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Efficiency, mechanism and microbial community of Cd(II) removal by mixed bacteria enriched from heavy metals mine soil

  • Tao tao ZENG*
  • , Xiao ling ZHANG
  • , Hai du NONG
  • , Qing HU
  • , Liang qin WANG
  • , Ai jie WANG*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of South China
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Mixed bacteria were enriched from heavy metals mine soil for cadmium (Cd(II))-containing wastewater treatment. Batch adsorption experiment results showed that the optimal pH, temperature, initial Cd(II) concentration, and biomass dosage were 6.0, 30 °C, 20 mg/L, and 1 g/L, respectively. Living biomass exhibited better Cd(II) removal efficiency (91.97%) than autoclaved biomass (79.54%) under optimal conditions. The isotherms and kinetics of living biomass conformed to the Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-first-order kinetic model, respectively. FTIR results implied that amine groups, hydroxyl groups and phosphoric acid play an important role in the Cd(II) adsorption process, while XRD results showed that crystalline Cd(OH)2 and CdO were obtained. After Cd(II)-containing wastewater treatment exposure, the dominant bacteria genera included Comamonas (39.94%), unclassified_f__Enterobacteriaceae (34.96%), Ochrobactrum (14.07%), Alcaligenes (4.84%), Bordetella (2.07%), Serratia (1.04%), and Bacillus (1.01%). Function prediction showed that the abundance of metabolic genes changed significantly. This study proposes the potential application of mixed bacteria for Cd(II)-containing wastewater treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3404-3419
Number of pages16
JournalTransactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)
Volume32
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cd(II)
  • bacterial community
  • function prediction
  • wastewater treatment

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