A large volume of bacterially produced precipitates are generated during the bio-treatment of heavy metal wastewater.The composition of the bacterially produced precipitates and its effects on sulfate reducing bacteri...A large volume of bacterially produced precipitates are generated during the bio-treatment of heavy metal wastewater.The composition of the bacterially produced precipitates and its effects on sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) in copper-containing waste stream were evaluated in this study.The elemental composition of the microbial precipitate was studied using electrodispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX),and it was found that the ratio of S:Cu was 1.12.Combining with the results of copper distribution in the SRB metabolism culture,which was analyzed by the sequential extraction procedure,copper in the precipitates was determined as covellite (CuS).The bacterially produced precipitates caused a decrease of the sulfate reduction rate,and the more precipitates were generated,the lower the sulfate reduction rate was.The particle sizes of bacterially generated covellite were ranging from 0.03 to 2 m by particles size distribution (PSD) analysis,which was smaller than that of the SRB cells.Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis showed that the microbial covellite was deposited on the surface of the cell.The effects of the microbial precipitate on SRB metabolism were found to be weakened by increasing the precipitation time and adding microbial polymeric substances in later experiments.These results provided direct evidence that the SRB activity was inhibited by the bacterially produced covellite,which enveloped the bacterium and thus affected the metabolism of SRB on mass transfer.展开更多
文摘为开发高效经济、环境友好的重金属废水处理技术,采用亨盖特(Hungate)厌氧技术分离出一株产生物硫铁复合材料的硫酸盐还原菌(Sulfate reducing bacteria,SRB),命名为SRB2,并对该菌株进行了生理特性、培养工艺和废水处理研究.菌体杆状稍有弯曲,革兰氏阴性菌,最佳碳源为乳酸钠.pH范围5.0～9.0,最适pH 7.0,最适温度为35℃,培养3 d生物硫铁量和硫化物含量能达最大值,分别为2.85 g L-1、358.048 mg L-1.正交试验结果表明,乳酸钠9.0 g L-1+组合氮源1.5 g L-1+硫酸亚铁10.0 g L-1时生物硫铁产量最高.16S rDNA序列分析表明,菌株与脱硫弧菌属Desulfovibriodesulfuricans strain 734同源性为99%.采用生物硫铁处理重金属Cu2+、Pb2+、Cd2+废水,结果表明生物硫铁能快速处理含Cu2+、Pb2+、Cd2+废水,2 min去除率达99.8%以上.因此,生物硫铁在各类重金属废水处理与重金属废水污染事故应急处理中具有较好的应用前景.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(20877075)National Key Technologies R&D Program(2006BAC02A05)National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB613501)
文摘A large volume of bacterially produced precipitates are generated during the bio-treatment of heavy metal wastewater.The composition of the bacterially produced precipitates and its effects on sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) in copper-containing waste stream were evaluated in this study.The elemental composition of the microbial precipitate was studied using electrodispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX),and it was found that the ratio of S:Cu was 1.12.Combining with the results of copper distribution in the SRB metabolism culture,which was analyzed by the sequential extraction procedure,copper in the precipitates was determined as covellite (CuS).The bacterially produced precipitates caused a decrease of the sulfate reduction rate,and the more precipitates were generated,the lower the sulfate reduction rate was.The particle sizes of bacterially generated covellite were ranging from 0.03 to 2 m by particles size distribution (PSD) analysis,which was smaller than that of the SRB cells.Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis showed that the microbial covellite was deposited on the surface of the cell.The effects of the microbial precipitate on SRB metabolism were found to be weakened by increasing the precipitation time and adding microbial polymeric substances in later experiments.These results provided direct evidence that the SRB activity was inhibited by the bacterially produced covellite,which enveloped the bacterium and thus affected the metabolism of SRB on mass transfer.
