Characterization of an indigenous iron-oxidizing bacterium and its effectiveness in bioleaching heavy metals from anaerobically digested sewage sludge

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 889-897

  Gu, X Y ^a,b   Wong, J W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Anaerobic digester; Heavy metals; Sewage sludge; Sludge holding tank

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIOLEACHING; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOLUBILITY; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SLUDGES; HOLDING TANK; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIA; METAL SOLUBILIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; FERROUS ION; GLUCOSE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; ZINC;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BACTERIUM; DIGESTION; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; SLUDGE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HONG KONG; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLUBILIZATION; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4544261048     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2004.9619382     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Wong L. and Henry J.G., Bacterial leaching of heavy metals from anaerobic sludge. In: Biotreatment System, Vol.2, Wise D.L. (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. USA pp 125-169 (1988).
2. Tyagi R.D. and Couillard D., Bacterial leaching of metals from sludge. In: Encyclopedia of Environmental Control Technology, Water Treatment Technology, Vol.3, Chereminsinoff P.E. (ed.) pp 557-591, (1989).
3. Tyagi R.D. and Couillard D., An innovative biological process for heavy metals removal from municipal sludge. In: Biological Degradation of Wastes, Martin A.M. (ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 307-322 (1991).
4. Tyagi R.D., Couillard D. and Tran F., Heavy metals removal from anaerobically digested sludge by chemical and microbiological methods. Environ. Pollut., 50, 295-316 (1988).
5. Jain D.K. and Tyagi R.D., Leaching of heavy metals from anaerobic sewage sludge by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Enz. Microbiol. Technol., 14, 376-383 (1992).
6. Blais J.F., Tyagi R.D. and Auclair J.C., Bioleaching of metals from sewage sludge by sulfur-oxidzing bacteria. J. Environ. Eng., 118, 690-707 (1992).
7. Tyagi R.D., Blais J.F. and Auclair J.C., Bacterial leaching of metals from sewage sludge by indigenous iron-oxidizing bacteria. Environ. Pollut.. 82, 9-12 (1993).
8. Blais J.F., Tyagi R.D. and Auclair J.C., Metals removal from sewage sludge by indigenous bacteria. J. Environ. Sci. Health Part A., 28, 443-467 (1993).
9. Wong J.W.C., Xian, L. and Chan L.C., pH requirement for the bioleaching of heavy metals from anaerobically digested wastewater sludge. Water, Air Soil Pollut., 138, 25-35 (2002).
10. Johnson D.B. and McGinness S., A highly efficient and universal solid medium for growing mesophilic and moderately thermophilic, iron-oxidizing, acidophilic bacteria. J. Microbiol. Methods, 13, 113-122 (1991).
11. Harrison A. P. Jr, The acidophilic Thiobacilli and other acidophilic bacteria that share their habitat. Ann. Rev. Microbiol., 38, 265-92 (1984).
12. Wistreich G.A., Dilution technique and colony counting, In: Microbiology Laboratory: Fundamentals and Applications. Brake D.K. (ed). Prentice-Hall Inc. Upper Saddle River, N.J., pp 54-66 (1997).
13. Hoppert M. and Holzenburg A, Methods for scanning electron microscopy. In: Electron Microscopy in Microbiology. Bosher A. (ed.), Biddles Ltd, Guildford, UK. USA pp 79-82 (1998).
14. Miller G. L., Use of nitrosalycilic acid reagent for determination of reducing sugar. Anal. Chem., 31, 426 (1959).
15. Leduc L.G. and Ferroni G.D., Thermal characterization of different isolates of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 108, 189-194 (1993).
16. APHA, Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17th ed. American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C. (1985).
17. Kelly D.P. and Wood A.P., Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans to the newly designed genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Systematic Evol. Microbiol., 50, 511-516 (2000).
18. Xiang L., Chan L.C. and Wong J.W.C., Removal of heavy metals from anaerobically digested sewage sludge by isolated indigenous iron-oxidizing bacteria. Chemosphere, 41, 283-287 (2000).
19. Tuttle J.H. and Dugan P.D., Inhibition of growth and sulfur oxidation in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans by simple organic compounds. Can. J. Microbiol., 22, 719-730 (1976).
20. Frattini C.J., Leduc L.G. and Ferroni G.D., Strain variability and the effects of organic compounds on the growth of the chemoautotrophic bacteria Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 77, 57-64 (2000).
21. Malina J. F. Jr., Anaerobic sludge digestion. In: Design of Anaerobic Process for the Treatment of Industrial and Municipal Waste, Malina J.F. Jr., and Pohland F.G. (eds), Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania., USA pp 167-212 (1992).
22. Tyagi R.D., Blais J.F., Meunier N. and Benmouss H., Simultaneous sewage sludge digestion and metal leaching-effect of sludge solid concentrations. Water Res., 31, 105-118 (1997).
23. Theis T.L. and Hayes T.D., Chemistry of heavy metals in anaerobic digestion. In: Chemistry of Wastewater Technology. Alan J.R. (ed.), Ann Arbor Science Publisher, Michigan, USA pp 403-419 (1980).