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The Potential Role of S-and Fe-Cycling Bacteria on the Formation of Fe-Bearing Mineral (Pyrite and Vivianite) in Alluvial Sediments from the Upper Chicamocha River Basin, Colombia

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MINERALS
卷 11, 期 10, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min11101148

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vivianite; pyrite; goethite; bacterial community; Chicamocha river

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  1. Spanish research project from the MCIU-AEI-FEDER [PGC2018-094573-B-I00]
  2. Junta de Andalucia (Spain) [RNM-325]
  3. research project FEDER-UJA 2020 [1380934]
  4. Junta de Andalucia [PAIDI P20-00990]
  5. Colombian Research groups Gestion Ambiental [COL0005468]
  6. Gestion de Recursos Hidricos [COL0005477]

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In the upper Chicamocha river basin, the mineral assemblage of sediments is influenced by S- and Fe-cycling bacteria, with sediments in La Playa dam showing signs of organic matter pollution and bacterial degradation, as well as bacterial adaptation to alternating oxic and anoxic conditions. The presence of various bacterial groups, such as sulfate-reducing bacteria, iron-reducing bacteria, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and iron-oxidizing bacteria, influences the formation of Fe-bearing minerals like vivianite, pyrite, and goethite in the sediments, depending on the availability of sulfide and Fe(II).
S- and Fe-cycling bacteria can decisively affect the crystallization of Fe-bearing minerals in sediments from fluvial environments. We have studied the relationships between the Fe-bearing mineral assemblage and the bacterial community composition in the sediments rich in organic matter from the upper Chicamocha river basin (Colombia). Rapid flowing sections of the river contain sediments that have a high redox potential, are poor in organic matter and are enriched in kaolinite and quartz. On the other hand, the mineral assemblage of the sediments deposited in the La Playa dam with a high content in organic matter is enriched in Fe-bearing minerals: (a) vivianite and pyrite in the permanently flooded sediments of the dam and (b) pyrite and goethite in the periodically emerged sediments. The bacterial community composition of these sediments reveals anthropic organic matter pollution processes and biodegradation associated with eutrophication. Moreover, periodically emerged sediments in the La Playa dam contain bacterial groups adapted to the alternation of dry and wet periods under oxic or anoxic conditions. Cell-shaped aggregates with a pyritic composition suggest that sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) communities were involved in the precipitation of Fe-sulfides. The precipitation of vivianite in the flooded sediments was favored by a greater availability of Fe(II), which promoted the iron-reducing bacteria (IRB) enrichment of the sediments. The presence of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) in the flooded sediments and the activity of iron-oxidizing bacteria (IOB) in the periodically emerged sediments favored both pyrite crystallization under a high sulfide availability and the oxidation of microbially precipitated monosulfides. Moreover, IOB enhanced goethite formation in the periodically emerged sediments.

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