| Enrichment of sulfate-reducing bacteria and resulting mineral formation in media mimicking pore water metal ion concentrations and pH conditions of acidic pit lakes. | |
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PMID: 22066948 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Acid mine drainage sites are extreme environments with high acidity and metal ion concentrations. Under anoxic conditions, microbial sulfate reduction may trigger the formation of secondary minerals as a result of H(2)S production and pH increase. This process was studied in batch experiments with enrichment cultures from acidic sediments of a pit lake using growth media set at different pH values and containing elevated concentrations of Fe(2+) and Al(3+). At initial pH values of 5 and 6, sulfate reduction occurred shortly after inoculation. Sulfate-reducing bacteria affiliated to the genus Desulfosporosinus predominated the microbial communities as shown by 16S rRNA gene analysis performed at the end of the incubation. At initial pH values of 3 and 4, sulfate reduction and cell growth occurred only after an extended lag phase, however, at a higher rate than in the less acidic assays. At the end of the growth phase, enrichments were dominated by Thermodesulfobium spp. suggesting that these sulfate reducers were better adapted to acidic conditions. Iron sulfides in the bulk phase were common in all assays, but specific aluminum precipitates formed in close association with cell surfaces and may function as a detoxification mechanism of dissolved Al species at low pH. |
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Jutta Meier; Angela Piva; Danielle Fortin |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-12 |
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Title: FEMS microbiology ecology Volume: - ISSN: 1574-6941 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-11-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8901229 Medline TA: FEMS Microbiol Ecol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. |
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