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6320960 

Journal Article 

On the ability of perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxs) bioaccumulation by two pseudomonas sp. strains isolated from PFAS-contaminated environmental matrices 

Presentato, A; Lampis, S; Vantini, A; Manea, F; Daprà, F; Zuccoli, S; Vallini, G 

2020 

1 

Microorganisms
ISSN: 2076-2607 

8 

1 

92 

English 

31936600 

10.3390/microorganisms8010092 

WOS:000514650700053 

https://www.proquest.com/docview/2550210516?accountid=171501&bdid=35863&_bd=tdPeqz9akZHwVuN5U70%2BTz2SwkQ%3D
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PFASs (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are highly fluorinated, aliphatic, synthetic compounds with high thermal and chemical stability as well as unique amphiphilic properties which make them ingredients in a range of industrial processes. PFASs have attracted consideration due to their persistence, toxicity and bioaccumulation tendency in the environment. Recently, attention has begun to be addressed to shorter-chain PFASs, such as perfluorohexane sulfonate [PFHxS], apparently less toxic to and more easily eliminated from lab animals. However, short-chain PFASs represent end-products from the transformation of fluorotelomers whose biotic breakdown reactions have not been identified to date. This means that such emergent pollutants will tend to accumulate and persist in ecosystems. Since we are just learning about the interaction between short-chain PFASs and microorganisms, this study reports on the response to PFHxS of two Pseudomonas sp. strains isolated from environmental matrices contaminated by PFASs. The PFHxS bioaccumulation potential of these strains was unveiled by exploiting different physiological conditions as either axenic or mixed cultures under alkanothrofic settings. Moreover, electron microscopy revealed nonorthodox features of the bacterial cells, as a consequence of the stress caused by both organic solvents and PFHxS in the culturing substrate. 

bioaccumulation; bioremediation; emergent pollutants; PFASs; PFHxS; Pseudomonas sp; short-chain PFASs; xenobiotics