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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 856, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159078
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Alkaline Fe ore tailings; Mineral weathering; Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Elemental sulfur oxidation; pH condition
The growth and functions of acidophilic sulfur oxidizing bacterium (SOB) A. ferrooxidans in Fe ore tailings are influenced by pH conditions. Acidic conditions (pH < 6) support SOB growth and mineral weathering, while neutral/alkaline conditions (pH > 7) restrict SOB growth and functions.
The acidophilic sulfur oxidizing bacterium (SOB), Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, has been found to stimulate elemental sulfur (S0) oxidation and mineral weathering in alkaline Fe ore tailings. However, A. ferrooxidans growth and activities depend on the pH conditions surrounding their interfaces with minerals. The present study aimed to investigate how pH influences bacterial growth and functions in Fe ore tailings. A simulated aquatic 'homogeneous' incubation system was initially adjusted into acidic (pH 4), neutral (pH 7) and alkaline (pH 9) conditions, which mimicked the microen-vironmental conditions of the water-cell-mineral interfaces in the tailings. It was found that A. ferrooxidans grew well and oxidised S0 under the prevailing and initially acidic conditions (pH < 6). These stimulated the weathering of bio-tite and amphibole-like minerals and the formation of nanosized jarosite and ferrihydrite-like minerals mediated by extracellular polymer substrate (EPS). In contrast, the initially neutral/alkaline pH conditions (i.e., pH > 7) with the presence of the alkaline tailings restricted SOB growth and functions in S0-oxidation and mineral weathering. These findings suggest that it is essential to prime acidic conditions in microenvironments to support SOB growth, activities, and functions toward mineral weathering in tailings, providing critical basis for involving SOB in eco-engineered pe-dogenesis in tailings.
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