Anaerobic bioremediation of hexavalent uranium in groundwater by reductive precipitation with methanogenic granular sludge

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2153-2162

  Tapia Rodriguez, Aida ^a   Luna Velasco, Antonia ^a   Field, Jim A ^a   Sierra Alvarez, Reyes ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreduction; Radionuclide; Reductive precipitation; UASB; Uraninite; Uranium reduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SUBSTRATES; WATER TREATMENT;

BIO REDUCTIONS; REDUCTIVE PRECIPITATION; UASB; URANINITE; URANIUM REDUCTION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OXYGEN; URANIUM;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIONUCLIDE; REDUCTION; SLUDGE; TAILINGS; URANINITE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INOCULATION; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77749251914     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Abdelouas A. Uranium mill tailings: geochemistry, mineralogy, and environmental impact. Elements 2 6 (2006) 335-341
2. Anderson R.T., and Lovley D.R. Interactions of microorganisms with radionuclides. In: Keith-Roach M.J., and Livens F.R. (Eds) (2002), Elsevier Science Ltd., Amsterdam; New York 205-223
3. ATSDR. Toxicological Profile for Uranium (1999), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
4. Baeza A., Fernandez de la Campa M.R., Herranz M., Legarda F., Miro C., and Salas A. Removing uranium and radium from a natural water. Water Air Soil Pollut. 173 (2006) 57-69
5. Diaz E.E., Stams A.J.A., Amils R., and Sanz J.L. Phenotypic properties and microbial diversity of methanogenic granules from a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor treating brewery wastewater. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 7 (2006) 4942-4949
6. Elias D.A., Krumholz L.R., Wong D., Long P.E., and Suflita J.M. Characterization of microbial activities and U reduction in a shallow aquifer contaminated by uranium mill tailings. Microbial Ecol. 46 1 (2003) 83-91
7. Fernandez N., Diaz E.E., Amils R., and Sanz J.L. Analysis of microbial community during biofilm development in an anaerobic wastewater treatment reactor. Microbial Ecol. 56 1 (2008) 121-132
8. Fernandez N., Sierra-Alvarez R., Field J.A., Amils R., and Sanz J.L. Microbial community dynamics in a chemolithotrophic denitrification reactor inoculated with methanogenic granular sludge. Chemosphere 70 3 (2008) 462-474
9. Fredrickson J.K., Zachara J.M., Kennedy D.W., Duff M.C., Gorby Y.A., Li S.M.W., and Krupka K.M. Reduction of U(VI) in goethite (alpha-FeOOH) suspensions by a dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64 18 (2000) 3085-3098
10. Gonzalez-Gil G., Lens P.N.L., Van Aelst A., Van As H., Versprille A.I., and Lettinga G. Cluster structure of anaerobic aggregates of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67 8 (2001) 3683-3692
11. Gorby Y.A., and Lovley D.R. Enzymatic uranium precipitation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26 1 (1992) 205-207
12. Komlos J., Mishra B., Lanzirotti A., Myneni S.C.B., and Jaffe P.R. Real-time speciation of uranium during active bioremediation and U(IV) reoxidation. J. Environ. Eng. - ASCE 134 2 (2008) 78-86
13. Langmuir D. Uranium solution-mineral equilibria at low temperatures with applications to sedimentary ore deposits. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 42 (1978) 547-569
14. Lettinga G., Vanvelsen A.F.M., Hobma S.W., Dezeeuw W., and Klapwijk A. USE OF The upflow sludge blanket (USB) reactor concept for biological wastewater-treatment, especially for anaerobic treatment. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 22 4 (1980) 699-734
15. Liu C.X., Gorby Y.A., Zachara J.M., Fredrickson J.K., and Brown C.F. Reduction kinetics of Fe(III), Co(III), U(VI) Cr(VI) and Tc(VII) in cultures of dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 80 6 (2002) 637-649
16. Lovley D.R., and Phillips E.J.P. Bioremediation of uranium contamination with enzymatic uranium reduction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26 11 (1992) 2228-2234
17. Lovley D.R., Phillips E.J.P., Gorby Y.A., and Landa E.R. Microbial reduction of uranium. Nature 350 6317 (1991) 413-416
18. Lovley D.R., Widman P.K., Woodward J.C., and Phillips E.J.P. Reduction of uranium by cytochrome-C(3) of Desulfovibrio-vulgaris. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59 11 (1993) 3572-3576
19. Luo W.S., Wu W.M., Yan T.F., Criddle C.S., Jardine P.M., Zhou J.Z., and Gu B.H. Influence of bicarbonate, sulfate, and electron donors on biological reduction of uranium and microbial community composition. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 77 3 (2007) 713-721
20. 4. Science 257 5071 (1992) 782-784
21. Marshall M.J., Dohnalkova A.C., Kennedy D.W., Plymale A.E., Thomas S.H., Loffler F.E., Sanford R.A., Zachara J.M., Fredrickson J.K., and Beliaev A.S. Electron donor-dependent radionuclide reduction and nanoparticle formation by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans strain 2CP-C. Environ. Microbiol. 11 2 (2009) 534-543
22. Merroun M.L., and Selenska-Pobell S. Bacterial interactions with uranium: an environmental perspective. J. Contam. Hydrol. 102 3-4 (2008) 285-295
23. Mullen L., Klepac-Ceraj V., Pharino C., Czerwinski K., and Polz M. Cell density dependent reduction kinetics of hexavalent uranium by Shewanella oneidensis. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 757 (2003)
24. Phillips E.J.P., Landa E.R., and Lovley D.R. Remediation of uranium contaminated soils with bicarbonate extraction and microbial U(VI) reduction. J. Ind. Microbiol. 14 3-4 (1995) 203-207
25. Roest K., Heilig H., Smidt H., de Vos W.M., Stams A.J.M., and Akkermans A.D.L. Community analysis of a full-scale anaerobic bioreactor treating paper mill wastewater. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 28 2 (2005) 175-185
26. Spear J.R., Figueroa L.A., and Honeyman B.D. Modeling the removal of uranium U(VI) from aqueous solutions in the presence of sulfate reducing bacteria. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33 15 (1999) 2667-2675
27. Suzuki Y., and Suko T. Geomicrobiological factors that control uranium mobility in the environment: update on recent advances in the bioremediation of uranium-contaminated sites. J. Mineral Petrol. Sci. 101 6 (2006) 299-307
28. USEPA. Uranium. Extraction and Beneficiation of Ores and Minerals vol. 5 (1995), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 74
29. USEPA. Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials from uranium mining. Mining and Reclamation Background vol 1 (2006), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
30. Vazquez G.J., Dodge C.J., and Francis A.J. Interactions of uranium with polyphosphate. Chemosphere 70 2 (2007) 263-269
31. Wall J.D., and Krumholz L.R. Uranium reduction. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 60 (2006) 149-166
32. WHO. Uranium in Drinking-Water (2004), World Health Organization
33. Worm P., Fermoso F.G., Lens P.N.L., and Plugge C.M. Decreased activity of a propionate degrading community in a UASB reactor fed with synthetic medium without molybdenum, tungsten and selenium. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 45 2 (2009) 139-145
34. Wu Q., Sanford R.A., and Loffler F.E. Uranium(VI) reduction by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans strain 2CP-C. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 5 (2006) 3608-3614
35. Wu W.M., Carley J., Luo J., Ginder-Vogel M.A., Cardenas E., Leigh M.B., Hwang C.C., Kelly S.D., Ruan C.M., Wu L.Y., Van Nostrand J., Gentry T., Lowe K., Mehlhorn T., Carroll S., Luo W.S., Fields M.W., Gu B.H., Watson D., Kemner K.M., Marsh T., Tiedje J., Zhou J.Z., Fendorf S., Kitanidis P.K., Jardine P.M., and Criddle C.S. In situ bioreduction of uranium(VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 16 (2007) 5716-5723