Investigation of possible gene transfer to soil microorganisms for environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms

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Investigation of possible gene transfer to soil microorganisms for environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms
Author(s)
Young Tae Kim; Byoung Keun Park; Eui Il Hwang; Nam Hui Yim; Na Rae Kim; Tae Hoon Kang; Sang-Han Lee; Sung Uk Kim
Bibliographic Citation
Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 498-502
Publication Year
2004
Abstract
The current study was conducted to monitor the possibility of the gene transfer among soil bacteria, including the effect of drift due to rain and surface water, in relation to the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment. Four types of bacteria, each with a distinct antibiotic marker, kanamycin-resistant P. fluorescens, rifampicin-resistant P. putida, chloramphenicol-resistant B. subtilis, and spectinomycin-resistant B. subtilis, were plated using a small-scale soil-core device designed to track drifting microorganisms. After three weeks of culture in the device, no Pseudomonas colonies resistant to both kanamycin and fifampicin were found. Likewise, no Bacillus colonies resistant to both chloramphenicol and spectinomycin were found. The gene transfer from glyphosate-tolerant soybeans to soil bacteria, including Rhizobium spp. as a symbiotic bacteria, was examined by hybridization using the DNA extracted from soil taken from pots, in which glyphosate-tolerant soybeans had been growing for 6 months. The results showed that 35S, T-nos, and EPSPS were observed in the positive control, but not in the DNA extracted, from the soilborne microorganisms. In addition, no transgenes, such as the 35S promoter, T-nos, and EPSPS introduced into the GMO soybeans were detected in soilborne bacteria, Rhizobium leguminosarum, thereby strongly rejecting the possibility of gene transfer from the GMO soybeans to the bacterium.
Keyword
antibiotic-resistant geneenvironmental risk assessmentgene transfergenetically modified organismssmall-scale soil-core devicesoil bacteria
ISSN
1017-7825
Publisher
Korea Soc-Assoc-Inst
Type
Article
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