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Hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale relies on a different metal storage mechanism for cobalt than for nickel
Author(s) -
Tappero R.,
Peltier E.,
Gräfe M.,
Heidel K.,
GinderVogel M.,
Livi K. J. T.,
Rivers M. L.,
Marcus M. A.,
Chaney R. L.,
Sparks D. L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02134.x
Subject(s) - hyperaccumulator , cobalt , nickel , phytoremediation , chemistry , zinc , metal , botany , nuclear chemistry , biology , environmental chemistry , heavy metals , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary• The nickel (Ni) hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale has been developed as a commercial crop for phytoremediation/phytomining Ni from metal‐enriched soils. Here, metal co‐tolerance, accumulation and localization were investigated for A. murale exposed to metal co‐contaminants. • A. murale was irrigated with Ni‐enriched nutrient solutions containing basal or elevated concentrations of cobalt (Co) or zinc (Zn). Metal localization and elemental associations were investigated in situ with synchrotron X‐ray microfluorescence (SXRF) and computed‐microtomography (CMT). • A. murale hyperaccumulated Ni and Co (> 1000 µg g −1 dry weight) from mixed‐metal systems. Zinc was not hyperaccumulated. Elevated Co or Zn concentrations did not alter Ni accumulation or localization. SXRF images showed uniform Ni distribution in leaves and preferential localization of Co near leaf tips/margins. CMT images revealed that leaf epidermal tissue was enriched with Ni but devoid of Co, that Co was localized in the apoplasm of leaf ground tissue and that Co was sequestered on leaf surfaces near the tips/margins. • Cobalt‐rich mineral precipitate(s) form on leaves of Co‐treated A. murale . Specialized biochemical processes linked with Ni (hyper)tolerance in A. murale do not confer (hyper)tolerance to Co. A. murale relies on a different metal storage mechanism for Co (exocellular sequestration) than for Ni (vacuolar sequestration).