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Comparative Study of Lanthanum, Vanadium, and Uranium Bioremoval Using Different Types of Microorganisms

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Wastewater, containing vanadium, uranium, and lanthanum are produced by mining, nuclear, and other industries. Bacteria Pseudomonas putida, Halomonas mono, and cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis were used for lanthanum, vanadium, and uranium, removal from aqueous solutions by means of biosorption and bioreduction processes. A rapid rate of metal adsorption was observed within the first 5–15 min of the reaction. The pseudo-first-order model was found to correlate well with the experimental data. Bacteria show higher metal biosorption in comparison with cyanobacteria. The strong involvement of carboxyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl, and amide groups in studied metal binding was ascertained by FT-IR spectroscopy. Bioreduction studies carried out with Pseudomonas putida and Halomonas mono cells showed highness of metal reduction in alkaline conditions, resulting in the bioreduction of 69 and 85% of vanadate ions and 48 and 64% of uranyl ions, respectively. Using geochemical modeling, the insoluble metal phases were determined.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under Grant No. 15-33-20069.

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  1. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky prospect, 19071, Moscow, Russia

    Alexey Safonov, Varvara Tregubova & Viktor Ilin

  2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninskii prosp, Moscow, 117901, Russia

    Viktor Ilin

  3. Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 52, Bolshaya Tulskaya, Moscow, 115191, Russia

    Kirill Boldyrev

  4. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie Str., 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

    Inga Zinicovscaia

  5. Horia Holubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Reactorului Str., 30, MG-6, Magurele, Bucharest, Romania

    Inga Zinicovscaia & Marina Frontasyeva

  6. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 7/2, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    Tatiana Khijniak

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Safonov, A., Tregubova, V., Ilin, V. et al. Comparative Study of Lanthanum, Vanadium, and Uranium Bioremoval Using Different Types of Microorganisms. Water Air Soil Pollut 229, 82 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3740-2

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