可见光和银离子对p型和n型黄铜矿生物浸出的影响机理

研究可见光和银离子(Ag^(+))对嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌浸出p型和n型黄铜矿(黄铜矿A和黄铜矿B)的不同影响及机理。通过霍尔效应试验、生物浸出试验、X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜和X射线光电子能谱对黄铜矿的半导体性质、生物浸出行为、表面形貌、主要物相和表面物种进行分析。实验结果表明,黄铜矿A比黄铜矿B具有更高的载流子浓度和更大的载流子迁移率,因此其溶出速率更快。生物浸出24 d后,当光照和Ag^(+)同时存在时,黄铜矿A的铜浸出率为91.05%,比黄铜矿B的铜浸出率(73.19%)高17.86%。显然,可见光和Ag^(+)对黄铜矿A生物溶解过程的促进作用强于黄铜矿B,这主要归因于黄铜矿A具有更高的载流子迁移率。此外,在光照影响下,黄铜矿表面电荷转移加快,导致Ag2S积累增多(特别是黄铜矿A),从而导致钝化层致密结构被破坏,钝化效果降低,黄铜矿溶解加速。

嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌作用下含黄铁矿废石的生物溶解和动力学

使用生物淋洗处理黄铁矿废石,从源头上缓解其产生酸性矿山废水(AMD)的风险。生物淋洗结果显示,在嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌(A.ferrooxidans)的作用下,40天内可以从黄铁矿废石中去除近82%的铁和硫。动力学研究结果表明,废石中黄铁矿的去除主要受化学反应和内扩散控制。X射线衍射(XRD)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)的结果表明,在A.ferrooxidans细菌介导下,生物源黄钾铁矾能够钝化废石中残余的黄铁矿。对渣样进行二次生物浸出,试验发现溶液pH没有明显下降,且仅有8 mg/L和160mg/L的铁从两个黄铁矿废石渣样中溶出,表明渣样的酸和铁释放能力得到削弱。

斑铜矿在电化学溶解过程中表面钝化物的演变

在斑铜矿(生物)浸出过程中,中间产物的产生与氧化还原电位之间的关系尚不清楚。本文作者采用一系列电化学试验和表面分析方法研究天然斑铜矿的电化学溶解行为和表面硫物种的形成。电化学试验表明,在宽阳极电位下(300~800 mV(vs Ag/AgCl)),斑铜矿电极表面经历3种不同的变化,即“活化”(<400 mV(vs Ag/AgCl)),“钝化”(400~700 mV(vs Ag/AgCl))和“过钝化”(>700 mV(vs Ag/AgCl))。XPS结果表明,在斑铜矿电化学溶解过程中表面产生的含硫中间产物包括类铜蓝、S_(n)^(2−)/S_(0)和不溶性SO_(4)^(2-)。此外,原子力显微镜结果证实:当施加的电位分别为600和700 mV(vs Ag/AgCl)时,由于S_(n)^(2−)/S_(0)的积累,斑铜矿表面会受到严重钝化。斑铜矿(生物)浸出最有利的电位为400 mV(vs Ag/AgCl)。

Catalytic effect of visible light and Cd^2+on chalcopyrite bioleaching

The effects of visible light and Cd^2+ion on chalcopyrite bioleaching in the presence of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans(A.ferrooxidans)were studied by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction(SR-XRD),and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).The results of bioleaching after 28 days showed that the copper dissolution increased by 4.96%with only visible light,the presence of Cd2+alone exerted slight inhibition effect on chalcopyrite dissolution and the concentration of dissolved copper increased by 14.70%with visible light and 50 mg/L Cd^2+.The results of chemical leaching showed that visible light can promote the circulation of iron.SEM results showed that Cd^2+promoted the attachment of A.ferrooxidans on chalcopyrite surface under visible light.SR-XRD and XPS results indicated that visible light and Cd^2+promoted chalcopyrite dissolution,but did not inhibit the formation of passivation.Finally,a model of synergistic catalysis mechanism of visible light and Cd2+on chalcopyrite bioleaching was proposed.

Photogenerated-hole scavenger for enhancing photocatalytic chalcopyrite bioleaching

The effects of photogenerated-hole scavengers(ascorbic acid,oxalic acid,humic acid and citric acid)on chalcopyrite bioleaching in the presence of visible light were studied using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans(A.ferrooxidans).Four sets of bioleaching experiments were performed:(1)visible light+0 g/L scavenger,(2)visible light+0.1 g/L of different scavenger(ascorbic acid,oxalic acid,humic acid and citric acid),(3)dark+0.1 g/L of different scavenger(ascorbic acid,oxalic acid,humic acid and citric acid),and(4)dark+0 g/L scavenger(control group).The results showed that ascorbic acid and oxalic acid could act as photogenerated-hole scavengers and significantly enhance chalcopyrite bioleaching under visible light.The dissolved copper in the light group without scavenger was only 18.7%higher than that of the control group.The copper extraction rates of the light groups with oxalic acid and ascorbic acid were respectively 30.1%and 32.5%higher than those of the control group.Scanning electron microscopy(SEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD)and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR)analyses indicated that ascorbic acid and oxalic acid as photogenerated-hole scavenger could capture photo-generated holes and inhibit jarosite formation on the chalcopyrite surface,thereby enhancing bioleaching of chalcopyrite under visible light.

Characterization of neutral lipases revealed the tissue-specific triacylglyceroi hydrolytic activity in Nilaparvata lugens

The lipid metabolism plays an essential role in the development andreproduction of insects, and lipases are important enzymes in lipid metabolism. In Nilaparvatalugens, an important insect pest on rice, triacylglycerol hydrolytic activities weredifferent among tissues, with high activity in integument, ovary, and fat body, but low activityin intestine. To figure out the tissue-specific triacylglycerol hydrolytic activity, weidentified 43 lipases in N. lugens. Of these 43 lipases, 23 belonged to neutral lipases, sothis group was selected to perform further experiments on triacylglycerol hydrolysis. Thecomplete motifs of catalytic triads, β9 loop, and lid motif, are required for the triacylglycerolhydrolytic activity in neutral lipases, which were found in some neutral lipases withhigh gene expression levels in integument and ovary, but not in intestine. The recombinantproteins of 3 neutral lipases with or without 3 complete motifs were obtained, and the activitydetermination confirmed the importance of 3 motifs. Silencing XM_022331066.1,which is highly expressed in ovary and with 3 complete motifs, significantly decreasedthe egg production and hatchability of N. lugens, partially through decline of the lipidmetabolism. In summary, at least one-third of important motifs were incomplete in allneutral lipases with high gene expression in intestine, which could partially explain whythe lipase activity in intestine was much lower than that in other tissues. The low activityto hydrolyze triacylglycerol in N. lugens intestine might be associated with its food resourceand nutrient components, and the ovary-specific neutral lipases were important forN. lugens reproduction.

Biological and biochemical characterization of a red-eye mutant in Nilaparvata lugens （Hemiptera： Delphacidae）

A red-eye colony was established in our laboratory in brown planthopper （BPH）, Nilaparvata lugens （Stal）, a major rice pest in Asia. Except for the red-eye phenotype, no other differences were observed between the wild-type （brown eye） and the mutant-type （red eye） in external characters. Genetic analysis revealed that the red-eye phenotype was controlled by a single autosomal recessive allele. Biological studies found that egg produc- tion and egg viability in the red-eye mutant colony were not significantly different from those in the wild-type BPH. Biochemical analysis and electronic microscopy examination revealed that the red-eye mutants contained decreased levels of both xanthommatin （brown） and pteridine （red） and reduced number of pigment granules. Thus, the changes of amount and ratio of the two pigments is the biochemical basis of this red-eye mutation. Our results indicate that the red-eye mutant gene （red） might be involved in one common gene locus shared by the two pigments in pigment transportation, pigment granule formation or some other processes.

Effects of temperature on fitness costs in chlorpyrifos-resistant brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens （Hemiptera： Delphacidae）

Insecticide resistance is inevitable if an insecticide is widely used to control insect pests. Fortunately, the resistance-associated fitness costs often give chances to manage resistances. In most cases, the fitness cost in resistant insects is often evaluated under laboratory conditions for insect development, which limits its practical application in pest control in the field. In a laboratory population R9 with 253-fold resistance to chlorpyrifos after nine-generation selection with chlorpyrifos, the relative fitness was only 0.206 under laboratory conditions （25℃, humidity 70%-80% and 16 h light/8 h dark photoperiod）, when compared to S9, a susceptible counterpart （resistance ratio = 2.25- fold） from the same origin as R9 but without any selection with insecticides. Temperatures varied the resistance-associated fitness costs, with enhanced costs at high temperatures and reduced costs at low temperatures, such as 0.174 at 32℃ and 0.527 at 18℃. The copulation rate and fecundity were two key factors for the reduced costs at low temperatures. Another finding was that R9 individuals needed much more time to recover from heat shock than that of S9, but R9 and $9 individuals were similarly sensitive to cold shock. The low fitness cost at low temperatures would increase the overwintering population, which might further increase risks of rapid development and widespread distribution of chlorpyrifos resistance in Nilaparvata lugens.

karmoisin and cardinal ortholog genes participate in the ommochrome synthesis of Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera:Delphacidae)

Ommochrome is the major source for eye coloration of all insect species so far examined.Phenoxazinone synthetase (PHS)has always been regarded as the terminal step enzyme for ommochrome formation,which is encoded by cardinal or karmoisin genes. Our previous study indicated that the karmoisin ortholog gene (Nl-karmoisin)product in the brown planthopper (BPH)was a monocarboxylate transporter,while not a PHS. Here,based on full-length complementary DNA,the cardinal ortholog gene in BPH (Nl-cardinal)product was predicted to be a haem peroxidase rather than a PHS.We suggest for the first time that neither karmoisin nor cardinal encodes the PHS,but whether PHS participates in BPH eye pigmentation needs further research.Nymphal RNA interference (RNAi)experiments showed that knockdown Nl-cardinal transcript led the BPH ocelli and compound eye to color change from brown to red,while knockdown Nl-karmoisin only made the ocelli present the red phenotype.Notably,not only the Nl-cardinal transcript, dscd injection (Nl-cardinal targeting double-stranded DNA (dsRNA))also significantly reduced the Nl-karmoisin transcript by 33.7%,while dska (Nl-karmoisin targeting dsRNA) injection did not significantly change the Nl-cardinal transcript.Considering the above RNAi and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction results,we propose that Nl-cardinal plays a more important role in ommochrome synthesis than Nl-karmoisin,and it may be an upstream gene of Nl-karmoisin.The present study suggested that both karmoisin and cardinal ortholog genes play a role in ommochrome synthesis in a hemimetabolous insect.