Publication detail

Triggering antibacterial activity of a common plant by biosorption of selected heavy metals

KOVÁČOVÁ, M. YANKOVYCH, H. AUGUSTYNIAK, A. CASAS LUNA, M. REMEŠOVÁ, M. FINDORÁKOVÁ, L. STAHORSKÝ, M. ČELKO, L. BALÁŽ, M.

Original Title

Triggering antibacterial activity of a common plant by biosorption of selected heavy metals

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The presented study proposes an efficient utilization of a common Thymus serpyllum L. (wild thyme) plant as a highly potent biosorbent of Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions and the efficient interaction of the copper-laden plant with two opportunistic bacteria. Apart from biochars that are commonly used for adsorption, here we report the direct use of native plant, which is potentially interesting also for soil remediation. The highest adsorption capacity for Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions (q e = 12.66 and 53.13 mg g-1, respectively) was achieved after 10 and 30 min of adsorption, respectively. Moreover, the Cu-laden plant was shown to be an efficient antibacterial agent against the bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, the results being slightly better in the former case. Such an activity is enabled only via the interaction of the adsorbed ions effectively distributed within the biological matrix of the plant with bacterial cells. Thus, the sustainable resource can be used both for the treatment of wastewater and, after an effective embedment of metal ions, for the fight against microbes.

Keywords

Biosorption; Lead; Copper; Thymus serpyllum L. plant; Antibacterial action

Authors

KOVÁČOVÁ, M.; YANKOVYCH, H.; AUGUSTYNIAK, A.; CASAS LUNA, M.; REMEŠOVÁ, M.; FINDORÁKOVÁ, L.; STAHORSKÝ, M.; ČELKO, L.; BALÁŽ, M.

Released

8. 4. 2024

Publisher

SPRINGER

Location

NEW YORK

ISBN

0949-8257

Periodical

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Year of study

29

Number

4

State

United States of America

Pages from

201

Pages to

216

Pages count

16

URL

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00775-024-02045-1

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/245611

BibTex

@article{BUT188597,
  author="Maria {Kováčová} and Halyna Bodnár {Yankovych} and Adrian {Augustyniak} and Mariano {Casas Luna} and Michaela {Remešová} and Lenka {Findoráková} and Martin {Stahorský} and Ladislav {Čelko} and Matej {Baláž}",
  title="Triggering antibacterial activity of a common plant by biosorption of selected heavy metals",
  journal="JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY",
  year="2024",
  volume="29",
  number="4",
  pages="201--216",
  doi="10.1007/s00775-024-02045-1",
  issn="0949-8257",
  url="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00775-024-02045-1"
}