Isolation, identification and arsenic-resistance of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans HX3 producing schwertmannite

Autor: Ming Yang, Hui-Xin Xiong, Ting Yao, Yi-Qun Xu
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Environmental Sciences. 26:1463-1470
ISSN: 1001-0742
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.05.012
Popis: Schwertmannite, a ubiquitous mineral present in iron oxyhydroxides formed in iron- and sulfate-rich acid media, favors incorporation of some toxic anions in its structure. We reported an iron-oxidizing bacterial strain HX3 from a municipal sludge that facilitates the formation of pure schwertmannite in cultures. Ferrous iron oxidation by the isolated strain HX3 was optimum at an initial pH of 2.0-3.3 and temperature of 28-35°C. Pure schwertmannite was found through bacterial oxidation of ferrous iron at an initial pH2.8 and temperature 28°C. Following 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis the bacterial strain HX3 was identified as Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. The arsenic-resistance A. ferrooxidans HX3 showed the potential of environmental application in arsenic removal from the As(III)- and iron-rich acid sulfate waters directly by As(III) adsorption or the formation of schwertmannite in the environment.
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