on the growth of these bacteria by microtiter plate method, especially when the concentration was increased. The size of the 16S rRNA gene in bacteria resistant to these metals varied at the half inhibitory concentration IC50 from the comparison sample with volume values of about 1500, 1000, 1000, 1500, 1500 , 1500, 1500, 1500, and 1000 base pairs, respectively.

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Published

2024-07-14

How to Cite

Altered 16S rRNA gene size in Agrobacterium tumefaciens at IC50 of heavy metals. (2024). NTU Journal of Pure Sciences, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.56286/pprmkt62