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Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change | ISSN: 2157-7617 | Climate 2018 | Volume: 9
5
th
World Conference on
May 23-24, 2018 | New York, USA
Climate Change and Global Warming
Use of bacterial consortia isolated from the rhizosphere of
Spartina sp.
to reduce the climate change
impacts on salt marsh vegetation contaminated by heavy metals
Karina Paredes Páliz
1,2
1
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
2
Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Ecuador
E
cosystems worldwide are experiencing the effects of climate change, and estuaries and salt marshes are no exceptions.
Climate change can affect salt marshes in a number of ways. One of the greatest effects of climate change in salt marshes
areas is the increase in the frequency of dry periods, where levels of accumulation of heavy metals reach critical values. Being
highly productive, the plant community will be one of the most affected elements by these climatic shifts, both in terms of
structure and dynamics, with undeniable effects on its productivity. Our aim was proposing a plant-bacteria association for
phytoremediation of polluted salt marshes (Odiel, SW Spain), in order to reducing the effects of climate change associated with
the accumulation of metals. For this purpose, three autochthonous bacterial strains (Gramnegative Pantoea agglomerans RSO6
and RSO7, together with Gram positive Bacillus aryabhattai RSO25), were previously selected on the basis of metal resistance
and biosorption, plant growth promoting properties and the capacity to form biofilms. This work advances a step forward,
by using them as inoculants for the halophyte Spartina densiflora. All three bacteria, particularly Pantoea strains, promoted
plant growth on polluted sediments. Moreover, they mitigated metal stress, as revealed from physiological parameters, such as,
functionality of the photosynthetic apparatus (PSII) and maintenance of nutrient balance. However, whereas Gram negative
strains did not significantly affect metal accumulation in plants, the Gram positive bacterium enhanced metal accumulation in
roots, without further loading to shoots. Our results confirm the possibility of modulating plant growth andmetal accumulation
in polluted sediments upon inoculation with selected bacteria, as well as the suitability of halophyte-rhizobacteria interactions
as a biotechnological tool for metal phytostabilization of salt marshes, thus preventing the risk of metal transfer to the food
chain.
Biography
Karina Paredes Páliz is a Researcher from Ecuador who has taken her degree in Biology. She has a grant from the Ecuadorian Government and is currently pur-
suing her PhD in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine in the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Seville). The
area that focuses her research is Environmental Biotechnology, specifically the Bioremediation of heavy metals with the use of bacteria and plants. Several of her
works focus in the Phytoremediation of estuaries contaminated near to the River Odiel, province of Huelva-Spain.
kparedespaliz@gmail.comKarina Paredes Páliz, J Earth Sci Clim Change 2018, Volulme: 9
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C1-039