Dr Alejandra Diaz De Rienzo M.A.DiazDeRienzo@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer in Biomedicine
Metal removal from contaminated soils trough bioleaching with oxidizing bacteria and washing with rhamnolipid bio surfactants.
Rienzo, Mayri A.; Urdaneta De Ranson, Isora; Dorta, Blas; Banat, Ibrahim M.; Blazquez, Maria L.; Gonzalez, Felisa; Muñoz, Jesús A.; Ballester, Antonio
Authors
Isora Urdaneta De Ranson
Blas Dorta
Ibrahim M. Banat
Maria L. Blazquez
Felisa Gonzalez
Jesús A. Muñoz
Antonio Ballester
Abstract
The use of surfactants as a method for solubilization and removal of heavy metal contamination from soil has been reported before. Biosurfactants produced by some microorganisms are able to modify the surface of various metals and aggregate on interphases favoring the metal separation process from contaminated environments. We evaluated the feasibility of enhancing the removal of metal ions from mineral waste/contaminated soils using alternate cycles of treatment with rhamnolipid biosurfactants and bioleaching with a mixed bacterial culture of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Bioleaching alone removed 50% Zn and 19% Fe. When rhamnolipids were used at low concentration (0.4 mg/mL), 11% Fe and 25% Zn were removed, while at 1 mg/mL 19% Fe and 52% Zn removal were achieved. When using a cyclic treatment combining bioleaching and biosurfactants, metal removal reached up to 36% for Fe and 63% to 70% for Zn.
Citation
Rienzo, M. A., Urdaneta De Ranson, I., Dorta, B., Banat, I. M., Blazquez, M. L., Gonzalez, F., …Ballester, A. (2014). Metal removal from contaminated soils trough bioleaching with oxidizing bacteria and washing with rhamnolipid bio surfactants. Soil and Sediment Contamination, 24(1), 16-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15320383.2014.907239
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 21, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Aug 24, 2023 |
Journal | Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal |
Print ISSN | 1532-0383 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 16-29 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/15320383.2014.907239 |
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