Abstract
A moderately thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium strain TI-1 produced 74 μmol H2S extracellularly when grown at 45°C for 15 days in 20 mL of ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium (pH 4.0) containing 1.0 % elemental sulfur and 0.31 % L-glutamic acid. Precipitation of copper from a leaching solution by the H2S produced by strain TI-1 was investigated. A leaching solution containg Cu2+ was prepared by the cultivation of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans AP19-3 on a copper concentrate (5.0 %)-medium (pH 2.5) for 15 days. When strain TI-1 was grown for 8 days in a ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium (pH 4.0) containing 1.0 % elemental sulfur, 0.31 % L-glutamic acid and 5 mM Cu2+ from a leaching solution, the Cu2+ in the medium was completely precipitated by the H2S produced by strain TI-1. Growth of strain TI-1 in ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium was not inhibited by 10 mM Cu2+. A moderately thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfotomaculum nigrificans IFO 136987 produced 45 μmol H2S extracellularly when grown at 45°C for 15 days in 20 ml of lactate (0.35 %)-medium. The maximum productivity of H2S by D. nigrificans was observed in the medium with an initial pH of 7.2. The bacterium did not produce H2S in the lactatemedium with a pH less than 6.0. Growth of D. nigrificans in the lactate-medium was completely inhibited by 0.56 mM Cu2+. These results suggest that strain TI-1 is superior to D. nigrificans in the ability to precipitate copper from the acidic leaching solution containing Cu2+.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 789-797 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Process Metallurgy |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | C |
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| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
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Bioprecipitation of copper from a leaching solution by a moderately thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium. / Sugio, T.; Matsumoto, K.; Takai, M.; Wakasa, S.; Sogawa, T.; Kamimura, Kazuo.
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T1 - Bioprecipitation of copper from a leaching solution by a moderately thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium
AU - Sugio, T.
AU - Matsumoto, K.
AU - Takai, M.
AU - Wakasa, S.
AU - Sogawa, T.
AU - Kamimura, Kazuo
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A moderately thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium strain TI-1 produced 74 μmol H2S extracellularly when grown at 45°C for 15 days in 20 mL of ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium (pH 4.0) containing 1.0 % elemental sulfur and 0.31 % L-glutamic acid. Precipitation of copper from a leaching solution by the H2S produced by strain TI-1 was investigated. A leaching solution containg Cu2+ was prepared by the cultivation of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans AP19-3 on a copper concentrate (5.0 %)-medium (pH 2.5) for 15 days. When strain TI-1 was grown for 8 days in a ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium (pH 4.0) containing 1.0 % elemental sulfur, 0.31 % L-glutamic acid and 5 mM Cu2+ from a leaching solution, the Cu2+ in the medium was completely precipitated by the H2S produced by strain TI-1. Growth of strain TI-1 in ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium was not inhibited by 10 mM Cu2+. A moderately thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfotomaculum nigrificans IFO 136987 produced 45 μmol H2S extracellularly when grown at 45°C for 15 days in 20 ml of lactate (0.35 %)-medium. The maximum productivity of H2S by D. nigrificans was observed in the medium with an initial pH of 7.2. The bacterium did not produce H2S in the lactatemedium with a pH less than 6.0. Growth of D. nigrificans in the lactate-medium was completely inhibited by 0.56 mM Cu2+. These results suggest that strain TI-1 is superior to D. nigrificans in the ability to precipitate copper from the acidic leaching solution containing Cu2+.
AB - A moderately thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium strain TI-1 produced 74 μmol H2S extracellularly when grown at 45°C for 15 days in 20 mL of ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium (pH 4.0) containing 1.0 % elemental sulfur and 0.31 % L-glutamic acid. Precipitation of copper from a leaching solution by the H2S produced by strain TI-1 was investigated. A leaching solution containg Cu2+ was prepared by the cultivation of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans AP19-3 on a copper concentrate (5.0 %)-medium (pH 2.5) for 15 days. When strain TI-1 was grown for 8 days in a ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium (pH 4.0) containing 1.0 % elemental sulfur, 0.31 % L-glutamic acid and 5 mM Cu2+ from a leaching solution, the Cu2+ in the medium was completely precipitated by the H2S produced by strain TI-1. Growth of strain TI-1 in ferrous sulfate-5AAG medium was not inhibited by 10 mM Cu2+. A moderately thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfotomaculum nigrificans IFO 136987 produced 45 μmol H2S extracellularly when grown at 45°C for 15 days in 20 ml of lactate (0.35 %)-medium. The maximum productivity of H2S by D. nigrificans was observed in the medium with an initial pH of 7.2. The bacterium did not produce H2S in the lactatemedium with a pH less than 6.0. Growth of D. nigrificans in the lactate-medium was completely inhibited by 0.56 mM Cu2+. These results suggest that strain TI-1 is superior to D. nigrificans in the ability to precipitate copper from the acidic leaching solution containing Cu2+.
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