期刊
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
卷 134, 期 -, 页码 6-13出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.02.016
关键词
Cesium; Rhodosporidium; Biosorption; Mechanism; TEM; PIXE
资金
- China National Natural Science Foundation [21071102, 91126013, U1330125]
- National Fund of China for Fostering Talents in Basic Science [J1210004]
- China Academy of Engineering Physics (NSAF) [U1330125]
In order to identify a more efficient biosorbent for Cs-137, we have investigated the biosorption behavior and mechanism of Cs-137 on Rhodosporidium fluviale (R. fluviale) strain UA2, one of the dominant species of a fungal group isolated from a stable cesium solution. We observed that the biosorption of Cs-137 on R. fluviale strain UA2 was a fast and pH-dependent process in the solution composed of R. fluviale strain UA2 (5 g/L) and cesium (1 mg/L). While a Langmuir isotherm equation indicated that the biosorption of Cs-137 was a monolayer adsorption, the biosorption behavior implied that R. fluviale strain UA2 adsorbed cesium ions by electrostatic attraction. The TEM analysis revealed that cesium ions were absorbed into the cytoplasm of R. fluviale strain UA2 across the cell membrane, not merely fixed on the cell surface, which implied that a mechanism of metal uptake contributed largely to the cesium biosorption process. Moreover, PIXE and EPBS analyses showed that ion-exchange was another biosorption mechanism for the cell biosorption of Cs-137, in which the decreased potassium ions were replaced by cesium ions. All the above results implied that the biosorption of Cs-137 on R. fluviale strain UA2 involved a two-step process. The first step is passive biosorption that cesium ions are adsorbed to cells surface by electrostatic attraction; after that, the second step is active biosorption that cesium ions penetrate the cell membrane and accumulate in the cytoplasm. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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