Immobilization of cadmium in soil by microbially induced carbonate precipitation with Exiguobacterium undae at low temperature |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;2. School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, China;3. Department of Gastroenterology, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;4. School of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China;5. College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;1. Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China;4. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;5. Geomicrobiology Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK |
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| Abstract: | Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an advanced biological treatment technology to immobilize heavy metals in form of carbonate salts. In this MICP study, ureolytic Exiguobacterium undae was employed for immobilization of cadmium in contaminated soil at low temperature (10 °C). The sequential extraction test revealed conversion of more than 90% of cadmium in the tested soil from the soluble-exchangeable fraction to carbonate-bound fraction in 14 days of treatment. The cadmium may be precipitated in a separate CdCO3 phase or be co-precipitated in calcite crystals. Activities of urease and dehydrogenase were enhanced during MICP, which were not affected by the testing temperatures. MICP with E. undae is a biological approach that may be worth investigating further to immobilize cadmium in soils of cold regimes. |
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| Keywords: | Urase Bioremediation Dehydrogenase Heavy metal Microbial carbonate |
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