Electrochemical identification of microbially mediated hydrogen sulfide oxidation |
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Authors: | Werner Eckert |
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Institution: | (1) Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, P.O. Box 345, Tiberias, 14102, Israel |
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Abstract: | The process of H2S oxidation by the phototrophic bacteriaThiocapsa roseopersicina andChlorobium phaeobacteroides, respectively, was monitored using a Pt-glass-Ag0, Ag2S electrode combination without liquid junction. Due to the resulting pe(pH) and pH2S plottings three steps can be distinguished: oxidation of H2S to an S(0) state, oxidation of S (0) to SO4
2–, and oxidation of the remaining H2S directly to SO4
2–. Differences between the investigated bacteria exist with respect to their individual oxidation strategies.Thiocapsa apparently stops oxidizing H2S at pH2S 7.5 (e.g. 10–7.5M H2S) and shifts to the utilization of the intracellularly stored S (0). In contrastChlorobium utilizes its extracellularly stored sulfur parallel to the extracellular H2S fraction. The corresponding Pt-sensor responses (pe7 values) were found to be similar to the corresponding partial redox equilibria (p 7 values) of H2S oxidation stoichiometries as proposed by Van Niel (1931) and Trüper (1964). It is concluded that the recording of pe enables investigators to understand (and control) in situ redox processes, independent of their thermodynamic equilibration, only bound to changes of electroactivity vs. sensor. |
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Keywords: | process-monitoring biooxidation of hydrogen sulfide electroactivity phototrophic bacteria |
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