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Effects of metal ions on biomass and 5-Aminolevulinic acid production in Rhodopseudomonas palustris wastewater treatment

  • Shuli Liu
  • , Guangming Zhang*
  • , Jianzheng Li
  • , Xiangkun Li
  • , Jie Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Renmin University of China

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Abstract

This work investigated the effects of eight metal ions on Rhodopseudomonas palustris growth and 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) yield in wastewater treatment. Results show that metal ions (Mg2+ of 15 mmol/L, Fe2+ of 400 μmol/L, Co2+ of 4 μmol/L, Ni2+ of 8 μmol/L and Zn2+ of 4 μmol/L) could effectively improve the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal, Rp. palustris biomass and ALA yield. The highest ALA yield of 13.1 mg/g-biomass was achieved with Fe2+ of 400 μmol/L. ALA yields were differentially increased under different metal ions in the following order: Fe2t group Mg2t group Co2+ group. Ni2+ group>Zn2+ group. Mo2+ group control. Cu2+ and Mn2+ inhibited Rp. palustris growth and ALA production. Mechanism analysis revealed that metal ions changed ALA yields by influencing the activities of ALA synthetase and ALA dehydratase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)382-388
Number of pages7
JournalWater Science and Technology
Volume73
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2016

Keywords

  • 5-Aminolevulinic acid yield
  • ALA dehydratase
  • ALA synthetase
  • Metal ion
  • Rhodopseudomonas palustris

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