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Schlosser C, Streu P, Frank M, Lavik G, Croot PL, Dengler M, Achterberg EP. H 2S events in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone facilitate enhanced dissolved Fe concentrations. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12642. [PMID: 30140004 PMCID: PMC6107642 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30580-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Dissolved iron (DFe) concentrations in oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems are enhanced as a result of high supply rates from anoxic sediments. However, pronounced variations in DFe concentrations in anoxic coastal waters of the Peruvian OMZ indicate that there are factors in addition to dissolved oxygen concentrations (O2) that control Fe cycling. Our study demonstrates that sediment-derived reduced Fe (Fe(II)) forms the main DFe fraction in the anoxic/euxinic water column off Peru, which is responsible for DFe accumulations of up to 200 nmol L-1. Lowest DFe values were observed in anoxic shelf waters in the presence of nitrate and nitrite. This reflects oxidation of sediment-sourced Fe(II) associated with nitrate/nitrite reduction and subsequent removal as particulate Fe(III) oxyhydroxides. Unexpectedly, the highest DFe levels were observed in waters with elevated concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (up to 4 µmol L-1) and correspondingly depleted nitrate/nitrite concentrations (<0.18 µmol L-1). Under these conditions, Fe removal was reduced through stabilization of Fe(II) as aqueous iron sulfide (FeSaqu) which comprises complexes (e.g., FeSH+) and clusters (e.g., Fe2S2|4H2O). Sulfidic events on the Peruvian shelf consequently enhance Fe availability, and may increase in frequency in future due to projected expansion and intensification of OMZs.
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- Christian Schlosser
- Marine Biogeochemie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.
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- Marine Biogeochemie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
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- Marine Biogeochemie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
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- Max-Plank-Institut für Mikrobiologie, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- Marine Biogeochemie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.,iCRAG (Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geoscience), Earth and Ocean Sciences, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Marine Biogeochemie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
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- Marine Biogeochemie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
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Liu H, Chen Z, Guan Y, Xu S. Role and application of iron in water treatment for nitrogen removal: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 204:51-62. [PMID: 29653322 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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It is crucial to have a review on the role of iron in water treatment for the guidance towards the selection of appropriate processes, content of iron, and application conditions, as there are few reviews available at present and the systematic information is lacking for both researchers and engineers. The objectives of this review are to summarize the state of arts with respect to iron applied in nitrogen removal, discuss chemical and biological or bio-chemical combined nitrogen removal pathways and processes coupled with iron, and to reveal reaction mechanisms as well as providing references or even solutions to pertinent the practical engineering application of nitrate removal coupling with iron. The following information have been summarized and discussed in details: (1) iron based materials with varieties of preparations and forms, (2) major coupling ways of nitrogen removal methods or processes with iron application, (3) chemical reaction equations about a variety of chemical and biological or bio-chemical combined processes and the main mechanisms. In addition, challenges and/or drawbacks during the nitrogen removal processes will also be discussed in this paper, which is aimed to seek better practical engineering applications of nitrate removal coupling with iron.
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- Hongbo Liu
- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, 200093, Shanghai, China.
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, 200093, Shanghai, China
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- Qingyuan-Hong Kong & China Water Co. LTD, 215000, Suzhou China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, 200093, Shanghai, China.
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Spatial Pattern of Bacterial Community Diversity Formed in Different Groundwater Field Corresponding to Electron Donors and Acceptors Distributions at a Petroleum-Contaminated Site. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w10070842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Jamieson J, Prommer H, Kaksonen AH, Sun J, Siade AJ, Yusov A, Bostick B. Identifying and Quantifying the Intermediate Processes during Nitrate-Dependent Iron(II) Oxidation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:5771-5781. [PMID: 29676145 PMCID: PMC6427828 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Microbially driven nitrate-dependent iron (Fe) oxidation (NDFO) in subsurface environments has been intensively studied. However, the extent to which Fe(II) oxidation is biologically catalyzed remains unclear because no neutrophilic iron-oxidizing and nitrate reducing autotroph has been isolated to confirm the existence of an enzymatic pathway. While mixotrophic NDFO bacteria have been isolated, understanding the process is complicated by simultaneous abiotic oxidation due to nitrite produced during denitrification. In this study, the relative contributions of biotic and abiotic processes during NDFO were quantified through the compilation and model-based interpretation of previously published experimental data. The kinetics of chemical denitrification by Fe(II) (chemodenitrification) were assessed, and compelling evidence was found for the importance of organic ligands, specifically exopolymeric substances secreted by bacteria, in enhancing abiotic oxidation of Fe(II). However, nitrite alone could not explain the observed magnitude of Fe(II) oxidation, with 60-75% of overall Fe(II) oxidation attributed to an enzymatic pathway for investigated strains: Acidovorax ( A.) strain BoFeN1, 2AN, A. ebreus strain TPSY, Paracoccus denitrificans Pd 1222, and Pseudogulbenkiania sp. strain 2002. By rigorously quantifying the intermediate processes, this study eliminated the potential for abiotic Fe(II) oxidation to be exclusively responsible for NDFO and verified the key contribution from an additional, biological Fe(II) oxidation process catalyzed by NDFO bacteria.
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- James Jamieson
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
- CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia
- Corresponding Author: .
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia
- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
- CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, United States
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Yan S, Boyanov MI, Mishra B, Kemner KM, O'Loughlin EJ. U(VI) Reduction by Biogenic and Abiotic Hydroxycarbonate Green Rusts: Impacts on U(IV) Speciation and Stability Over Time. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:4601-4609. [PMID: 29630355 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Green rusts (GRs) are redox active FeII-FeIII minerals that form in the environment via various biotic and abiotic processes. Although both biogenic (BioGR) and abiotic (ChemGR) GRs have been shown to reduce UVI, the dynamics of the transformations and the speciation and stability of the resulting UIV phases are poorly understood. We used carbonate extraction and XAFS spectroscopy to investigate the products of UVI reduction by BioGR and ChemGR. The results show that both GRs can rapidly remove UVI from synthetic groundwater via reduction to UIV. The initial products in the ChemGR system are solids-associated UIV-carbonate complexes that gradually transform to nanocrystalline uraninite over time, leading to a decrease in the proportion of carbonate-extractable U from ∼95% to ∼10%. In contrast, solid-phase UIV atoms in the BioGR system remain relatively extractable, nonuraninite UIV species over the same reaction period. The presence of calcium and carbonate in groundwater significantly increase the extractability of UIV in the BioGR system. These data provide new insights into the transformations of U under anoxic conditions in groundwater that contains calcium and carbonate, and have major implications for predicting uranium stability within redox dynamic environments and designing approaches for the remediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater.
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- Sen Yan
- School of Earth Sciences , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan , 430074 , China
- Biosciences Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Biosciences Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
- Institute of Chemical Engineering , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , Sofia , 1113 , Bulgaria
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- Biosciences Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , U.K
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- Biosciences Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Biosciences Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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Price A, Pearson VK, Schwenzer SP, Miot J, Olsson-Francis K. Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation: A Potential Mars Metabolism. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:513. [PMID: 29616015 PMCID: PMC5869265 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This work considers the hypothetical viability of microbial nitrate-dependent Fe2+ oxidation (NDFO) for supporting simple life in the context of the early Mars environment. This draws on knowledge built up over several decades of remote and in situ observation, as well as recent discoveries that have shaped current understanding of early Mars. Our current understanding is that certain early martian environments fulfill several of the key requirements for microbes with NDFO metabolism. First, abundant Fe2+ has been identified on Mars and provides evidence of an accessible electron donor; evidence of anoxia suggests that abiotic Fe2+ oxidation by molecular oxygen would not have interfered and competed with microbial iron metabolism in these environments. Second, nitrate, which can be used by some iron oxidizing microorganisms as an electron acceptor, has also been confirmed in modern aeolian and ancient sediment deposits on Mars. In addition to redox substrates, reservoirs of both organic and inorganic carbon are available for biosynthesis, and geochemical evidence suggests that lacustrine systems during the hydrologically active Noachian period (4.1-3.7 Ga) match the circumneutral pH requirements of nitrate-dependent iron-oxidizing microorganisms. As well as potentially acting as a primary producer in early martian lakes and fluvial systems, the light-independent nature of NDFO suggests that such microbes could have persisted in sub-surface aquifers long after the desiccation of the surface, provided that adequate carbon and nitrates sources were prevalent. Traces of NDFO microorganisms may be preserved in the rock record by biomineralization and cellular encrustation in zones of high Fe2+ concentrations. These processes could produce morphological biosignatures, preserve distinctive Fe-isotope variation patterns, and enhance preservation of biological organic compounds. Such biosignatures could be detectable by future missions to Mars with appropriate instrumentation.
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- Alex Price
- Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- CNRS, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne Universités, UMR 7590, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Usman M, Byrne JM, Chaudhary A, Orsetti S, Hanna K, Ruby C, Kappler A, Haderlein SB. Magnetite and Green Rust: Synthesis, Properties, and Environmental Applications of Mixed-Valent Iron Minerals. Chem Rev 2018; 118:3251-3304. [PMID: 29465223 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mixed-valent iron [Fe(II)-Fe(III)] minerals such as magnetite and green rust have received a significant amount of attention over recent decades, especially in the environmental sciences. These mineral phases are intrinsic and essential parts of biogeochemical cycling of metals and organic carbon and play an important role regarding the mobility, toxicity, and redox transformation of organic and inorganic pollutants. The formation pathways, mineral properties, and applications of magnetite and green rust are currently active areas of research in geochemistry, environmental mineralogy, geomicrobiology, material sciences, environmental engineering, and environmental remediation. These aspects ultimately dictate the reactivity of magnetite and green rust in the environment, which has important consequences for the application of these mineral phases, for example in remediation strategies. In this review we discuss the properties, occurrence, formation by biotic as well as abiotic pathways, characterization techniques, and environmental applications of magnetite and green rust in the environment. The aim is to present a detailed overview of the key aspects related to these mineral phases which can be used as an important resource for researchers working in a diverse range of fields dealing with mixed-valent iron minerals.
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- M Usman
- Environmental Mineralogy, Center for Applied Geosciences , University of Tübingen , 72074 Tübingen , Germany.,Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences , University of Agriculture , Faisalabad 38040 , Pakistan
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- Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences , University of Tübingen , 72074 Tübingen , Germany
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- Environmental Mineralogy, Center for Applied Geosciences , University of Tübingen , 72074 Tübingen , Germany.,Department of Environmental Science and Engineering , Government College University Faisalabad 38000 , Pakistan
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- Environmental Mineralogy, Center for Applied Geosciences , University of Tübingen , 72074 Tübingen , Germany
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- Univ Rennes, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes , CNRS, ISCR - UMR6226 , F-35000 Rennes , France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement , UMR 7564 CNRS-Université de Lorraine , 54600 Villers-Lès-Nancy , France
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- Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences , University of Tübingen , 72074 Tübingen , Germany
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- Environmental Mineralogy, Center for Applied Geosciences , University of Tübingen , 72074 Tübingen , Germany
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Noël V, Boye K, Kukkadapu RK, Bone S, Lezama Pacheco JS, Cardarelli E, Janot N, Fendorf S, Williams KH, Bargar JR. Understanding controls on redox processes in floodplain sediments of the Upper Colorado River Basin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 603-604:663-675. [PMID: 28359569 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Floodplains, heavily used for water supplies, housing, agriculture, mining, and industry, are important repositories of organic carbon, nutrients, and metal contaminants. The accumulation and release of these species is often mediated by redox processes. Understanding the physicochemical, hydrological, and biogeochemical controls on the distribution and variability of sediment redox conditions is therefore critical to developing conceptual and numerical models of contaminant transport within floodplains. The Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) is impacted by former uranium and vanadium ore processing, resulting in contamination by V, Cr, Mn, As, Se, Mo and U. Previous authors have suggested that sediment redox activity occurring within organic carbon-enriched bodies located below the groundwater level may be regionally important to the maintenance and release of contaminant inventories, particularly uranium. To help assess this hypothesis, vertical distributions of Fe and S redox states and sulfide mineralogy were assessed in sediment cores from three floodplain sites spanning a 250km transect of the central UCRB. The results of this study support the hypothesis that organic-enriched reduced sediments are important zones of biogeochemical activity within UCRB floodplains. We found that the presence of organic carbon, together with pore saturation, are the key requirements for maintaining reducing conditions, which were dominated by sulfate-reduction products. Sediment texture was found to be of secondary importance and to moderate the response of the system to external forcing, such as oxidant diffusion. Consequently, fine-grain sediments are relatively resistant to oxidation in comparison to coarser-grained sediments. Exposure to oxidants consumes precipitated sulfides, with a disproportionate loss of mackinawite (FeS) as compared to the more stable pyrite. The accompanying loss of redox buffering capacity creates the potential for release of sequestered radionuclides and metals. Because of their redox reactivity and stores of metals, C, and N, organic-enriched sediments are likely to be important to nutrient and contaminant mobility within UCRB floodplain aquifers.
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- Vincent Noël
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States; Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States; Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
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- Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States.
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Preparation of Permanent Magnetic Resin Crosslinking by Diallyl Itaconate and Its Adsorptive and Anti-fouling Behaviors for Humic Acid Removal. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17103. [PMID: 29213069 PMCID: PMC5719021 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17360-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In this research, a series of permanent magnetic anion exchange resins (MAERs) were prepared by polymerizing glycidyl methacrylate monomer and crosslinking diallyl itaconate (DAI) and divinylbenzene. The properties and performances of these novel MAERs were systematically characterized and evaluated for humic acid (HA) adsorption by batch experiments. With the increase of DAI content from 0 to 15%, the moisture of MAERs was elevated from 50.23% to 68.53%, along with the adsorption capacity increasing from 2.57 to 3.14 mmol g-1. As the concentrations of co-existing cation (Ca2+ and Mg2+) increased, the adsorption amounts of HA dropped drastically at first and increased a little at high cation concentrations. Although ion exchange was the primary mechanism for HA adsorption, other physical interactions and electrostatic attraction between HA molecules and newly formed oxonium group also played significant roles for HA adsorption. The MAERs could be efficiently regenerated by a mixture of NaCl/NaOH solution (10%/1%), and notably, the MAER-3 with the highest DAI content displayed unapparent loss of adsorption capacity during twenty-one successive adsorption-desorption cycles. These results suggested a novel resin adsorbent for its excellent performances on adsorption, regeneration, and sedimentation in water treatment for natural organic matter removal.
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Stuckey JW, Yang J, Wang J, Sparks DL. Advances in Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy for Elucidating Soil Biogeochemical Processes at the Submicron Scale. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2017; 46:1166-1174. [PMID: 29293846 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2016.10.0399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Organic matter, minerals, and microorganisms are spatially associated in complex organo-mineral assemblages within soils. A mechanistic understanding of processes occurring within organo-mineral assemblages requires noninvasive techniques that minimize any disturbance to the physical and chemical integrity of the sample. Synchrotron-based soft (50-2200 eV) X-ray spectromicroscopic techniques, including scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM), X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (X-PEEM), and scanning photoelectron microscopy (SPEM), coupled with microspectroscopy (e.g., near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure; NEXAFS) allow for determining the spatial association and speciation of most elements found in soils while maintaining sample integrity. This review highlights application of the four spectromicroscopic techniques mentioned above to soil biogeochemical research, with particular emphasis on STXM-NEXAFS, which has contributed to the greatest set of advancements in the understanding of soil organo-mineral interactions, including mineral control on organic carbon cycling and the mechanisms of biomineral formation.
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Baumgartner J, Menguy N, Gonzalez TP, Morin G, Widdrat M, Faivre D. Elongated magnetite nanoparticle formation from a solid ferrous precursor in a magnetotactic bacterium. J R Soc Interface 2017; 13:rsif.2016.0665. [PMID: 27881802 PMCID: PMC5134017 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Magnetotactic bacteria are aquatic microorganisms that intracellularly mineralize ferrimagnetic nanoparticles enabling the cells to align with the geomagnetic field. The bacteria produce a magnetic mineral of species-specific phase (magnetite Fe(II)Fe(III)2O4 or greigite Fe(II)Fe(III)2S4), size, morphology and particle assembly. Several species produce crystals of unusual elongated particle shapes, which break the symmetry of the thermodynamically favoured isometric morphology. Such morphologies are thought to affect domain size and orientation of the internal magnetization. Therefore, they are interesting study objects to develop new synthetic strategies for the morphological control of nanoparticles. We investigate the formation of such irregularly shaped nanomagnets in the species Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1. In contrast to previously described organisms, this bacterium accumulates iron predominantly as Fe(II) rather than Fe(III) consistent with an alternative oxidative biomineralization route. Further, using high-resolution electron microscopy, we observe an epitaxial relationship between precursor and the final mineral phase supporting the notion of a solid-state transformation pathway. The precursor is likely a green rust previously thought to convert to magnetite only by dissolution and re-precipitation. Our findings represent a novel observation in the interconversion of iron (oxyhydr)oxide materials and suggest that solid-state growth processes could be required to produce irregularly shaped, elongated magnetite nanocrystals.
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- Jens Baumgartner
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7590 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut de Recherches pour le Développement, Campus Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7590 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut de Recherches pour le Développement, Campus Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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Li Q, Wang Z, Li Q, Shuang C, Zhou Q, Li A, Gao C. Competition and enhancement effect in coremoval of atenolol and copper by an easily regenerative magnetic cation exchange resin. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 179:1-9. [PMID: 28351746 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 02/04/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This paper aimed to investigate the removal of combined Cu2+ and atenolol (ATL) in aqueous solution by using a newly synthesized magnetic cation exchange resin (MCER) as the adsorbent. The MCER exhibited efficient removal performance in sole, binary, pre-loading and saline systems. The adsorption kinetics of Cu2+ and ATL fitted both pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second order model, while better described by pseudo-second order model in binary system. In mixed Cu2+ and ATL solution, the adsorption of ATL was suppressed due to direct competition of carboxylic groups, while Cu2+ adsorption was enhanced because of the formation of surface complexes. This increasing in heterogeneity was demonstrated by adsorption isotherms, which were more suitable for Freundlich model in binary system, while better described by Langmuir model in sole system. As proved by FTIR and XPS spectra, both amino and hydroxyl groups of ATL could form complexes with Cu2+. Decomplexing-bridging interaction was elucidated as the leading mechanism in coremoval of Cu2+ and ATL, which involved [Cu-ATL] decomplexing and newly created Cu- or ATL sites for additional bridging. For saline system, the resulting competition and enhancement effects in mixed solution were amplified with the addition of co-existing cations. Moreover, the MCER could be effectively regenerated by 0.01 M HCl solution and maintain high stability over 5 adsorption-desorption cycles, which render it great potential for practical applications.
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- Qimeng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, PR China
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Insights into Nitrate-Reducing Fe(II) Oxidation Mechanisms through Analysis of Cell-Mineral Associations, Cell Encrustation, and Mineralogy in the Chemolithoautotrophic Enrichment Culture KS. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.00752-17. [PMID: 28455336 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00752-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Most described nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria (NRFeOB) are mixotrophic and depend on organic cosubstrates for growth. Encrustation of cells in Fe(III) minerals has been observed for mixotrophic NRFeOB but not for autotrophic phototrophic and microaerophilic Fe(II) oxidizers. So far, little is known about cell-mineral associations in the few existing autotrophic NRFeOB. Here, we investigate whether the designated autotrophic Fe(II)-oxidizing strain (closely related to Gallionella and Sideroxydans) or the heterotrophic nitrate reducers that are present in the autotrophic nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing enrichment culture KS form mineral crusts during Fe(II) oxidation under autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions. In the mixed culture, we found no significant encrustation of any of the cells both during autotrophic oxidation of 8 to 10 mM Fe(II) coupled to nitrate reduction and during cultivation under mixotrophic conditions with 8 to 10 mM Fe(II), 5 mM acetate, and 4 mM nitrate, where higher numbers of heterotrophic nitrate reducers were present. Two pure cultures of heterotrophic nitrate reducers (Nocardioides and Rhodanobacter) isolated from culture KS were analyzed under mixotrophic growth conditions. We found green rust formation, no cell encrustation, and only a few mineral particles on some cell surfaces with 5 mM Fe(II) and some encrustation with 10 mM Fe(II). Our findings suggest that enzymatic, autotrophic Fe(II) oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction forms poorly crystalline Fe(III) oxyhydroxides and proceeds without cellular encrustation while indirect Fe(II) oxidation via heterotrophic nitrate-reduction-derived nitrite can lead to green rust as an intermediate mineral and significant cell encrustation. The extent of encrustation caused by indirect Fe(II) oxidation by reactive nitrogen species depends on Fe(II) concentrations and is probably negligible under environmental conditions in most habitats.IMPORTANCE Most described nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria (NRFeOB) are mixotrophic (their growth depends on organic cosubstrates) and can become encrusted in Fe(III) minerals. Encrustation is expected to be harmful and poses a threat to cells if it also occurs under environmentally relevant conditions. Nitrite produced during heterotrophic denitrification reacts with Fe(II) abiotically and is probably the reason for encrustation in mixotrophic NRFeOB. Little is known about cell-mineral associations in autotrophic NRFeOB such as the enrichment culture KS. Here, we show that no encrustation occurs in culture KS under autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions while heterotrophic nitrate-reducing isolates from culture KS become encrusted. These findings support the hypothesis that encrustation in mixotrophic cultures is caused by the abiotic reaction of Fe(II) with nitrite and provide evidence that Fe(II) oxidation in culture KS is enzymatic. Furthermore, we show that the extent of encrustation caused by indirect Fe(II) oxidation by reactive nitrogen species depends on Fe(II) concentrations and is probably negligible in most environmental habitats.
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Hu M, Chen P, Sun W, Li F, Cui J. A novel organotrophic nitrate-reducing Fe(ii)-oxidizing bacterium isolated from paddy soil and draft genome sequencing indicate its metabolic versatility. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra09328d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Physiological and genomic information of this strain provide preliminary evidence for nitrate-reduction coupled Fe(ii)-oxidation in microorganisms from paddy soil.
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- Min Hu
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management
- Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science & Technology
- Guangzhou 510650
- P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management
- Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science & Technology
- Guangzhou 510650
- P. R. China
- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management
- Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science & Technology
- Guangzhou 510650
- P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management
- Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science & Technology
- Guangzhou 510650
- P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management
- Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science & Technology
- Guangzhou 510650
- P. R. China
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Kim MS, Kim TH, Seo YS, Oh JM, Park JK. A novel synthesis of an Fe3+/Fe2+ layered double hydroxide (‘green rust’) via controlled electron transfer with a conducting polymer. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:7656-7659. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt00731k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We demonstrate one simple way to produce crystalline green rust by controlling the electron transfer properties of a conducting polymer with a polyanionic macromolecule and the formation mechanism has been studied.
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- Min-Sung Kim
- Department of Chemistry
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Yongin 17035
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Medical Chemistry
- College of Science and Technology
- Yonsei University
- Wonju 26493
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Yongin 17035
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Medical Chemistry
- College of Science and Technology
- Yonsei University
- Wonju 26493
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Yongin 17035
- Republic of Korea
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DiLoreto ZA, Weber PA, Olds W, Pope J, Trumm D, Chaganti SR, Heath DD, Weisener CG. Novel cost effective full scale mussel shell bioreactors for metal removal and acid neutralization. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2016; 183:601-612. [PMID: 27633144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Acid mine drainage (AMD) impacted waters are a worldwide concern for the mining industry and countries dealing with this issue; both active and passive technologies are employed for the treatment of such waters. Mussel shell bioreactors (MSB) represent a passive technology that utilizes waste from the shellfish industry as a novel substrate. The aim of this study is to provide insight into the biogeochemical dynamics of a novel full scale MSB for AMD treatment. A combination of water quality data, targeted geochemical extractions, and metagenomic analyses were used to evaluate MSB performance. The MSB raised the effluent pH from 3.4 to 8.3 while removing up to ∼99% of the dissolved Al, and Fe and >90% Ni, Tl, and Zn. A geochemical gradient was observed progressing from oxidized to reduced conditions with depth. The redox conditions helped define the microbial consortium that consists of a specialized niche of organisms that influence elemental cycling (i.e. complex Fe and S cycling). MSB technology represents an economic and effective means of full scale, passive AMD treatment that is an attractive alternative for developing economies due to its low cost and ease of implementation.
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- Z A DiLoreto
- University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- O'Kane Consultants (NZ) Ltd, Unit 2, 2 McMillan Street, Darfield, New Zealand
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- O'Kane Consultants (NZ) Ltd, Unit 2, 2 McMillan Street, Darfield, New Zealand
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- CRL Energy Ltd, 97 Nazareth Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- CRL Energy Ltd, 97 Nazareth Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
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- University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada.
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Sun J, Chillrud SN, Mailloux BJ, Bostick BC. In Situ Magnetite Formation and Long-Term Arsenic Immobilization under Advective Flow Conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:10162-71. [PMID: 27533278 PMCID: PMC5725337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In situ precipitation of magnetite and other minerals potentially sequesters dissolved arsenic (As) in contaminated aquifers. This study examines As retention and transport in aquifer sediments using a multistage column experiment in which magnetite and other minerals formed from added nitrate and ferrous iron (Fe). Sediments were collected from the Dover Municipal Landfill Superfund site. Prior to nitrate-Fe(II) addition, As was not effectively retained within the sediments in the column. The combination of nitrate (10 mM) and Fe(II) (4 mM), resulted in mineral precipitation and rapidly decreased effluent As concentrations to <10 μg L(-1). Mineralogical analyses of sectioned replicate columns using sequential extractions, magnetic susceptibility and X-ray absorption spectroscopy indicate that magnetite and ferrihydrite formed in the column following nitrate-Fe(II) addition. This magnetite persisted in the column even as conditions became reducing, whereas ferrihydrite was transformed to more stable Fe oxides. This magnetite incorporated As into its structure during precipitation and subsequently adsorbed As. Adsorption to the minerals kept effluent As concentrations <10 μg L(-1) for more than 100 pore volumes despite considerable Fe reduction. The results indicate that it should be feasible to produce an in situ reactive filter by nitrate-Fe(II) injection.
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- Jing Sun
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Mail Code 5505, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, United States
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, United States
- Corresponding Author: Phone: (+1) 845-365-8659; fax: (+1) 845-365-8155;
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Schaumlöffel D, Hutchinson R, Malherbe J, Coustumer PL, Gontier E, Isaure MP. Novel Methods for Bioimaging Including LA-ICP-MS, NanoSIMS, TEM/X-EDS, and SXRF. Metallomics 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527694907.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Dirk Schaumlöffel
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, CNRS; Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM); UMR 5254 64000 Pau France
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- Electro Scientific Industries; 8 Avro Court, Ermine Business Park Huntingdon, Cambridge PE29 6XS UK
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, CNRS; Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM); UMR 5254 64000 Pau France
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- Université de Bordeaux, UF Sciences de la Terre et Environnement; Allée G. Saint-Hillaire 33615 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Imaging Center; UMS 3420 CNRS - US4 INSERM, Pôle d'imagerie électronique; 146 rue Léo Saignat 33076 Bordeaux France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, CNRS; Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM); UMR 5254 64000 Pau France
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Zhang M, Zheng P, Zeng Z, Wang R, Shan X, He Z, Abbas G, Ji J. Physicochemical characteristics and microbial community of cultivated sludge for nitrate-dependent anaerobic ferrous-oxidizing (NAFO) process. Sep Purif Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Xiu W, Guo H, Shen J, Liu S, Ding S, Hou W, Ma J, Dong H. Stimulation of Fe(II) Oxidation, Biogenic Lepidocrocite Formation, and Arsenic Immobilization by Pseudogulbenkiania Sp. Strain 2002. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:6449-6458. [PMID: 27223602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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An anaerobic nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium, Pseudogulbenkiania sp. strain 2002, was used to investigate As immobilization by biogenic Fe oxyhydroxides under different initial molar ratios of Fe/As in solutions. Results showed that Fe(II) was effectively oxidized, mainly forming lepidocrocite, which immobilized more As(III) than As(V) without changing the redox state of As. When the initial Fe/As ratios were kept constant, higher initial Fe(II) concentrations immobilized more As with higher Asimmobilized/Feprecipitated in biogenic lepidocrocite. EXAFS analysis showed that variations of initial Fe(II) concentrations did not change the As-Fe complexes (bidentate binuclear complexes ((2)C)) with a fixed As(III) or As(V) initial concentration of 13.3 μM. On the other hand, variations in initial As concentrations but fixed Fe(II) initial concentration induced the co-occurrence of bidentate binuclear and bidentate mononuclear complexes ((2)E) and bidentate binuclear and monodentate mononuclear complexes ((1)V) for As(III) and As(V)-treated series, respectively. The coexistence of (2)C and (2)E complexes (or (2)C and (1)V complexes) could contribute to higher As removal in experimental series with higher initial Fe(II) concentrations at the same initial Fe/As ratio. Simultaneous removal of soluble As and nitrate by anaerobic nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria provides a feasible approach for in situ remediation of As-nitrate cocontaminated groundwater.
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- Wei Xiu
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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Picard A, Obst M, Schmid G, Zeitvogel F, Kappler A. Limited influence of Si on the preservation of Fe mineral-encrusted microbial cells during experimental diagenesis. GEOBIOLOGY 2016; 14:276-292. [PMID: 26695194 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The reconstruction of the history of microbial life since its emergence on early Earth is impaired by the difficulty to prove the biogenicity of putative microfossils in the rock record. While most of the oldest rocks on Earth have been exposed to different grades of diagenetic alterations, little is known about how the remains of micro-organisms evolve when exposed to pressure (P) and temperature (T) conditions typical of diagenesis. Using spectroscopy and microscopy, we compared morphological, mineralogical, and chemical biosignatures exhibited by Fe mineral-encrusted cells of the bacterium Acidovorax sp. BoFeN1 after long-term incubation under ambient conditions and after experimental diagenesis. We also evaluated the effects of Si on the preservation of microbial cells during the whole process. At ambient conditions, Si affected the morphology but not the identity (goethite) of Fe minerals that formed around cells. Fe-encrusted cells were morphologically well preserved after 1 week at 250 °C-140 MPa and after 16 weeks at 170 °C-120 MPa in the presence or in the absence of Si. Some goethite transformed to hematite and magnetite at 250 °C-140 MPa, but in the presence of Si more goethite was preserved. Proteins-the most abundant cellular components-were preserved over several months at ambient conditions but disappeared after incubations at high temperature and pressure conditions, both in the presence and in the absence of Si. Other organic compounds, such as lipids and extracellular polysaccharides seemed well preserved after exposure to diagenetic conditions. This study provides insights about the composition and potential preservation of microfossils that could have formed in Fe- and Si-rich Precambrian oceans.
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- A Picard
- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Etique M, Jorand FPA, Ruby C. Magnetite as a precursor for green rust through the hydrogenotrophic activity of the iron-reducing bacteria Shewanella putrefaciens. GEOBIOLOGY 2016; 14:237-254. [PMID: 26715461 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Magnetite (Fe(II) Fe(III) 2 O4 ) is often considered as a stable end product of the bioreduction of Fe(III) minerals (e.g., ferrihydrite, lepidocrocite, hematite) or of the biological oxidation of Fe(II) compounds (e.g., siderite), with green rust (GR) as a mixed Fe(II) -Fe(III) hydroxide intermediate. Until now, the biotic transformation of magnetite to GR has not been evidenced. In this study, we investigated the capability of an iron-reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens, to reduce magnetite at circumneutral pH in the presence of dihydrogen as sole inorganic electron donor. During incubation, GR and/or siderite (Fe(II) CO3 ) formation occurred as secondary iron minerals, resulting from the precipitation of Fe(II) species produced via the bacterial reduction of Fe(III) species present in magnetite. Taking into account the exact nature of the secondary iron minerals and the electron donor source is necessary to understand the exergonic character of the biotic transformation of magnetite to GR, which had been considered to date as thermodynamically unfavorable at circumneutral pH. This finding reinforces the hypothesis that GR would be the cornerstone of the microbial transformations of iron-bearing minerals in the anoxic biogeochemical cycle of iron and opens up new possibilities for the interpretation of the evolution of Earth's history and for the understanding of biocorrosion processes in the field of applied science.
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- M Etique
- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
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Gauger T, Konhauser K, Kappler A. Protection of Nitrate-Reducing Fe(II)-Oxidizing Bacteria from UV Radiation by Biogenic Fe(III) Minerals. ASTROBIOLOGY 2016; 16:301-310. [PMID: 27027418 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Due to the lack of an ozone layer in the Archean, ultraviolet radiation (UVR) reached early Earth's surface almost unattenuated; as a consequence, a terrestrial biosphere in the form of biological soil crusts would have been highly susceptible to lethal doses of irradiation. However, a self-produced external screen in the form of nanoparticular Fe(III) minerals could have effectively protected those early microorganisms. In this study, we use viability studies by quantifying colony-forming units (CFUs), as well as Fe(II) oxidation and nitrate reduction rates, to show that encrustation in biogenic and abiogenic Fe(III) minerals can protect a common soil bacteria such as the nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing microorganisms Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1 and strain 2AN from harmful UVC radiation. Analysis of DNA damage by quantifying cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) confirmed the protecting effect by Fe(III) minerals. This study suggests that Fe(II)-oxidizing microorganisms, as would have grown in association with mafic and ultramafic soils/outcrops, would have been able to produce their own UV screen, enabling them to live in terrestrial habitats on early Earth.
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- Tina Gauger
- 1 Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany
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- 2 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
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- 1 Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany
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Mineralogical Diversity in Lake Pavin: Connections with Water Column Chemistry and Biomineralization Processes. MINERALS 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/min6020024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Muehe EM, Morin G, Scheer L, Pape PL, Esteve I, Daus B, Kappler A. Arsenic(V) Incorporation in Vivianite during Microbial Reduction of Arsenic(V)-Bearing Biogenic Fe(III) (Oxyhydr)oxides. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:2281-2291. [PMID: 26828118 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The dissolution of arsenic-bearing iron(III) (oxyhydr)oxides during combined microbial iron(III) and arsenate(V) reduction is thought to be the main mechanism responsible for arsenic mobilization in reducing environments. Besides its mobilization during bioreduction, arsenic is often resequestered by newly forming secondary iron(II)-bearing mineral phases. In phosphate-bearing environments, iron(II) inputs generally lead to vivianite precipitation. In fact, in a previous study we observed that during bioreduction of arsenate(V)-bearing biogenic iron(III) (oxyhydr)oxides in phosphate-containing growth media, arsenate(V) was immobilized by the newly forming secondary iron(II) and iron(II)/iron(III)mineral phases, including vivianite. In the present study, changes in arsenic redox state and binding environment in these experiments were analyzed. We found that arsenate(V) partly replaced phosphate in vivianite, thus forming a vivianite-symplesite solid solution identified as Fe3(PO4)1.7(AsO4)0.3·8H2O. Our data suggests that in order to predict the fate of arsenic during the bioreduction of abiogenic and biogenic iron(III) (oxyhydr)oxides in arsenic-contaminated environments, the formation of symplesite-vivianite minerals needs to be considered. Indeed, such mineral phases could contribute to a delayed and slow release of arsenic in phosphate-bearing surface and groundwater environments.
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- E Marie Muehe
- Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tuebingen , Tuebingen, Germany
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- Environmental Mineralogy, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), UMR7590 - CNRS - UPMC, 75252, Paris cedex 05, France
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- Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tuebingen , Tuebingen, Germany
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- Environmental Mineralogy, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), UMR7590 - CNRS - UPMC, 75252, Paris cedex 05, France
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- Environmental Mineralogy, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), UMR7590 - CNRS - UPMC, 75252, Paris cedex 05, France
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department Analytical Chemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tuebingen , Tuebingen, Germany
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Sun J, Chillrud SN, Mailloux BJ, Stute M, Singh R, Dong H, Lepre CJ, Bostick BC. Enhanced and stabilized arsenic retention in microcosms through the microbial oxidation of ferrous iron by nitrate. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 144:1106-15. [PMID: 26454120 PMCID: PMC4779597 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Magnetite strongly retains As, and is relatively stable under Fe(III)-reducing conditions common in aquifers that release As. Here, laboratory microcosm experiments were conducted to investigate a potential As remediation method involving magnetite formation, using groundwater and sediments from the Vineland Superfund site. The microcosms were amended with various combinations of nitrate, Fe(II) (aq) (as ferrous sulfate) and lactate, and were incubated for more than 5 weeks. In the microcosms enriched with 10 mM nitrate and 5 mM Fe(II) (aq), black magnetic particles were produced, and As removal from solution was observed even under sustained Fe(III) reduction stimulated by the addition of 10 mM lactate. The enhanced As retention was mainly attributed to co-precipitation within magnetite and adsorption on a mixture of magnetite and ferrihydrite. Sequential chemical extraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic susceptibility measurements showed that these minerals formed at pH 6-7 following nitrate-Fe(II) addition, and As-bearing magnetite was stable under reducing conditions. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction indicated that nano-particulate magnetite was produced as coatings on fine sediments, and no aging effect was detected on morphology over the course of incubation. These results suggest that a magnetite based strategy may be a long-term remedial option for As-contaminated aquifers.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Mail Code 5505, New York, NY, 10027, USA; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA; Department of Environmental Sciences, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA.
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Enhanced reduction of Fe(III) oxides and methyl orange by Klebsiella oxytoca in presence of anthraquinone-2-disulfonate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:4617-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7281-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Schmid G, Zeitvogel F, Hao L, Ingino P, Adaktylou I, Eickhoff M, Obst M. Submicron-Scale Heterogeneities in Nickel Sorption of Various Cell-Mineral Aggregates Formed by Fe(II)-Oxidizing Bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:114-125. [PMID: 26588096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria form biogenic cell-mineral aggregates (CMAs) composed of microbial cells, extracellular organic compounds, and ferric iron minerals. CMAs are capable of immobilizing large quantities of heavy metals, such as nickel, via sorption processes. CMAs play an important role for the fate of heavy metals in the environment, particularly in systems characterized by elevated concentrations of dissolved metals, such as mine drainage or contaminated sediments. We applied scanning transmission (soft) X-ray microscopy (STXM) spectrotomography for detailed 3D chemical mapping of nickel sorbed to CMAs on the submicron scale. We analyzed different CMAs produced by phototrophic or nitrate-reducing microbial Fe(II) oxidation and, in addition, a twisted stalk structure obtained from an environmental biofilm. Nickel showed a heterogeneous distribution and was found to be preferentially sorbed to biogenically precipitated iron minerals such as Fe(III)-(oxyhydr)oxides and, to a minor extent, associated with organic compounds. Some distinct nickel accumulations were identified on the surfaces of CMAs. Additional information obtained from scatter plots and angular distance maps, showing variations in the nickel-iron and nickel-organic carbon ratios, also revealed a general correlation between nickel and iron. Although a high correlation between nickel and iron was observed in 2D maps, 3D maps revealed this to be partly due to projection artifacts. In summary, by combining different approaches for data analysis, we unambiguously showed the heterogeneous sorption behavior of nickel to CMAs.
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- Gregor Schmid
- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Microscopy, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen , Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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Cismasu AC, Williams KH, Nico PS. Iron and Carbon Dynamics during Aging and Reductive Transformation of Biogenic Ferrihydrite. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:25-35. [PMID: 26605981 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Natural organic matter is often associated with Fe(III) oxyhydroxides, and may be stabilized as a result of coprecipitation or sorption to their surfaces. However, the significance of this association in relation to Fe and C dynamics and biogeochemical cycling, and the mechanisms responsible for organic matter stabilization as a result of interaction with minerals under various environmental conditions (e.g., pH, Eh, etc.) are not entirely understood. The preservation of mineral-bound OM may be affected by OM structure and mineral identity, and bond types between OM and minerals may be central to influencing the stability, transformation and composition of both organic and mineral components under changing environmental conditions. Here we use bulk and submicron-scale spectroscopic synchrotron methods to examine the in situ transformation of OM-bearing, biogenic ferrihydrite stalks (Gallionella ferruginea-like), which formed following injection of oxygenated groundwater into a saturated alluvial aquifer at the Rifle, CO field site. A progression from oxidizing to reducing conditions during an eight-month period triggered the aging and reductive transformation of Gallionella-like ferrihydrite stalks to Fe (hydroxy)carbonates and Fe sulfides, as well as alteration of the composition and amount of OM. Spectromicroscopic measurements showed a gradual decrease in reduced carbon forms (aromatic/alkene, aliphatic C), a relative increase in amide/carboxyl functional groups and a significant increase in carbonate in the stalk structures, and the appearance of organic globules not associated with stalk structures. Biogenic stalks lost ∼30% of their initial organic carbon content. Conversely, a significant increase in bulk organic matter accompanied these transformations. The character of bulk OM changed in parallel with mineralogical transformations, showing an increase in aliphatic, aromatic and amide functional groups. These changes likely occurred as a result of an increase in microbial activity, or biomass production under anoxic conditions. By the end of this experiment, a substantial fraction of organic matter remained in identifiable Fe containing stalks, but carbon was also present in additional pools, for example, organic matter globules and iron carbonate minerals.
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- A Cristina Cismasu
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California, United States
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Wang R, Zheng P, Zhang M, Zhao HP, Ji JY, Zhou XX, Li W. Bioaugmentation of nitrate-dependent anaerobic ferrous oxidation by heterotrophic denitrifying sludge addition: A promising way for promotion of chemoautotrophic denitrification. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 197:410-415. [PMID: 26348287 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Revised: 08/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nitrate-dependent anaerobic ferrous oxidation (NAFO) is a new and valuable bio-process for the treatment of wastewaters with low C/N ratio, and the NAFO process is in state of the art. The heterotrophic denitrifying sludge (HDS), possessing NAFO activity, was used as bioaugmentation to enhance NAFO efficiency. At a dosage of 6% (V/V), the removal of nitrate and ferrous was 2.4 times and 2.3 times of as primary, and the volumetric removal rate (VRR) of nitrate and ferrous was 2.4 times and 2.2 times of as primary. Tracing experiments of HDS indicated that the bioaugmentation on NAFO reactor was resulted from the NAFO activity by HDS itself. The predominant bacteria in HDS were identified as Thauera (52.5%) and Hyphomicrobium (20.0%) which were typical denitrifying bacteria and had potential ability to oxidize ferrous. In conclusion, HDS could serve as bioaugmentation or a new seeding sludge for operating high-efficiency NAFO reactors.
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- Ru Wang
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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Konhauser KO, Robbins LJ, Pecoits E, Peacock C, Kappler A, Lalonde SV. The Archean Nickel Famine Revisited. ASTROBIOLOGY 2015; 15:804-815. [PMID: 26426143 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Iron formations (IF) preserve a history of Precambrian oceanic elemental abundance that can be exploited to examine nutrient limitations on early biological productivity. However, in order for IF to be employed as paleomarine proxies, lumped-process distribution coefficients for the element of interest must be experimentally determined or assumed. This necessitates consideration of bulk ocean chemistry and which authigenic ferric iron minerals controlled the sorption reactions. It also requires an assessment of metal mobilization reactions that might have occurred in the water column during particle descent and during post-depositional burial. Here, we summarize recent developments pertaining to the interpretation and fidelity of the IF record in reconstructions of oceanic trace element evolution. Using an updated compilation, we reexamine and validate temporal trends previously reported for the nickel content in IF (see Konhauser et al., 2009 ). Finally, we reevaluate the consequences of methanogen Ni starvation in the context of evolving views of the Archean ocean-climate system and how the Ni famine may have ultimately facilitated the rise in atmospheric oxygen.
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- Kurt O Konhauser
- 1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
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- 1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
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- 1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
- 2 Equipe Géobiosphère, Institut de Physique du Globe-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot , CNRS, Paris, France
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- 3 School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds , Leeds, UK
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- 4 Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen , Tuebingen, Germany
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- 5 CNRS-UMR6538 Laboratoire Domaines Océaniques, European Institute for Marine Studies , Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France
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Miot J, Remusat L, Duprat E, Gonzalez A, Pont S, Poinsot M. Fe biomineralization mirrors individual metabolic activity in a nitrate-dependent Fe(II)-oxidizer. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:879. [PMID: 26441847 PMCID: PMC4562303 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Microbial biomineralization sometimes leads to periplasmic encrustation, which is predicted to enhance microorganism preservation in the fossil record. Mineral precipitation within the periplasm is, however, thought to induce death, as a result of permeability loss preventing nutrient and waste transit across the cell wall. This hypothesis had, however, never been investigated down to the single cell level. Here, we cultured the nitrate reducing Fe(II) oxidizing bacteria Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1 that have been previously shown to promote the precipitation of a diversity of Fe minerals (lepidocrocite, goethite, Fe phosphate) encrusting the periplasm. We investigated the connection of Fe biomineralization with carbon assimilation at the single cell level, using a combination of electron microscopy and Nano-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Our analyses revealed strong individual heterogeneities of Fe biomineralization. Noteworthy, a small proportion of cells remaining free of any precipitate persisted even at advanced stages of biomineralization. Using pulse chase experiments with (13)C-acetate, we provide evidence of individual phenotypic heterogeneities of carbon assimilation, correlated with the level of Fe biomineralization. Whereas non- and moderately encrusted cells were able to assimilate acetate, higher levels of periplasmic encrustation prevented any carbon incorporation. Carbon assimilation only depended on the level of Fe encrustation and not on the nature of Fe minerals precipitated in the cell wall. Carbon assimilation decreased exponentially with increasing cell-associated Fe content. Persistence of a small proportion of non-mineralized and metabolically active cells might constitute a survival strategy in highly ferruginous environments. Eventually, our results suggest that periplasmic Fe biomineralization may provide a signature of individual metabolic status, which could be looked for in the fossil record and in modern environmental samples.
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- Jennyfer Miot
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne Universités, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD 206Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne Universités, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD 206Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne Universités, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD 206Paris, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne Universités, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD 206Paris, France
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- Département des Collections, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleParis, France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne Universités, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD 206Paris, France
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Hu M, Li F, Liu C, Wu W. The diversity and abundance of As(III) oxidizers on root iron plaque is critical for arsenic bioavailability to rice. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13611. [PMID: 26324258 PMCID: PMC4555042 DOI: 10.1038/srep13611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Iron plaque is a strong adsorbent on rice roots, acting as a barrier to prevent metal uptake by rice. However, the role of root iron plaque microbes in governing metal redox cycling and metal bioavailability is unknown. In this study, the microbial community structure on the iron plaque of rice roots from an arsenic-contaminated paddy soil was explored using high-throughput next-generation sequencing. The microbial composition and diversity of the root iron plaque were significantly different from those of the bulk and rhizosphere soils. Using the aoxB gene as an identifying marker, we determined that the arsenite-oxidizing microbiota on the iron plaque was dominated by Acidovorax and Hydrogenophaga-affiliated bacteria. More importantly, the abundance of arsenite-oxidizing bacteria (AsOB) on the root iron plaque was significantly negatively correlated with the arsenic concentration in the rice root, straw and grain, indicating that the microbes on the iron plaque, particularly the AsOB, were actively catalyzing arsenic transformation and greatly influencing metal uptake by rice. This exploratory research represents a preliminary examination of the microbial community structure of the root iron plaque formed under arsenic pollution and emphasizes the importance of the root iron plaque environment in arsenic biogeochemical cycling compared with the soil-rhizosphere biotope.
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- Min Hu
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, PR China
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Kammann CI, Schmidt HP, Messerschmidt N, Linsel S, Steffens D, Müller C, Koyro HW, Conte P, Joseph S, Stephen J. Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11080. [PMID: 26057083 PMCID: PMC4460888 DOI: 10.1038/srep11080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Soil amendment with pyrogenic carbon (biochar) is discussed as strategy to improve soil fertility to enable economic plus environmental benefits. In temperate soils, however, the use of pure biochar mostly has moderately-negative to -positive yield effects. Here we demonstrate that co-composting considerably promoted biochars' positive effects, largely by nitrate (nutrient) capture and delivery. In a full-factorial growth study with Chenopodium quinoa, biomass yield increased up to 305% in a sandy-poor soil amended with 2% (w/w) co-composted biochar (BC(comp)). Conversely, addition of 2% (w/w) untreated biochar (BC(pure)) decreased the biomass to 60% of the control. Growth-promoting (BC(comp)) as well as growth-reducing (BC(pure)) effects were more pronounced at lower nutrient-supply levels. Electro-ultra filtration and sequential biochar-particle washing revealed that co-composted biochar was nutrient-enriched, particularly with the anions nitrate and phosphate. The captured nitrate in BC(comp) was (1) only partly detectable with standard methods, (2) largely protected against leaching, (3) partly plant-available, and (4) did not stimulate N2O emissions. We hypothesize that surface ageing plus non-conventional ion-water bonding in micro- and nano-pores promoted nitrate capture in biochar particles. Amending (N-rich) bio-waste with biochar may enhance its agronomic value and reduce nutrient losses from bio-wastes and agricultural soils.
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- Claudia I Kammann
- Department of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence, Ancienne Eglise 9, CH-1974 Arbaz, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- 1] Department of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany [2] Earth Science Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle Scienze ed. 4 90128 - Palermo (Italy)
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- Discipline of Chemistry, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; University of New South Wales, School of Material Science and Engineering, NSW 2052, Australia
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Dynes JJ, Regier TZ, Snape I, Siciliano SD, Peak D. Validating the scalability of soft X-ray spectromicroscopy for quantitative soil ecology and biogeochemistry research. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:1035-1042. [PMID: 25526317 DOI: 10.1021/es505271p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Synchrotron-based soft-X-ray scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) has the potential to provide nanoscale resolution of the associations among biological and geological materials. However, standard methods for how samples should be prepared, measured, and analyzed to allow the results from these nanoscale imaging and spectroscopic tools to be scaled to field scale biogeochemical results are not well established. We utilized a simple sample preparation technique that allows one to assess detailed mineral, metal, and microbe spectroscopic information at the nano- and microscale in soil colloids. We then evaluated three common approaches to collect and process nano- and micronscale information by STXM and the correspondence of these approaches to millimeter scale soil measurements. Finally, we assessed the reproducibility and spatial autocorrelation of nano- and micronscale protein, Fe(II) and Fe(III) densities in a soil sample. We demonstrate that linear combination fitting of entire spectra provides slightly different Fe(II) mineral densities compared to image resonance difference mapping but that difference mapping results are highly reproducible between among sample replicates. Further, STXM results scale to the mm scale in complex systems with an approximate geospatial range of 3 μm in these samples.
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Park S, Kim DH, Lee JH, Hur HG. Sphaerotilus natans encrusted with nanoball-shaped Fe(III) oxide minerals formed by nitrate-reducing mixotrophic Fe(II) oxidation. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 90:68-77. [PMID: 24965827 PMCID: PMC4262009 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Ferrous iron has been known to function as an electron source for iron-oxidizing microorganisms in both anoxic and oxic environments. A diversity of bacteria has been known to oxidize both soluble and solid-phase Fe(II) forms coupled to the reduction of nitrate. Here, we show for the first time Fe(II) oxidation by Sphaerotilus natans strain DSM 6575T under mixotrophic condition. Sphaerotilus natans has been known to form a sheath structure enclosing long chains of rod-shaped cells, resulting in a thick biofilm formation under oxic conditions. Here, we also demonstrate that strain DSM 6575T grows mixotrophically with pyruvate, Fe(II) as electron donors and nitrate as an electron acceptor and single cells of strain DSM 6575T are dominant under anoxic conditions. Furthermore, strain DSM 6575T forms nanoball-shaped amorphous Fe(III) oxide minerals encrusting on the cell surfaces through the mixotrophic iron oxidation reaction under anoxic conditions. We propose that cell encrustation results from the indirect Fe(II) oxidation by biogenic nitrite during nitrate reduction and that causes the bacterial morphological change to individual rod-shaped single cells from filamentous sheath structures. This study extends the group of existing microorganisms capable of mixotrophic Fe(II) oxidation by a new strain, S. natans strain DSM 6575T, and could contribute to biogeochemical cycles of Fe and N in the environment.
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- Sunhwa Park
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea
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Schmid G, Zeitvogel F, Hao L, Ingino P, Floetenmeyer M, Stierhof YD, Schroeppel B, Burkhardt CJ, Kappler A, Obst M. 3-D analysis of bacterial cell-(iron)mineral aggregates formed during Fe(II) oxidation by the nitrate-reducing Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1 using complementary microscopy tomography approaches. GEOBIOLOGY 2014; 12:340-361. [PMID: 24828365 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The formation of cell-(iron)mineral aggregates as a consequence of bacterial iron oxidation is an environmentally widespread process with a number of implications for processes such as sorption and coprecipitation of contaminants and nutrients. Whereas the overall appearance of such aggregates is easily accessible using 2-D microscopy techniques, the 3-D and internal structure remain obscure. In this study, we examined the 3-D structure of cell-(iron)mineral aggregates formed during Fe(II) oxidation by the nitrate-reducing Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1 using a combination of advanced 3-D microscopy techniques. We obtained 3-D structural and chemical information on different cellular encrustation patterns at high spatial resolution (4-200 nm, depending on the method): more specifically, (1) cells free of iron minerals, (2) periplasm filled with iron minerals, (3) spike- or platelet-shaped iron mineral structures, (4) bulky structures on the cell surface, (5) extracellular iron mineral shell structures, (6) cells with iron mineral filled cytoplasm, and (7) agglomerations of extracellular globular structures. In addition to structural information, chemical nanotomography suggests a dominant role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in controlling the formation of cell-(iron)mineral aggregates. Furthermore, samples in their hydrated state showed cell-(iron)mineral aggregates in pristine conditions free of preparation (i.e., drying/dehydration) artifacts. All these results were obtained using 3-D microscopy techniques such as focused ion beam (FIB)/scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tomography, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) tomography, scanning transmission (soft) X-ray microscopy (STXM) tomography, and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). It turned out that, due to the various different contrast mechanisms of the individual approaches, and due to the required sample preparation steps, only the combination of these techniques was able to provide a comprehensive understanding of structure and composition of the various Fe-precipitates and their association with bacterial cells and EPS.
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- G Schmid
- Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Dubinina GA, Sorokina AY. Neutrophilic lithotrophic iron-oxidizing prokaryotes and their role in the biogeochemical processes of the iron cycle. Microbiology (Reading) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261714020052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Guerbois D, Ona-Nguema G, Morin G, Abdelmoula M, Laverman AM, Mouchel JM, Barthelemy K, Maillot F, Brest J. Nitrite reduction by biogenic hydroxycarbonate green rusts: evidence for hydroxy-nitrite green rust formation as an intermediate reaction product. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:4505-4514. [PMID: 24708473 DOI: 10.1021/es404009k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The present study investigates for the first time the reduction of nitrite by biogenic hydroxycarbonate green rusts, bio-GR(CO3), produced from the bioreduction of ferric oxyhydroxycarbonate (Fohc), a poorly crystalline solid phase, and of lepidocrocite, a well-crystallized Fe(III)-oxyhydroxide mineral. Results show a fast Fe(II) production from Fohc, which leads to the precipitation of bio-GR(CO3) particles that were roughly 2-fold smaller (2.3 ± 0.4 μm) than those obtained from the bioreduction of lepidocrocite (5.0 ± 0.4 μm). The study reveals that both bio-GR(CO3) are capable of reducing nitrite ions into gaseous nitrogen species such as NO, N2O, or N2 without ammonium production at neutral initial pH and that nitrite reduction proceeded to a larger extent with smaller particles than with larger ones. On the basis of the identification of intermediates and end-reaction products using X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy at the Fe K-edge, our study shows the formation of hydroxy-nitrite green rust, GR(NO2), a new type of green rust 1, and suggests that the reduction of nitrite by biogenic GR(CO3) involves both external and internal reaction sites and that such a mechanism could explain the higher reactivity of green rust with respect to nitrite, compared to other mineral substrates possessing only external reactive sites.
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- Delphine Guerbois
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Universités-UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7590 CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IRD UMR 206 , 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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Etique M, Jorand FPA, Zegeye A, Grégoire B, Despas C, Ruby C. Abiotic process for Fe(II) oxidation and green rust mineralization driven by a heterotrophic nitrate reducing bacteria (Klebsiella mobilis). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:3742-3751. [PMID: 24605878 DOI: 10.1021/es403358v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Green rusts (GRs) are mixed Fe(II)-Fe(III) hydroxides with a high reactivity toward organic and inorganic pollutants. GRs can be produced from ferric reducing or ferrous oxidizing bacterial activities. In this study, we investigated the capability of Klebsiella mobilis to produce iron minerals in the presence of nitrate and ferrous iron. This bacterium is well-known to reduce nitrate using an organic carbon source as electron donor but is unable to enzymatically oxidize Fe(II) species. During incubation, GR formation occurred as a secondary iron mineral precipitating on cell surfaces, resulting from Fe(II) oxidation by nitrite produced via bacterial respiration of nitrate. For the first time, we demonstrate GR formation by indirect microbial oxidation of Fe(II) (i.e., a combination of biotic/abiotic processes). These results therefore suggest that nitrate-reducing bacteria can potentially contribute to the formation of GR in natural environments. In addition, the chemical reduction of nitrite to ammonium by GR is observed, which gradually turns the GR into the end-product goethite. The nitrogen mass-balance clearly demonstrates that the total amount of ammonium produced corresponds to the quantity of bioreduced nitrate. These findings demonstrate how the activity of nitrate-reducing bacteria in ferrous environments may provide a direct link between the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen and iron.
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- Marjorie Etique
- Université de Lorraine , Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, UMR 7564, Institut Jean Barriol, Villers-lès-Nancy, F-54601, France
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Obst M, Schmid G. 3D chemical mapping: application of scanning transmission (soft) X-ray microscopy (STXM) in combination with angle-scan tomography in bio-, geo-, and environmental sciences. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1117:757-781. [PMID: 24357389 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-776-1_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The identification of environmental processes and mechanisms often requires information on the organochemical and inorganic composition of specimens at high spatial resolution. X-ray spectroscopy (XAS) performed in the soft X-ray range (100-2,200 eV) provides chemical speciation information for elements that are of high biogeochemical relevance such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen but also includes transition metals such as iron, manganese, or nickel. Synchrotron-based scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) combines XAS with high resolution mapping on the 20-nm scale. This provides two-dimensional (2D) quantitative information about the distribution of chemical species such as organic macromolecules, metals, or mineral phases within environmental samples. Furthermore, the combination of STXM with angle-scan tomography allows for three-dimensional (3D) spectromicroscopic analysis of bio-, geo-, or environmental samples. For the acquisition of STXM tomography data, the sample is rotated around an axis perpendicular to the X-ray beam. Various sample preparation approaches such as stripes cut from TEM grids or the preparation of wet cells allow for preparing environmentally relevant specimens in a dry or in a fully hydrated state for 2D and 3D STXM measurements. In this chapter we give a short overview about the principles of STXM, its application to environmental sciences, different preparation techniques, and the analysis and 3D reconstruction of STXM tomography data.
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- Martin Obst
- Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Gomez MA, Hendry MJ, Elouatik S, Essilfie-Dughan J, Paikaray S. Fe(ii)(aq)uptake of Mg(ii)–Al(iii)/Fe(iii)–SO4/CO3HTLCs under alkaline conditions: adsorption and solid state transformation mechanisms. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra08802f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Abiotic reduction of Mg(ii)–Al(iii)/Fe(iii)–SO4/CO3hydrotalcites (HTLCs) was investigated under three anoxic abiotic reaction conditions: (1) a target pH of 8 and 10 mM Fe(ii)(aq), (2) a target pH of 8 and 0.5 mM Fe(ii)(aq), and (3) a target pH of 10 and 0.5 mM Fe(ii)(aq).
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- Mario A. Gomez
- Department of Geological Sciences
- University of Saskatchewan
- Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences
- University of Saskatchewan
- Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Montreal
- Montreal, Canada
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Potential role of nitrite for abiotic Fe(II) oxidation and cell encrustation during nitrate reduction by denitrifying bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 80:1051-61. [PMID: 24271182 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03277-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microorganisms have been observed to oxidize Fe(II) at neutral pH under anoxic and microoxic conditions. While most of the mixotrophic nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria become encrusted with Fe(III)-rich minerals, photoautotrophic and microaerophilic Fe(II) oxidizers avoid cell encrustation. The Fe(II) oxidation mechanisms and the reasons for encrustation remain largely unresolved. Here we used cultivation-based methods and electron microscopy to compare two previously described nitrate-reducing Fe(II) oxidizers ( Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1 and Pseudogulbenkiania sp. strain 2002) and two heterotrophic nitrate reducers (Paracoccus denitrificans ATCC 19367 and P. denitrificans Pd 1222). All four strains oxidized ∼8 mM Fe(II) within 5 days in the presence of 5 mM acetate and accumulated nitrite (maximum concentrations of 0.8 to 1.0 mM) in the culture media. Iron(III) minerals, mainly goethite, formed and precipitated extracellularly in close proximity to the cell surface. Interestingly, mineral formation was also observed within the periplasm and cytoplasm; intracellular mineralization is expected to be physiologically disadvantageous, yet acetate consumption continued to be observed even at an advanced stage of Fe(II) oxidation. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were detected by lectin staining with fluorescence microscopy, particularly in the presence of Fe(II), suggesting that EPS production is a response to Fe(II) toxicity or a strategy to decrease encrustation. Based on the data presented here, we propose a nitrite-driven, indirect mechanism of cell encrustation whereby nitrite forms during heterotrophic denitrification and abiotically oxidizes Fe(II). This work adds to the known assemblage of Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria in nature and complicates our ability to delineate microbial Fe(II) oxidation in ancient microbes preserved as fossils in the geological record.
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Shimizu M, Zhou J, Schröder C, Obst M, Kappler A, Borch T. Dissimilatory reduction and transformation of ferrihydrite-humic acid coprecipitates. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:13375-13384. [PMID: 24219167 DOI: 10.1021/es402812j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Organic matter (OM) is present in most terrestrial environments and is often found coprecipitated with ferrihydrite (Fh). Sorption or coprecipitation of OM with Fe oxides has been proposed to be an important mechanism for long-term C preservation. However, little is known about the impact of coprecipitated OM on reductive dissolution and transformation of Fe(III) (oxyhydr)oxides. Thus, we study the effect of humic acid (HA) coprecipitation on Fh reduction and secondary mineral formation by the dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens strain CN32. Despite similar crystal structure for all coprecipitates investigated, resembling 2-line Fh, the presence of coprecipitated HA resulted in lower specific surface areas. In terms of reactivity, coprecipitated HA resulted in slower Fh bioreduction rates at low C/Fe ratios (i.e., C/Fe ≤ 0.8), while high C/Fe ratios (i.e., C/Fe ≥ 1.8) enhanced the extent of bioreduction compared to pure Fh. The coprecipitated HA also altered the secondary Fe mineralization pathway by inhibiting goethite formation, reducing the amount of magnetite formation, and increasing the formation of a green rust-like phase. This study indicates that coprecipitated OM may influence the rates, pathway, and mineralogy of biogeochemical Fe cycling and anaerobic Fe respiration within soils.
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- Masayuki Shimizu
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Othmane G, Allard T, Morin G, Sélo M, Brest J, Llorens I, Chen N, Bargar JR, Fayek M, Calas G. Uranium association with iron-bearing phases in mill tailings from Gunnar, Canada. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:12695-12702. [PMID: 24087982 DOI: 10.1021/es401437y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The speciation of uranium was studied in the mill tailings of the Gunnar uranium mine (Saskatchewan, Canada), which operated in the 1950s and 1960s. The nature, quantification, and spatial distribution of uranium-bearing phases were investigated by chemical and mineralogical analyses, fission track mapping, electron microscopy, and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopies at the U LIII-edge and Fe K-edge. In addition to uranium-containing phases from the ore, uranium is mostly associated with iron-bearing minerals in all tailing sites. XANES and EXAFS data and transmission electron microscopy analyses of the samples with the highest uranium concentrations (∼400-700 mg kg(-1) of U) demonstrate that uranium primarily occurs as monomeric uranyl ions (UO2(2+)), forming inner-sphere surface complexes bound to ferrihydrite (50-70% of the total U) and to a lesser extent to chlorite (30-40% of the total U). Thus, the stability and mobility of uranium at the Gunnar site are mainly influenced by sorption/desorption processes. In this context, acidic pH or alkaline pH with the presence of UO2(2+)- and/or Fe(3+)-complexing agents (e.g., carbonate) could potentially solubilize U in the tailings pore waters.
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- Guillaume Othmane
- Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés (IMPMC), UMR 7590 CNRS-UPMC/Paris VI-IRD, Case 115 , 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Chen T, Liu F, Ling C, Gao J, Xu C, Li L, Li A. Insight into highly efficient coremoval of copper and p-nitrophenol by a newly synthesized polyamine chelating resin from aqueous media: competition and enhancement effect upon site recognition. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:13652-13660. [PMID: 24164273 DOI: 10.1021/es4028875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Highly efficient coremoval of Cu(II) and p-nitrophenol (PNP) was accomplished using a newly synthesized polyamine chelating resin (CEAD) as compared to three other commercial resins. The mutual effects and inner mechanisms of their adsorption onto CEAD were systematically investigated by binary, preloading, thermodynamic, and dynamic adsorption procedures. PNP was adsorbed onto both hydrophobic and hydrophilic sites, while Cu(II) only interacted with hydrophilic amine group sites. In both preloading and binary systems, the adsorption of PNP was inhibited to the same degree by the presence of Cu(II) because of selective recognition and direct competition. On the other hand, the presence of PNP obviously enhanced the adsorption of Cu(II) by more than 7%, which was related to PNP loading on the hydrophobic surface. As proved by structural characterization, hydroxyl groups facing outward create new sites for coordination with Cu(II). Moreover, ionic strength exerted some positive influence on the properties of CEAD. Finally, more than 98% of PNP and 99% of Cu(II) could be sequentially recovered with dilute NaClO3 and HCl. These superior properties demonstrated with CEAD indicate that it could be applied to wastewaters containing both heavy metals and PNP, even for high saline aqueous media.
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- Taipeng Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Liu D, Lei L, Yang B, Yu Q, Li Z. Direct electron transfer from electrode to electrochemically active bacteria in a bioelectrochemical dechlorination system. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 148:9-14. [PMID: 24035815 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Pentachlorophenol (PCP) was dechlorinated by electrochemically active bacteria using an electrode as the direct electron donor. Dechlorination efficiency and coulombic efficiency (CE) were investigated. When hydrogen evolution reaction was eliminated by controlling the potential, both dechlorination efficiency and CE increase as the potential decreases, which implied the dechlorination was stimulated by electric current rather than hydrogen gas. Further investigation of the cyclic voltammetry characterization of the medium revealed nearly no redox mediator secreted by the bacteria. Moreover, the comparison of dechlorination experiments carried out with filtered and unfiltered medium provided convincible evidence that the dominating electron transfer mechanism for the dechlorination is direct electron transfer. Additionally, 454 pyrosequencing technique was employed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the biocathodic microbial community. The results showed Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were the three predominant groups. This paper demonstrated the direct electron transfer mechanism could be involved in PCP dechlorination with a biocathode.
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- Ding Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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Fe(II) oxidation is an innate capability of nitrate-reducing bacteria that involves abiotic and biotic reactions. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:3260-8. [PMID: 23687275 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00058-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Phylogenetically diverse species of bacteria can catalyze the oxidation of ferrous iron [Fe(II)] coupled to nitrate (NO(3)(-)) reduction, often referred to as nitrate-dependent iron oxidation (NDFO). Very little is known about the biochemistry of NDFO, and though growth benefits have been observed, mineral encrustations and nitrite accumulation likely limit growth. Acidovorax ebreus, like other species in the Acidovorax genus, is proficient at catalyzing NDFO. Our results suggest that the induction of specific Fe(II) oxidoreductase proteins is not required for NDFO. No upregulated periplasmic or outer membrane redox-active proteins, like those involved in Fe(II) oxidation by acidophilic iron oxidizers or anaerobic photoferrotrophs, were observed in proteomic experiments. We demonstrate that while "abiotic" extracellular reactions between Fe(II) and biogenic NO(2)(-)/NO can be involved in NDFO, intracellular reactions between Fe(II) and periplasmic components are essential to initiate extensive NDFO. We present evidence that an organic cosubstrate inhibits NDFO, likely by keeping periplasmic enzymes in their reduced state, stimulating metal efflux pumping, or both, and that growth during NDFO relies on the capacity of a nitrate-reducing bacterium to overcome the toxicity of Fe(II) and reactive nitrogen species. On the basis of our data and evidence in the literature, we postulate that all respiratory nitrate-reducing bacteria are innately capable of catalyzing NDFO. Our findings have implications for a mechanistic understanding of NDFO, the biogeochemical controls on anaerobic Fe(II) oxidation, and the production of NO(2)(-), NO, and N(2)O in the environment.
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Kopf S, Henny C, Newman DK. Ligand-enhanced abiotic iron oxidation and the effects of chemical versus biological iron cycling in anoxic environments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:2602-11. [PMID: 23402562 PMCID: PMC3604861 DOI: 10.1021/es3049459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This study introduces a newly isolated, genetically tractable bacterium ( Pseudogulbenkiania sp. strain MAI-1) and explores the extent to which its nitrate-dependent iron-oxidation activity is directly biologically catalyzed. Specifically, we focused on the role of iron chelating ligands in promoting chemical oxidation of Fe(II) by nitrite under anoxic conditions. Strong organic ligands such as nitrilotriacetate and citrate can substantially enhance chemical oxidation of Fe(II) by nitrite at circumneutral pH. We show that strain MAI-1 exhibits unambiguous biological Fe(II) oxidation despite a significant contribution (∼30-35%) from ligand-enhanced chemical oxidation. Our work with the model denitrifying strain Paracoccus denitrificans further shows that ligand-enhanced chemical oxidation of Fe(II) by microbially produced nitrite can be an important general side effect of biological denitrification. Our assessment of reaction rates derived from literature reports of anaerobic Fe(II) oxidation, both chemical and biological, highlights the potential competition and likely co-occurrence of chemical Fe(II) oxidation (mediated by microbial production of nitrite) and truly biological Fe(II) oxidation.
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H. Kopf
- Division
of Geologial and Planetary Sciences and Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California, United States
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- Research Center for
Limnology, LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia
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- Division
of Geologial and Planetary Sciences and Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California, United States
- Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, Pasadena, California, United States
- Phone: 626-395-3543. Fax: 626-395-4135. E-mail:
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Ilbert M, Bonnefoy V. Insight into the evolution of the iron oxidation pathways. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1827:161-75. [PMID: 23044392 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Iron is a ubiquitous element in the universe. Ferrous iron (Fe(II)) was abundant in the primordial ocean until the oxygenation of the Earth's atmosphere led to its widespread oxidation and precipitation. This change of iron bioavailability likely put selective pressure on the evolution of life. This element is essential to most extant life forms and is an important cofactor in many redox-active proteins involved in a number of vital pathways. In addition, iron plays a central role in many environments as an energy source for some microorganisms. This review is focused on Fe(II) oxidation. The fact that the ability to oxidize Fe(II) is widely distributed in Bacteria and Archaea and in a number of quite different biotopes suggests that the dissimilatory Fe(II) oxidation is an ancient energy metabolism. Based on what is known today about Fe(II) oxidation pathways, we propose that they arose independently more than once in evolution and evolved convergently. The iron paleochemistry, the phylogeny, the physiology of the iron oxidizers, and the nature of the cofactors of the redox proteins involved in these pathways suggest a possible scenario for the timescale in which each type of Fe(II) oxidation pathways evolved. The nitrate dependent anoxic iron oxidizers are likely the most ancient iron oxidizers. We suggest that the phototrophic anoxic iron oxidizers arose in surface waters after the Archaea/Bacteria-split but before the Great Oxidation Event. The neutrophilic oxic iron oxidizers possibly appeared in microaerobic marine environments prior to the Great Oxidation Event while the acidophilic ones emerged likely after the advent of atmospheric O(2). This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The evolutionary aspects of bioenergetic systems.
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- Marianne Ilbert
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP UMR7281,13009, Marseille, France.
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