Features of ferric sulfate precipitates formed by different cultivations of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Wang, Xin ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Lu, Anhuai ^a   Wang, Changqiu ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Electrochemical cultivation; Jarosite; Schwertmannite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; JAROSITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWERTMANNITE; SULFATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77952153527     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-010-0018-4     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. 6 and the crystal chemistry of the ammoniojarosite-hydronium jarosite solid-solution series. Mineralogical Magazine, 71 (4): 427-441.
2. Bigham J M (1994). Schwertmannite, a new iron oxyhydroxysulphate from Pyhäsalmi, Finland, and other localities. Mineralogical Magazine, 58: 641-648.
3. Bigham J M, Schwertmann U, Traina S J, Winland R L, Wolf M (1996). Schwertmannite and the chemical modeling of iron in acid sulfate waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60 (12): 2111-2121.
4. Blake R C, Howard G T, McGinness S (1994). Enhanced yields of iron-oxidizing bacteria by in situ electrochemical reduction of soluble iron in the growth medium. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 60: 2704-2710.
5. Burton E D, Bush R T, Johnston S G, Watling K M, Hocking R K, Sullivan L A, Parker G K (2009). Sorption of Arsenic (V) and Arsenic (III) to Schwertmannite. Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (24): 9202-9207.
6. Colmer A R, Hinkle M E (1947). The Role of Microorganisms in Acid Mine Drainage: A Preliminary Report. Science, 106 (2751): 253-256.
7. Colmer A R, Temple K L, Hinkle M E (1949). An iron-oxidizing bacterium from the acid drainage of some bituminous coal mines. The American Society for Microbiology, 59: 317-328.
8. 3O jarosites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (11): 2063-2076.
9. Dutrizac J E, Kaiman S (1976). Synthesis and properties of jarosite-type compounds. The Canadian Mineralogist, 14: 151-158.
10. Gaboreau S, Vieillard P (2004). Prediction of Gibbs free energies of formation of minerals of the alunite supergroup. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (16): 3307-3316.
11. Grishin S I, Bigham J M Touvinen O H (1988). Characterization of Jarosite Formed upon Bacterial Oxidation of Ferrous Sulfate in a Packed-Bed Reactort. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 54 (12): 3101-3106.
12. Liao Y H, Zhou L X (2007). Schwertmannite formed under extreme acid conditions and its environmental significance. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica, 26 (2): 177-183 (in Chinese with English abstract).
13. Liu J, Tao X, Cai P (2009). Study of formation of jarosite mediated by thiobacillus ferrooxidans in 9K medium. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 1: 706-712.
14. 3. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (5): 1049-1059.
15. Matsumoso N, Nakasono S, Ohmura N, Saiki H (1999). Extension of Logarithmic Growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans by Potential Controlled Electrochemical Reduction of Fe(III). Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 64 (6): 716-721.
16. Mazzetti L, Thistlethwaite P J (2002). Raman spectra and thermal transformations of ferrihydrite and schwertmannite. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33: 104-111.
17. Nakasono S, Matsumono N, Saiki H (1997). Electrochemical cultivation of thiobacillus ferrooxidans by potential control. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 43: 61-66.
18. Piwoni MD (1992). Phenanthroline method. In: Greenberg AE, Clesceri LS, Eaton AD, eds. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. Washington D C: American Public Health Association, p 3 (66)-63 (68).
19. Rawlings D E (2005). Characteristics and adaptability of iron- and sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms used for the recovery of metals from minerals and their concentrates. Microbial Cell Factories, 4: 13.
20. Regenspurg S, Brand A, Peiffer S (2003). Formation and stability of schwertmannite in acidic mining lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (6): 1185-1197.
21. Sasaki K, Tanaike O, Konno H (1998). Distinction of jarosite-group compounds by Raman spectroscopy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36: 1225-1235.
22. Schwertmann U, Bigham J M, Murad E (1995). The first occurrence of schwertmannite in a natural stream environment. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7: 547-552.
23. 2 fixation and iron oxidation measures of growth. Archives on Microbiology, 68: 285.
24. Wang HM, Bigham JM, Jones F S, Tuovinen O H (2007). Synthesis and properties of ammoniojarosites prepared with iron-oxidizing acidophilic microorganisms at 22°C-65°C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71: 155-164.
25. Wang H M, Bigham J M, Tuovinen O H (2006). Formation of schwertmannite and its transformation to jarosite in the presence of acidophilic iron-oxidizing microorganisms. Materials Science and Engineering C, 26: 588-592.
26. Welch S A, Kirste D, Christy A G, Beavis F R, Beavis S G (2008). Jarosite dissolution II-Reaction kinetics, stoichiometry and acid flux. Chemical Geology, 254: 73-86.