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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 806, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150234
Keywords
Diurnal temperature range; Bioleaching; Sulfide ore; Artificial microbial consortium; Extracellular polymeric substances
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFD0800700]
- Department of Education of Guangdong Province [2017GKZDXM007]
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The study found that diurnal temperature range (DTR) has a significant inhibitory effect on bioleaching, especially in the early and middle stages of exposure, gradually decreasing over time. DTR does not change the composition of EPS matrix but has a significant effect on the generative behavior of EPS.
Temperature is considered to be one of the main factors affecting bioleaching, but few studies have assessed the effects of diurnal temperature range (DTR) on the bioleaching process. This study investigates the effects of different bioleaching temperatures (30 and 40 degrees C) and DTR on the bioleaching of metal sulfide ores by microbial communities. The results showed that DTR had an obvious inhibitory effect on the bioleaching efficiency of the artificial microbial community, although this effect was mainly concentrated in the early and middle stages (0-18 days) of exposure, gradually decreasing until almost disappearing in the late stage (18-24 days). Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) analysis showed that DTR did not change the composition of the EPS matrix (humic acid-like substances, polysaccharides and protein-like substances), but had a significant effect on the generative behavior of EPS, inhibiting the secretion of EPS during the early and middle stages of the bioleaching process. However, the continual increase in EPS secretion in the bioleaching system gradually reduced the adverse effects of DTR on mineral dissolution. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) analysis of the bioleached residue showed that DTR had no obvious effect on the mineralogical characteristics of sulfide ore. Therefore, in industrial sulfide ore bioleaching applications, in order to accelerate the artificial microbial community start-up process, temperature control measures should be increased in the bioleaching process to reduce the adverse effects of DTR on mineral dissolution. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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