01589nas a2200181   4500008004100000245010900041210006900150260004600219520091300265100001901178700001301197700001501210700001701225700001501242700001401257700001401271856012201285       2016                        eng d00aDiversity of arsenic resistant bacteria from Lonar lake: A meteorite impact alkaline crater lake in Indi0 aDiversity of arsenic resistant bacteria from Lonar lake A meteor  aStockholm; SwedenbCRC Press/BalkemacJUN3 aLonar lake known for its meteorite impact origin and highly alkaline environment harbors a plethora of diverse organisms. Arsenic transforming microbe diversity from Lonar remains unexplored. We attempted to explore the microorganisms causing arsenic transformation using culture-dependent and independent approaches. Amongst the 67 microbes isolated, Bacillus infantis L4-18 and Bacillus solimangrovi L4-7b could oxidise 15 mM arsenite in 8 days. None of the cultures could reduce arsenate. All the other isolates resisted 2 mM arsenic. In the culture independent approach, microbial diversity revealed Bacteroides (41.9%), followed by Proteobacteria (17.9%), Firmicutes (14.2%), Actinobacteria (13.9%), occurring in the Lonar sediment sample. This study provides foundation to study microbial arsenic biogeochemical cycle along with other biochemical cycles and microbial function in Lonar lake eco system.1 aBagade, A., V.1 aPaul, D.1 aRikame, T.1 aGiri, A., P.1 aDhotre, D.1 aPawar, S.1 aKodam, K.  uhttps://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017026744&origin=inward&txGid=63266bcb17f730d2678898ea486dffa6