两株不同硫氧化菌对砷黄铁矿中砷迁移转化的影响

张静; 寇祝; 卿纯; 李平

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Zhang Jing, Kou Zhu, Qing Chun, Li Ping, 2025. Effects of Two Different Strains of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria on Arsenic Migration and Transformation in Arsenopyrite. Earth Science, 50(5): 2023-2031. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2023.219

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Zhang Jing, Kou Zhu, Qing Chun, Li Ping, 2025. Effects of Two Different Strains of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria on Arsenic Migration and Transformation in Arsenopyrite. Earth Science, 50(5): 2023-2031. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2023.219

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Effects of Two Different Strains of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria on Arsenic Migration and Transformation in Arsenopyrite

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2023.219

Zhang Jing^{1
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Kou Zhu¹,
Qing Chun^{1, 3},
Li Ping^{1, 2
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State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430078, China
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Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430078, China
3.
Guzhou Province Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Areas and Protection of Ecological Environment, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China

Received Date: 2023-08-07
Available Online: 2025-06-06
Publish Date: 2025-05-25

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The transformation of arsenic in hot springs is significantly affected by biotic sulfur oxidization. However, the effects of different types of sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms on arsenic transformation are still not well understood. In this study, it compared the effects of anthiosulfate-oxidized bacterium Anoxybacillus flavithermus DB-1 and anelemental sulfur-oxidized archaea Sulfolobus tengchong RT8-4 on arsenopyrite, a typical sulfur-arsenic-bearing mineral from hot springs. The results show that strain A. flavithermus DB-1 could oxidize 60% of As(Ⅲ) at an initial concentration of 0.1 mmol/L in two days, but not elemental sulfur at 50 ℃, pH 7.0-8.0. Strain S. tengchong RT8-4 was able to oxidize 54.3% of Fe(Ⅱ) at an initial concentration of 0.1 mmol/L within 8 days, but could not oxidize sulfur ions and arsenic under the conditions of pH 3.0 and 75 ℃. Co-culture of A. flavithermus DB-1 with arsenopyrite promoted the release of arsenic and sulfur, and the final concentration of arsenic released into the solution was 1.8 mmol/L, SO₄^2- concentration was 10.4 mmol/L, and no secondary mineral was produced. With S. tengchong RT8-4, 12.8 mmol/L of arsenic, SO₄^2- 87.7 mmol/L and 8.5 mmol/L Fe(Ⅲ) were released, and the secondary minerals such as jarosite, yavapaiite and scorodite were generated. These findings suggest that different sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms can affect arsenic migration and transformation in different ways in hot springs, which improves our understanding of arsenic and sulfur biogeochemistry in hot springs.
- hot spring,
- sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms,
- arsenic migration and transformation,
- biogeology,
- geochemistry

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