ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2010
Microbial links between sulfate reduction and metal retention in uranium- and heavy metal-contaminated soil.
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- Metals other than uranium affected microbial community composition in a historical uranium-mining site.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2015Article
- Characterization of pH dependent Mn(II) oxidation strategies and formation of a bixbyite-like phase by Mesorhizobium australicum T-G1.Frontiers in microbiology · 2015Article
- Linkage between community diversity of sulfate-reducing microorganisms and methylmercury concentration in paddy soil.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2014Article
- Bacterial diversity and composition of an alkaline uranium mine tailings-water interface.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2013Article
- Microbial community potentially responsible for acid and metal release from an Ostrobothnian acid sulfate soil.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2013Article
- Surprising abundance of Gallionella-related iron oxidizers in creek sediments at pH 4.4 or at high heavy metal concentrations.Frontiers in microbiology · 2013Article
- Draft genome sequences for two metal-reducing Pelosinus fermentans strains isolated from a Cr(VI)-contaminated site and for type strain R7.Journal of bacteriology · 2012Article
- Microbial community succession during lactate amendment and electron acceptor limitation reveals a predominance of metal-reducing Pelosinus spp.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2012Article
- Gene Expression Correlates with Process Rates Quantified for Sulfate- and Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria in U(VI)-Contaminated Sediments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2012Article
- Heavy metal tolerance of Fe(III)-reducing microbial communities in contaminated creek bank soils.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2011Article
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Abstract
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) can affect metal mobility either directly by reductive transformation of metal ions, e.g., uranium, into their insoluble forms or indirectly by formation of metal sulfides. This study evaluated in situ and biostimulated activity of SRB in groundwater-influenced soils from a creek bank contaminated with heavy metals and radionuclides within the former uranium mining district of Ronneburg, Germany. In situ activity of SRB, measured by the (35)SO(4)(2-) radiotracer method, was restricted to reduced soil horizons with rates of < or =142 +/- 20 nmol cm(-3) day(-1). Concentrations of heavy metals were enriched in the solid phase of the reduced horizons, whereas pore water concentrations were low. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurements demonstrated that approximately 80% of uranium was present as reduced uranium but appeared to occur as a sorbed complex. Soil-based dsrAB clone libraries were dominated by sequences affiliated with members of the Desulfobacterales but also the Desulfovibrionales, Syntrophobacteraceae, and Clostridiales. [(13)C]acetate- and [(13)C]lactate-biostimulated soil microcosms were dominated by sulfate and Fe(III) reduction. These processes were associated with enrichment of SRB and Geobacteraceae; enriched SRB were closely related to organisms detected in soils by using the dsrAB marker. Concentrations of soluble nickel, cobalt, and occasionally zinc declined < or =100% during anoxic soil incubations. In contrast to results in other studies, soluble uranium increased in carbon-amended treatments, reaching < or =1,407 nM in solution. Our results suggest that (i) ongoing sulfate reduction in contaminated soil resulted in in situ metal attenuation and (ii) the fate of uranium mobility is not predictable and may lead to downstream contamination of adjacent ecosystems.
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