Arsenic release by indigenous bacteria <italic>Bacillus cereus</italic> from aquifer sediments at Datong Basin, northern China

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Arsenic release by indigenous bacteria Bacillus cereus from aquifer sediments at Datong Basin, northern China

Zuoming XIE, Yanxin WANG(

), Mengyu DUAN, Xianjun XIE, Chunli SU

Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology (Ministry of Education), China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

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Abstract

Endemic arsenic poisoning due to long-term drinking of high arsenic groundwater has been reported in Datong Basin, northern China. To investigate the effects of microbial activities on arsenic mobilization in contaminated aquifers, Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) isolated from high arsenic aquifer sediments of the basin was used in our microcosm experiments. The arsenic concentration in the treatment with both bacteria and sodium citrate or glucose had a rapid increase in the first 18 d, and then, it declined. Supplemented with bacteria only, the concentration could increase on the second day. By contrast, the arsenic concentration in the treatment supplemented with sodium citrate or glucose was kept very low. These results indicate that bacterial activities promoted the release of arsenic in the sediments. Bacterial activities also influenced other geochemical parameters of the aqueous phase, such as pH, Eh, and the concentrations of dissolved Fe, Mn, and Al that are important controls on arsenic release. The removal of Fe, Mn, and Al from sediment samples was observed with the presence of B. cereus. The effects of microbial activities on Fe, Mn, and Al release were nearly the same as those on As mobilization. The pH values of the treatments inoculated with bacteria were lower than those without bacteria, still at alkaline levels. With the decrease of Eh values in treatments inoculated with bacteria, the microcosms became more reducing and are thus favorable for arsenic release.

Keywords arsenic groundwater indigenous bacteria redox biogeochemistry

Corresponding Author(s): WANG Yanxin,Email:yx.wang1108@gmail.com

Issue Date: 05 March 2011

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Zuoming XIE,Yanxin WANG,Mengyu DUAN, et al. Arsenic release by indigenous bacteria Bacillus cereus from aquifer sediments at Datong Basin, northern China[J]. Front Earth Sci, 0, (): 37-44.

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Fig.1 Location of the study area and the borehole site

Fig.2 Growth curves of in the treatments with sodium citrate (a) or glucose (b). Data points represent the average value of the triplicates. Error bar shows the standard error. *<0.05 for the comparison between the treated groups and control sample. * indicates a significant difference from control. T1-the treatment added with both bacteria and carbon source; T2-the treatment amended with only bacteria but without any carbon source; CK2-the control group without sediment but supplemented with both microbes and the carbon source

Fig.3 Temporal changes of total As concentration in solutions supplemented with sodium citrate (a) or glucose (b). Data points represent the average value of the triplicates. Error bar shows standard error. *<0.05 for the comparison between the treated groups and the control sample. * indicates a significant difference from control. T3-the treatment supplemented with carbon source but without bacteria; CK1- the control group with sediment but without microbes and carbon source; T1, T2, and CK2 have the same conditions as in Fig. 2

Fig.4 Temporal variation of concentrations of Fe (a, b), Mn (c, d), and Al (e, f) in the solutions supplemented with sodium citrate (left) or glucose (right). Data points represent the average value of the triplicates. Error bar shows standard error. *<0.05 for the comparison between the treated groups and the control sample. * indicates a significant difference from control. T1, T2, T3, CK1, and CK2 have the same conditions as in Figs. 2 and 3

Fig.5 Changes of pH (a, b) and Eh (c, d) as a function of time in solutions supplemented with sodium citrate (left) or glucose (right). Data points represent the average value of the triplicates. Error bar shows standard error. *<0.05 for the comparison between the treated groups and the control. * indicates a significant difference from control. T1, T2, T3, and CK1 have the same conditions as in Figs. 2 and 3

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