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Complete removal of arsenic and zinc from a heavily contaminated acid mine drainage via an indigenous SRB consortium

Lidia Fernandez-Rojo
Corinne Casiot

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Acid mine drainages (AMD) are major sources of pollution to the environment. Passive bio-remediation technologies involving sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are promising for treating arsenic contaminated waters. However, mechanisms of biogenic As-sulfide formation need to be better understood to decontaminate AMDs in acidic conditions. Here, we show that a high-As AMD effluent can be decontaminated by an indigenous SRB consortium. AMD water from the Carnoulès mine (Gard, France) was incubated with the consortium under anoxic conditions and As, Zn and Fe concentrations, pH and microbial activity were monitored during 94 days. Precipitated solids were analyzed using electron microscopy (SEM/TEM-EDXS), and Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy at the As K-edge. Total removal of arsenic and zinc from solution (1.06 and 0.23 mmol/L, respectively) was observed in two of the triplicates. While Zn precipitated as ZnS nanoparticles, As precipitated as amorphous orpiment (am-AsIII2S3) (33–73%), and realgar (AsIIS) (0–34%), the latter phase exhibiting a particular nanowire morphology. A minor fraction of As is also found as thiol-bound AsIII (14–23%). We propose that the formation of the AsIIS nanowires results from AsIII2S3 reduction by biogenic H2S, enhancing the efficiency of As removal. The present description of As immobilization may help to set the basis for bioremediation strategies using SRB.
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hal-01383818 , version 1 (19-10-2016)

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Pierre Le Pape, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet, Marc Parmentier, Catherine Joulian, Cindy Gassaud, et al.. Complete removal of arsenic and zinc from a heavily contaminated acid mine drainage via an indigenous SRB consortium. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 321 (5), pp. 764-772. ⟨10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.09.060⟩. ⟨hal-01383818⟩
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