The Dynamic Experiment on Treating Acid Mine Drainage with Iron Scrap and Sulfate Reducing Bacteria Using Biomass Materials as Carbon Source

The study is aimed at the problem of high content of Cr^(6+),Cr^(3+)and SO_(4)^(2-)is high and low pH value in acid mine drainage(AMD).Moreover,treatment of AMD by sulfate reducing bacteria(SRB)requires the addition of carbon source,while the treating effectiveness is not good enough on its own.The sugarcane slag,the corn cob and the sunflower straw were selected as the SRB carbon source cooperating with iron scrap to construct the dynamic columns 1,2 and 3.The mechanism of removing Cr^(6+),Cr^(3+),SO_(4)^(2-)and H+and the regularity of sustained release of carbon source and TFe release was studied in AMD.The removal efficiency of heavy metal ions,the ability of sustained release of carbon source,and the ability of adjusting acid by the three dynamic columns were compared.The result shows that the average removal rates of Cr^(6+),Cr^(3+)and SO_(4)^(2-)in effluent of dynamic column 1,filled by sugarcane slag,iron scrap and SRB,were 96.9%,67.1%and 54.3%.The average release of TFe and chemical oxygen demand(COD)were 4.4 and 287.3 mg/L.Its average pH was 6.98.Compared with the performance of dynamic columns 1,2 and 3,dynamic column 1 performed best in removing Cr^(6+),Cr^(3+)and SO_(4)^(2-)from AMD and controlling the release of COD and TFe,adjusting the pH of the solution.The study is of significance in treatment of AMD by taking for biomass materials as SRB carbon source in cooperation with iron scrap.

Isolation and identification of a sulfate reducing bacteria and sequence analysis of its dissimilatory sulfite reductase gene

A sulfate reducing bacteria was isolated from mining sewage of Daqing Oilfield by Hungate anaerobic technology. Physiological-biochemical analysis showed that the strain could utilize polyacrylamide as sole carbon and nitrogen source. The sequence analysis of 16S rDNA illustrated that the similarity of F8 and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (AF192153) was 99%, and the similarity sequence of dissimilatory sulfite reductase gene (DSR) cloned from the strain and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (AF273034) was 98%. Their phylogenitic analysis was basically anastomosed, and thus temporarily named as Desulfovibrio desulfuricans F8. The DSR cloned from F8 strain was 2740 bp in length consisting of three ORF, DSRA, DSRB and DSRD as a single operon (DSRABD) regulated by the same operator. DSRA contained typical conservative box of sulfate—sulfite reducing enzyme (SiteⅠand SiteⅡ), which could bind siroheme and [Fe4S4]. DSRB retained a [Fe4S4] binding site, with an uncomplimentary structure for siroheme binding. There was no conservative box in DSRD. Sequence analysis of DSR will provide a theoretical basis for quantitative detection, metabolic pathway modification through gene engineering, and sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) suppression.

Preparation of Conducting Poly N-methylaniline Microsphere and Its Antibacterial Performance to Sulfate Reducing Bacteria

Microspheres of conducting polymers poly N-methylaniline （PNMA） were successfully synthesized through oxidation of N-methylaniline without any template. The average diameter of the microspheres with a smooth surface was about 0.40 μm when 0.2 M N-methylanUine was oxidized with 0.2 M ammonium persulfate in 0.2 M of HClO4 solution. The size of microspheres can be controlled by changing reaction time and temperature. The acid concentration was critical for the formation of microspheres with smooth surfaces. The excellent antibacterial performance of PNMA in novolac epoxy coating to sulfate reducing bacteria was demonstrated. Moreover, in API media, PNMA inhibited growth of SRB and then reduced the corrosion rate of carbon steel remarkably.

Cd^(2+) removal from wastewater by sulfate reducing bacteria with an anaerobic fluidized bed reactor

A process of treatment for containing Cd 2+ wastewater by sulfate reducing bacteria with upflow anaerobic fluidized bed reactor has been studied. When the concentration of COD and Cd 2+ in the influent were 270 5mg/L and 100mg/L respectively and hydraulic retention time was 4 hours, the removal rate of COD and Cd 2+ were higher than 73 8% and 99 8% respectively. The reactor can treat as high as 1000mg/L of concentration of Cd 2+ . The highest removal velocity rate of Cd 2+ reached 2999 1mg/(L·d). And the possible relationship between sulfate reducing bacteria and methanogenic bacteria was discussed.

Chemical additives affect sulfate reducing bacteria biofilm properties adsorbed on stainless steel 316L surface in circulating cooling water system

This paper studied the biofilm properties and corrosion behavior of sulfate reducing bacteria （SRB） on stainless steel 316L （SS316L） surface in circulating cooling water system with and without additives including hydroxy ethyl fork phosphonic acid （HEDP）, dodecyl dimethyl benzyl anunonium chlotide （1227） and NaClO. Biochemical technique, electrochemical technology, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and scanning electron microscope （SEM） were used. The results show that the extracellular polymeric substance （EPS） in biofilm attached on the SS316L surface mainly contain proteins and polysaccharides, the contents are 98 ug.cm-2 and 635ug.cm-2, respectively. The polysaccharides were cut by 1227 about 80%, while 55% by NaCIO. The proteins were reduced by NaCIO about 53%, while only 30% by 1227. The potentiodynamic polarization shows that the corrosion potential of SS316L was enhanced from -0.495 V to -0.390 V by the chemical additive delaying the occurrence of the corrosion. And the corrosion rate was also reduced from 5.19 × 10^-3 mm·a^-1 to 2.42 × 10^-3 mm＇a . But NaCIO stdl caused pitting corrosion after stenhzmg the bacteria, while 1227 can form a protective film on the surface of SS316L. Though HEDP contribute to the bacteria activity, it can enhance the breakdown potential. XPS results confirmed that 1227 can change the value of C：O in the biofilm attached on metal surface, and NaCIO can eliminate the existence of amidogen. This study would provide some recommendations for the selection of chemical additives in the thermal power plant.

Sulfate reducing bacterial community and in situ activity in mature fine tailings analyzed by real time qPCR and microsensor

Sulfate reducing bacteria（SRB） play significant roles in anaerobic environments in oil sands mature fine tailings（MFTs）. Hydrogen sulfide（H2S） is produced during the biological sulfate reduction process. The production of toxic H2S is one of the concerns because it may hinder the landscape remediation efficiency of oil sands tailing ponds. In present study, the in situ activity and the community structure of SRB in MFT and gypsum amended MFT in two settling columns were investigated. Combined techniques of H2S microsensor and dissimilatory sulfite reductase β-subunit（dsrB） genes-based real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction（qPCR） were applied to detect the in situ H2S and the abundance of SRB. A higher diversity of SRB and more H2S were observed in gypsum amended MFT than that in MFT, indicating a higher sulfate reduction activity in gypsum amended MFT; in addition, the activity of SRB varied as depth in both MFT and gypsum amended MFT： the deeper the more H2S produced. Long-term plans for tailings management can be assessed more wisely with the information provided in this study.

Removal of Cu（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） from aqueous solutions by dead sulfate reducing bacteria

The biosorption properties of dead sulfate reducing bacteria （SRB） for the removal of Cu（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） from aqueous solutions was studied. The effects of the biosorbent concentration, the initial pH value and the temperature on the biosorption of Cu（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） by the SRB were investigated. FTIR analysis verified that the hydroxyl, carbonyl and amine functional groups of the SRB biosorbent were involved in the biosorption process. For both Cu（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ）, an increase in the SRB biosorbent concentration resulted in an increase in the removal percentage but a decrease in the amount of specific metal biosorption. The maximum specific metal biosorption was 93.25 mg·g^-1 at pH 4.5 for Cu（Ⅱ） and 88.29 mg· g^-1 at pH 3.5 for Fe（Ⅲ）. The temperature did not have a significant effect on biosorption. In a binary metal system, the specific biosorption capacity for the target metal decreased when another metal ion was added. For both the single metal and binary metal systems, the biosorption of Cu（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） onto a SRB biosorbent was better represented by a Langmuir model than by a Freundlich model.

EFFECT OF SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA ON ELECTRO CHEMICAL CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF 16Mn STEEL IN SEA MUD

The effect of sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) on electrochemical corrosion behavior of 16Mn steel, and galvanic corrosion behavior of the steels in the juncture area between bacterial and bacteria free sea mud was studied in laboratory under simulated conditions. Sea mud dense with SRB was taken from the Qingdao beach. Part of the sea mud was sterilized and the rest was kept in the original condition. The sterilized and original sea mud was put respectively into two plastic testing troughs electrically connected by an agar potassium chloride salt bridge. Galvanic and non galvanic 16Mn steel samples were put into the trough at the same intervals. The SRB number measured by the MPN tri tube method was about 2.4×10 5 per 100 g mud and was kept basically the same during the experimental period. The ρ, pH, eH, T, S (salinity) were measured simultaneously. The galvanic current was measured with zero resistance galvanometer and the corrosion rate was measured with the weight loss method.The results showed that (1) the corrosion rate of 16Mn steel in bacterial sea mud was 4.0 times that in bacteria free sea mud; (2) galvanic corrosion occurs between steel samples buried in different (bacterial and bacteria free) sea mud. The steel sample in the bacterial sea mud was the anode of a galvanic couple and had higher corrosion rate than that of the non galvanic sample. The existence of the galvanic couple increased the corrosion rate of the sample in bacterial sea mud by 4.1%.

Preliminary investigation on the role of microorganisms in the production of phosphine

The relationships between the phosphine content and various microbial populations,activities of different enzymes were investigated firstly.The results indicated that the phosphine content of samples from various environments was positively related to total anaerobic microorganisms,organic phosphate compound-dissolving bacteria,denitrifying bacteria,and the activities of alkaline phosphatase and dehydrogenase,with correlation coefficients (R^2) up to 0.93,0.90,0.69,0.79,and 0.82,respectively.Results also sh...

Biofimls Formation in Nanofiltration Membranes

Technological advances in the past 30 years have boosted the use of PSM （membrane separation processes）, important for its efficiency and flexibility of operation. These processes can be used in many types of separation, with some advantages over the usual separation processes. NF （nanofiltration） is a membrane separation technique, which has properties intermediate between reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration in terms of separated species, because the average of the pores is in the range of 1/2 to 10 nm, and the separation occurs in function of load and size of the species. Usually removes species in solution with an effective diameter of about 1 nm or larger and multivalent ions to a greater extent than monovalent ions. The objective was to study the formation of biofouling on the surface of commercial nanofiltration membrane （Osmonics/GE） and surface membrane synthesized in our laboratory. The study was conducted in permeation system with filtration cell with tangential displacement of 15 bar for 8 days flow. DBNPA （2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide） was used as a biocide agent, and an anti-fouling, in concentrations of 5 and 300 ppm, respectively, added to the water coming from the Beach Sea Galleon, RJ. The results demonstrated that there was no change in the flow and rejection of sulphate ions, even in the presence of anti-fouling. The count of aerobic, anaerobic and BRS （sulfate reducing bacteria） in seawater before and after using the DBNPA showed efficiency in controlling these groups of microorganisms and biofouling microbial consortium consisting of the existing in seawater.

Microbiological Treatment of Effluent for Zinc Hydrometallurgical Plant

Sulfate reducing bacteria were isolated from the soil sample of Roaster-Acid unit of Debari Zinc Smelter of Hindustan Zinc Ltd., India and were adapted for effluent water of Zinc hydrometallurgy plant to sustain zinc concentration of about 500 ppm and iron concentration of about 160 ppm with high acidity （pH 〈 1.0）. Nutrient broth, whey, ethanol and sucrose were tested as carbon source for SRB （sulfate reducing bacteria） out of which whey was found as the best electron donor to expedite the rate of biological treatment with SRB. A two stage anaerobic bioreactor was developed with a treatment capacity of 30 L effluent water in 4 days. The concentration of heavy metals in the treated water was within the permissible limits. The suggested methodology generates no solid waste, is environment friendly and may be commercially implemented for treatment of zinc plant effluent.

A deep‐sea sulfate‐reducing bacterium generates zero‐valent sulfur via metabolizing thiosulfate

Zero‐valent sulfur(ZVS)is a crucial intermediate in the sulfur geobiochemical circulation and is widespread in deep‐sea cold seeps.Sulfur‐oxidizing bacteria are thought to be the major contributors to the formation of ZVS.However,ZVS production mediated by sulfate‐reducing bacteria(SRB)has rarely been reported.In this study,we isolated and cultured a typical SRB designated Oceanidesulfovibrio marinus CS1 from deep‐sea cold seep sediment in the South China Sea.We show that O.marinus CS1 forms ZVS in the medium supplemented with thiosulfate.Proteomic and protein activity assays revealed that thiosulfate reductase(PhsA)and the sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase(SQR)played key roles in driving ZVS formation in O.marinus CS1.During this process,thiosulfate firstly was reduced by PhsA to form sulfide,then sulfide was oxidized by SQR to produce ZVS.The expressions of PhsA and SQR were significantly upregulated when O.marinus CS1 was cultured in a deep‐sea cold seep,strongly indicating that strain CS1 might form ZVS in the deep‐sea environment.Notably,homologs of phsA and sqr were widely identified from microbes living in sediments of deep‐sea cold seep in the South China Sea by the metagenomic analysis.We thus propose that SRB containing phsA and sqr genes potentially contribute to the formation of ZVS in deep‐sea cold seep environments.

Stress corrosion cracking failure of X80 carbon steel U-b end cause d by Desulfovibrio vulgaris biocorrosion

Sulfate reducing bacteria(SRB)are widely present in oil and gas industry,causing pitting corrosion on pipeline steel.Stress corrosion cracking(SCC)often occurs in the presence of mechanical stress before pit-ting perforation failure,leading to economic losses and even catastrophic accidents.In this study,stress distribution simulation using the finite element method(FEM),corrosion analysis techniques and elec-trochemical corrosion measurements were employed to investigate the SCC mechanism of X80 pipeline steel caused by Desulfovibrio vulgaris,which is a common SRB strain used in microbiologically influenced corrosion(MIC)studies.It was found that D.vulgaris MIC caused sharp microcracks on an X80 U-bend coupon after only 2 weeks of immersion at 37℃in the deoxygenated ATCC 1249 culture medium inocu-lated with D.vulgaris.The X80 U-bend coupon’s weight loss-based uniform corrosion rate for the 12 cm^(2)surface was 60%of that for the unstressed flat square coupon(2.3 mg cm^(−2)vs.3.8 mg cm^(−2)).This was likely because the square coupon had wide MIC pits,providing a larger effective surface area for more sessile cells(4.2×10^(8)cells cm^(−2)on square coupon vs.2.4×10^(8)cells cm^(−2)on U-bend coupon)to attach and harvest more electrons.An SCC failure occurred on an X80 U-bend pre-cracked at the outer bottom after a 6-week immersion in the D.vulgaris broth.Apart from MIC damage,this could also be because D.vulgaris metabolism increased the availability hydrogen atoms on the steel surface,and promoted the diffusion of hydrogen atoms into the metal lattice,thus increasing the brittleness of the steel.

Metallic wastewater treatment by sulfate reduction using anaerobic rotating biological contactor reactor under high metal loading conditions

This study was aimed at investigating the performance of anaerobic rotating biological cont- reactor treating synthetic wastewater containing a mixture of heavy metals under sulfate redu condition. Statistically valid factorial design of experiments was carried out to understand dynamics of metal removal using this bioreactor system. Copper removal was maximum （〉98% followed by other heavy metals at their respective low inlet concentrations. Metal loading rates than 3.7 mg/L· h in case of Cu（II）; less than 1.69 mg/L· h for Ni（II）, Pb（II）, Zn（II）, Fe（III） and C are favorable to the performance of the An-RBC reactor. Removal efficiency of the heavy metals 1 mixture depended on the metal species and their inlet loading concentrations. Analysis of n precipitates formed in the sulfidogenic bioreactor by field emission scanning electron microscopyalong with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （FESEM-EDX） confirmed metal sulfide precipitationby SRB. All these results clearly revealed that the attached growth biofilm bioreactor is well suited for heavy metal removal from complex mixture.

Enhanced pitting corrosion resistance of CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy in the presence of Desulfovibrio vulgaris via nitrogen doping

Corrosion-resistant high nitrogen high entropy alloys(HEAs)were manufactured by pressurized metal-lurgy.This work revealed the inhibitory effect of nitrogen on pitting corrosion of HEAs caused by sul-fate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris.Results indicated that HEA-0 N was susceptible to pitting corrosion and sulfidation under attack of D.vulgaris,whereas the addition of nitrogen significantly de-creased the pitting sensitivity.Pitting potentials of HEA-0.52 N and HEA-1.23 N increased by 133%and 171%,respectively compared to HEA-0 N in the presence of SRB.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results unveiled that nitrogen enriched in passive film and strengthened it by increasing fraction of Cr_(2)O_(3)and Fe^(3+)_(ox).Surface of the nitrogen-alloyed HEAs exhibited less defective passive films as revealed by Mott-Schottky results.Nitrogen doping provides a novel insight into the design of microbial corrosion resistant HEA.

Bioremediation Process and Bioremoval Mechanism of Heavy Metal Ions in Acidic Mine Drainage

Acidic mine drainage（AMD） containing acidity and a broad range of heavy metal ions is classified as hazardous, and must be properly treated. The removal mechanism of heavy metal ions in acidic mine drainage containing Cu^2＋, Fe^2＋, and Zn^2＋ with biological method was studied here. Using 20 mmol/L ethanol as carbon source, Desulfovibrio marrakechensis, one of sulfate reducing bacteria（SRB） species, grew best at 35℃ and pH=6.72 with concentrations of 10, 55 and 32 mg/L for Cu^2＋, Fe^2＋ and Zn^2＋, respectively. The removal efficiency for each ion mentioned above was 99.99%, 87.64% and 99.88%, respectively. The mineralogy and surface chemistry of precipitates were studied by means of energy dispersive spectrometer（EDS）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）, X-ray diffraction（XRD） combined with control tests. The experimental results demonstrate that the removal mechanism of heavy metal ions by Desulfovibrio marrakechensis is comprehensive function of chemical precipitation, adsorption and bioprecipitation. The biogenic iron sulfide solid was characterized as greigite（Fe3S4）, while the zinc sulfide solid was characterized as sphalerite（ZnS）.