Reductive precipitation of sulfate and soluble Fe(III) by Desulfovibrio vulgaris: Electron donor regulates intracellular electron flow and nano-FeS crystallization.
Reductive precipitation of sulfate and soluble Fe(III) by Desulfovibrio vulgaris: Electron donor regulates intracellular electron flow and nano-FeS crystallization.
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10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.044
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2017-08
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12.8
通讯作者:
Chen Zhou;Yun Zhou;B. Rittmann
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作者:
Chen Zhou;Yun Zhou;B. Rittmann
Fully understanding the metabolism of SRB provides fundamental guidelines for allowing the microorganisms to provide more beneficial services in water treatment and resource recovery. The electron-transfer pathway of sulfate respiration by Desulfovibrio vulgaris is well studied, but still partly unresolved. Here we provide deeper insight by comprehensively monitoring metabolite changes duringD. vulgarismetabolism with two electron donors, lactate and pyruvate, in presence or absence of citrate-chelated soluble FeIIIas an additional competing electron acceptor. H2was produced from lactate oxidation to pyruvate, but pyruvate oxidation produced mostly formate. Accumulation of lactate-originated H2during lag phases inhibited pyruvate transformation to acetate. Sulfate reduction was initiated by lactate-originated H2, but MQ-mediatede−flow initiated sulfate reduction without delay when pyruvate was the donor. When H2-induced electron flow gave priority to FeIIIreduction over sulfate reduction, the long lag phase before sulfate reduction shortened the time for iron-sulfide crystallite growth and led to smaller mackinawite (Fe1+xS) nanocrystallites. Synthesizing all the results, we propose that electron flow from lactate or pyruvate towards SO42−reduction to H2S are through at least three routes that are regulated by thee−donor (lactate or pyruvate) and the presence or absence of anothere−acceptor (FeIIIhere). These routes are not competing, but complementary: e.g., H2or formate production and oxidation were necessary for sulfite and disulfide/trisulfide reduction to sulfide. Our study suggests that thee−donor provides a practical tool to regulate and optimize SRB-predominant bioremediation systems.