Leaching and accumulation of trace elements in sulfate reducing granular sludge under concomitant thermophilic and low pH conditions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-246

  Gonzalez Gil, G ^a,c   Lopes, S I C ^b   Saikaly, P E ^c   Lens, P N L ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Anaerobic granule; Sulfate reduction; Thermophilic; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SUCROSE; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INOCULATION; LEACHING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; SLUDGE; SUPPLEMENTATION; UPFLOW REACTOR; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84867305800     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.044     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Ahn, J.H., Forster, C.F., A comparison of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic upflow filters treating paper–pulp–liquors. Process Biochem. 38 (2002), 256–261.
2. Ahring, B.K., Westermann, P., Toxicity of heavy metals to thermophilic anaerobic digestion. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 17 (1983), 365–370.
3. Baltazar, C.S.A., Marques, M.C., Soares, C.M., DeLacey, A.M., Pereira, I.A.C., Matias, P.M., Nickel–iron–selenium hydrogenases – an overview. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011 (2011), 948–962.
4. Barton, L., Goulhen, F., Bruschi, M., Woodards, N., Plunkett, R., Rietmeijer, F., The bacterial metallome: composition and stability with specific reference to the anaerobic bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Biometals 20 (2007), 291–302.
5. Biswas, K., Woodards, N., Xu, H., Barton, L., Reduction of molybdate by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Biometals 22 (2009), 131–139.
6. Demirel, B., Yenigün, O., Two-phase anaerobic digestion processes: a review. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 77 (2002), 743–755.
7. Gonzalez-Gil, G., Kleerebezem, R., Lettinga, G., Effects of nickel and cobalt on kinetics of methanol conversion by methanogenic sludge as assessed by on-line CH4 monitoring. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65 (1999), 1789–1793.
8. Gonzalez-Gil, G., Lens, P.N.L., Van Aelst, A., Van As, H., Versprille, A.I., Lettinga, G., Cluster structure of anaerobic aggregates of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67 (2001), 3683–3692.
9. Hazrati, H., Shayegan, J., Upgrading activated sludge systems and reduction in excess sludge. Bioresour. Technol. 102 (2011), 10327–10333.
10. Hockin, S., Gadd, G.M., Removal of selenate from sulfate-containing media by sulfate-reducing bacterial biofilms. Environ. Microbiol. 8 (2006), 816–826.
11. Iqbal, J., Carney, W.A., LaCaze, S., Theegala, C.S., Metals determination in biodiesel (B100) by ICP-OES with microwave assisted acid digestion. Open Anal. Chem. J. 4 (2010), 18–26.
12. Jameson, E., Rowe, O.F., Hallberg, K.B., Johnson, D.B., Sulfidogenesis and selective precipitation of metals at low pH mediated by Acidithiobacillus spp. and acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria. Hydrometallurgy 104 (2010), 488–493.
13. Jong, T., Parry, D.L., Removal of sulfate and heavy metals by sulfate reducing bacteria in short-term bench scale upflow anaerobic packed bed reactor runs. Water Res. 37 (2003), 3379–3389.
14. Lens, P.N.L., Visser, A.N.L., Janssen, A.J.H., Hulshoff Pol, L.W., Lettinga, G., Biotechnological treatment of sulfate-rich wastewaters. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28 (1998), 41–88.
15. Lewis, A.E., Review of metal sulphide precipitation. Hydrometallurgy 104 (2010), 222–234.
16. Lopes, S.I.C., Capela, M.I., Lens, P.N.L., Sulfate reduction during the acidification of sucrose at pH 5 under thermophilic (55 °C) conditions. I: effect of trace metals. Bioresour. Technol. 101 (2010), 4269–4277.
17. Lopes, S.I.C., Capela, M.I., Lens, P.N.L., Sulfate reduction during the acidification of sucrose at pH 5 under thermophilic (55°C) conditions. II: effect of sulfide and COD/SO42− ratio. Bioresour. Technol. 101 (2010), 4278–4284.
18. Lopes, S.I.C., Capela, M.I., van Hullebusch, E.D., van der Veen, A., Lens, P.N.L., Influence of low pH (6, 5 and 4) on nutrient dynamics and characteristics of acidifying sulfate reducing granular sludge. Process Biochem. 43 (2008), 1227–1238.
19. Meier, J., Piva, A., Fortin, D., Enrichment of sulfate-reducing bacteria and resulting mineral formation in media mimicking pore water metal ion concentrations and pH conditions of acidic pit lakes. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 79 (2012), 69–84.
20. Mendel, R.R., Molybdenum: biological activity and metabolism. Dalton Trans., 2005, 3404–3409.
21. O-Thong, S., Prasertsan, P., Karakashev, D., Angelidaki, I., Thermophilic fermentative hydrogen production by the newly isolated Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum PSU-2. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 33 (2008), 1204–1214.
22. Osuna, M.B., Iza, J., Zandvoort, M.H., Lens, P.N.L., Essential metal depletion in an anaerobic reactor. Water Sci. Technol. 48 (2003), 1–8.
23. Patidar, S.K., Tare, V., Effect of micro-nutrients in anaerobic degradation of sulfate laden organics. Can. J. Civil Eng. 31 (2004), 420–431.
24. Roest, K., Heilig, H.G.H.J., Smidt, H., de Vos, W.M., Stams, A.J.M., Akkermans, A.D.L., Community analysis of a full-scale anaerobic bioreactor treating paper mill wastewater. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 28 (2005), 175–185.
25. Tessier, A., Campbell, P.G.C., Bisson, M., Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Anal. Chem. 51 (1979), 844–851.
26. Thompson, G., Swain, J., Kay, M., Forster, C.F., The treatment of pulp and paper mill effluent: a review. Bioresour. Technol. 77 (2001), 275–286.
27. Valente, F.M.A., Almeida, C.C., Pacheco, I., Carita, J., Saraiva, L.M., Pereira, I.A.C., Selenium is involved in regulation of periplasmic hydrogenase gene expression in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. J. Bacteriol. 188 (2006), 3228–3235.
28. Vallero, M.V.G., Treviño, R.H.M., Paulo, P.L., Lettinga, G., Lens, P.N.L., Effect of sulfate on methanol degradation in thermophilic (55 °C) methanogenic UASB reactors. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 32 (2003), 676–687.
29. van Hullebusch, E.D., Utomo, S., Zandvoort, M.H., Lens, P.N.L., Comparison of three sequential extraction procedures to describe metal fractionation in anaerobic granular sludges. Talanta 65 (2005), 549–558.
30. Waldron, K.J., Robinson, N.J., How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal?. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 7 (2009), 25–35.
31. Watson, J.H.P., Ellwood, D.C., Deng, Q.X., Mikhalovsky, S., Hayter, C.E., Evans, J., Heavy-metal adsorption on bacterially produced FeS. Miner. Eng. 8 (1995), 1097–1108.
32. Xu, X.-J., Chen, C., Wang, A.-J., Fang, N., Yuan, Y., Ren, N.-Q., Lee, D.-J., Enhanced elementary sulfur recovery in integrated sulfate-reducing, sulfur-producing rector under micro-aerobic condition. Bioresour. Technol. 116 (2012), 517–521.
33. Zandvoort, M.H., 2005. Trace metal dynamics in methanol fed anaerobic granular sludge bed reactors. PhD thesis. Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, p. 206.
34. Zandvoort, M.H., Van Hullebusch, E.D., Gieteling, J., Lettinga, G., Lens, P.N.L., Effect of sulfur source on the performance and metal retention of methanol-fed UASB reactors. Biotechnol. Prog. 21 (2005), 839–850.
35. Zhang, Y., Rodionov, D., Gelfand, M., Gladyshev, V., Comparative genomic analyses of nickel, cobalt and vitamin B12 utilization. BMC Genomics, 10, 2009, 78.