Isolation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain Z1 and its mechanism of bioleaching copper from waste printed circuit boards

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 714-721

  Nie, Hongyan ^a   Yang, Chong ^a   Zhu, Nengwu ^a,b,c   Wu, Pingxiao ^a,b,c   Zhang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Yongqing ^a,b   Xing, Yijia ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c The Key Lab of Environmental Prot and Eco Remediation of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Inst   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Copper; Printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; COPPER; DIALYSIS; EXTRACTION; IONS; IRON; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; COPPER LEACHING; FERROUS ION OXIDATION; INDIRECT OXIDATION; NON-CONTACT MECHANISMS; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCBS);

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

COPPER; FERROUS ION; PROTON; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLEACHING; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIALYSIS; EXTRACTION; HYDROLYSIS; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 84924440742     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4363     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Robinson BH, E-waste: an assessment of global production and environmental impacts. Sci Total Environ 408:183-191 (2009).
2. Yamane LH, de Moraes VT, Espinosa DCR and Tenório JAS, Recycling of WEEE: characterization of spent printed circuit boards from mobile phones and computers. Waste Manage 31:2553-2558 (2011).
3. Cui J and Zhang L, Metallurgical recovery of metals from electronic waste: a review. J Hazard Mater 158:228-256 (2008).
4. Tsydenova O and Bengtsson M, Chemical hazards associated with treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment. Waste Manage 31:45-58 (2011).
5. Leung AO, Duzgoren-Aydin NS, Cheung K and Wong MH, Heavy metals concentrations of surface dust from e-waste recycling and its human health implications in southeast China. Environ Sci Technol 42:2674-2680 (2008).
6. Bi X, Simoneit BR, Wang Z, Wang X, Sheng G and Fu J, The major components of particles emitted during recycling of waste printed circuit boards in a typical e-waste workshop of South China. Atmospheric Environ 44:4440-4445 (2010).
7. Fujimori T, Takigami H, Agusa T, Eguchi A, Bekki K, Yoshida A, Terazono A and Ballesteros FC, Impact of metals in surface matrices from formal and informal electronic-waste recycling around Metro Manila, the Philippines, and intra-Asian comparison. J Hazard Mater 221-222:139-146 (2012).
8. Vestola EA, Kuusenaho MK, Närhi HM, Tuovinen OH, Puhakka JA, Plumb JJ and Kaksonen AH, Acid bioleaching of solid waste materials from copper, steel and recycling industries. Hydrometallurgy 103:74-79 (2010).
9. Erust C, Akcil A, Gahan C, Tuncuk A and Deveci H, Biohydrometallurgy of secondary metal resources: a potential alternative approach for metal recovery. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 88:2115-2132 (2013).
10. Li J, Lu H, Guo J, Xu Z and Zhou Y, Recycle technology for recovering resources and products from waste printed circuit boards. Environ Sci Technol 41:1995-2000 (2007).
11. Duan C, Wen X, Shi C, Zhao Y, Wen B and He Y, Recovery of metals from waste printed circuit boards by a mechanical method using a water medium. J Hazard Mater 166:478-482 (2009).
12. Chiang HL, Lin KH, Lai MH, Chen TC and Ma SY, Pyrolysis characteristics of integrated circuit boards at various particle sizes and temperatures. J Hazard Mater 149:151-159 (2007).
13. Guan J, Wang J, Min X and Wu W, The products characteristics of calcium-basic compounds pyrolysis with waste printed circuit boards (PCB). Procedia Environ Sci 16:461-468 (2012).
14. Yang H, Liu J and Yang J, Leaching copper from shredded particles of waste printed circuit boards. J Hazard Mater 187:393-400 (2011).
15. Mecucci A and Scott K, Leaching and electrochemical recovery of copper, lead and tin from scrap printed circuit boards. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 77:449-457 (2002).
16. LaDou J, Printed circuit board industry. Int J Hygiene Environ Health 209:211-219 (2006).
17. Tuncuk A, Stazi V, Akcil A, Yazici E and Deveci H, Aqueous metal recovery techniques from e-scrap: hydrometallurgy in recycling. Minerals Eng 25:28-37 (2012).
18. Pant D, Joshi D, Upreti MK and Kotnala RK, Chemical and biological extraction of metals present in E waste: a hybrid technology. Waste Manage 32:979-990 (2012).
19. Brierley J and Brierley C, Present and future commercial applications of biohydrometallurgy. Hydrometallurgy 59:233-239 (2001).
20. Bosecker K, Bioleaching: metal solubilization by microorganisms. FEMS Microbiol Rev 20:591-604 (1997).
21. Ehrlich H, Beginnings of rational bioleaching and highlights in the development of biohydrometallurgy: a brief history. Eur J Mineral Process Environ Protect 4:102-112 (2004).
22. Brandl H, Bosshard R and Wegmann M, Computer-munching microbes: metal leaching from electronic scrap by bacteria and fungi. Hydrometallurgy 59:319-326 (2001).
23. Ilyas S, Anwar MA, Niazi SB and Afzal Ghauri M, Bioleaching of metals from electronic scrap by moderately thermophilic acidophilic bacteria. Hydrometallurgy 88:180-188 (2007).
24. Wang J, Bai J, Xu J and Liang B, Bioleaching of metals from printed wire boards by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and their mixture. J Hazard Mater 172:1100-1105 (2009).
25. Choi MS, Cho KS, Kim DS and Kim DJ, Microbial recovery of copper from printed circuit boards of waste computer by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. J Environ Sci Health Part A 39:2973-2982 (2004).
26. Lee JC and Pandey BD, Bio-processing of solid wastes and secondary resources for metal extraction - a review. Waste Manage 32:3-18 (2012).
27. Ilyas S, Anwar MA, Niazi SB and Afzal Ghauri M, Bioleaching of metals from electronic scrap by moderately thermophilic acidophilic bacteria. Hydrometallurgy 88:180-188 (2007).
28. Liang G, Mo Y and Zhou Q, Novel strategies of bioleaching metals from printed circuit boards (PCBs) in mixed cultivation of two acidophiles. Enzyme Microbial Technol 47:322-326 (2010).
29. Zhu N, Xiang Y, Zhang T, Wu P, Dang Z, Li P and Wu J, Bioleaching of metal concentrates of waste printed circuit boards by mixed culture of acidophilic bacteria. J Hazard Mater 192:614-619 (2011).
30. Sand W, Gehrke T, Jozsa PG and Schippers A, (Bio) chemistry of bacterial leaching - direct vs. indirect bioleaching. Hydrometallurgy 59:159-175 (2001).
31. Crundwell FK, How do bacteria interact with minerals? Hydrometallurgy 71:75-81 (2003).
32. Xiang Y, Wu P, Zhu N, Zhang T, Liu W, Wu J and Li P, Bioleaching of copper from waste printed circuit boards by bacterial consortium enriched from acid mine drainage. J Hazard Mater 184:812-818 (2010).
33. Rohwerder T, Gehrke T, Kinzler K and Sand W, Bioleaching review part A. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 63:239-248 (2003).
34. Sand W and Gehrke T, Extracellular polymeric substances mediate bioleaching/biocorrosion via interfacial processes involving iron (III) ions and acidophilic bacteria. Res Microbiol 157:49-56 (2006).
35. Zhang T, Zhu N, Cheng D and Wu P, PCR-DGGE analysis of microbial community during bioleaching process of waste printed wire boards by acidophilic bacteria. Chinese J Proc Eng 12:466-470 (2012).
36. Silverman MP and Lundgren DG, Studies on the chemoautotrophic iron bacterium Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans I. An improved medium and a harvesting procedure for securing high cell yields. J Bacteriol 77:642-647 (1959).
37. Visca P, Bianchi E, Polidoro M, Buonfiglio V, Valenti P and Orsi N, A new solid medium for isolating and enumerating Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. J General Appl Microbiol 35:71-81 (1989).
38. Liang G, Tang J, Liu W and Zhou Q, Optimizing mixed culture of two acidophiles to improve copper recovery from printed circuit boards (PCBs). J Hazard Mater 250-251:238-245 (2013).
39. Yu RL, Tan JX, Gu GH, Hu YH and Qiu GZ, Mechanism of bioleaching chalcopyrite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in agar-simulated extracellular polymeric substances media. J Central South University Technol 17:56-61 (2010).
40. Yang T, Xu Z, Wen J and Yang L, Factors influencing bioleaching copper from waste printed circuit boards by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Hydrometallurgy 97:29-32 (2009).
41. Marhual N, Pradhan N, Kar R, Sukla L and Mishra B, Differential bioleaching of copper by mesophilic and moderately thermophilic acidophilic consortium enriched from same copper mine water sample. Bioresource Technol 99:8331-8336 (2008).
42. Watling HR, The bioleaching of sulphide minerals with emphasis on copper sulphides - a review. Hydrometallurgy 84:81-108 (2006).
43. Mishra D, Kim DJ, Ralph D, Ahn JG and Rhee YH, Bioleaching of metals from spent lithium ion secondary batteries using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Waste Manage 28:333-338 (2008).
44. Wan SJ DZ, Yang C, Yi XY and Zhu NW, Isolation of an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain and investigation on its growth conditions. Chinese J Environ Eng 4:2146-2150 (2010).
45. Ballor NR, Nesbitt CC and Lueking DR, Recovery of scrap iron metal value using biogenerated ferric iron. Biotechnol Bioeng 93:1089-1094 (2006).
46. Gehrke T, Telegdi J, Thierry D and Sand W, Importance of extracellular polymeric substances from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans for bioleaching. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:2743-2747 (1998).
47. Kinzler K, Gehrke T, Telegdi J and Sand W, Bioleaching - a result of interfacial processes caused by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Hydrometallurgy 71:83-88 (2003).
48. Zeng W, Qiu G, Zhou H, Liu X, Chen M, Chao W, Zhang C and Peng J, Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances extracted during the bioleaching of chalcopyrite concentrate. Hydrometallurgy 100:177-180 (2010).
49. Lara RH, García-Meza JV, González I and Cruz R, Influence of the surface speciation on biofilm attachment to chalcopyrite by Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97:1-14 (2013).