Arsenic Removal and Transformation by Pseudomonas sp. Strain GE-1-Induced Ferrihydrite: Co-precipitation Versus Adsorption

Xiu, Wei; Guo, Huaming; Liu, Qiong; Liu, Zeyun; Zou, Yan’e; Zhang, Baogang

Arsenic Removal and Transformation by Pseudomonas sp. Strain GE-1-Induced Ferrihydrite: Co-precipitation Versus Adsorption

2015

Hundreds of millions of people are at risk from drinking arsenic (As)-contaminated groundwater in the world, making As removal from aquatic systems of utmost importance. However, characteristics of As removal by bacteria-induced ferrihydrite and coupled with redox processes are still not clear. Two-line ferrihydrite was formed in the presence of aerobic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium, Pseudomonas sp. strain GE-1. Arsenic co-precipitation with and adsorption onto ferrihydrite induced by Pseudomonas sp. strain GE-1 and redox processes of As were investigated. Results demonstrated that co-precipitation performed better in As(V) removal than As(III) removal, while adsorption showed higher capacity for As(III) removal. X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) indicated that As(III) oxidation occurred in solid phases during co-precipitation and adsorption. Detection of As species in solution showed that As(V) was reduced to As(III) during co-precipitation, although no As(V) reduction occurred during adsorption. Arsenic immobilization by Pseudomonas sp. strain GE-1-induced ferrihydrite in the presence of the strains may be applied as an alternative remediation strategy.

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