246
Views
74
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Toxicity of heavy metals (Ni, Zn) to desulfovibrio desulfuricans

, &
Pages 41-49 | Accepted 21 May 1996, Published online: 28 Jan 2009

References

  • Allison , J. D. , Brown , D. S. and Novo‐Gradac , K. J. 1991 . MINTEQA2/PRODEFA2, a geochemi‐cal assessment model for environmental systems , Cincinnati, OH : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . EPA/600/3–91/021
  • Bååth , E. 1989 . Effects of heavy metals in soil on microbial processes and populations (a review) . Water Air Soil Pollut. , 47 : 335 – 379 .
  • Babich , H. and Stotzky , G. 1985 . Heavy metal toxicity to microbe‐mediated ecologic processes: A review and potential application to regulatory policies . Environ. Res. , 36 : 111 – 137 .
  • Barnes , L. J. , Janssen , F. J. , Sherren , J. , Versteegh , J. H. , Hoch , R. O. and Scheeren , P. J. H. 1991 . A new process for the microbial removal of sulphate and heavy metals from contaminated waters extracted by a geohydrological control system . Chem. Eng. Res. Des. Trans. A , 69 : 184 – 186 .
  • Barnes , L. J. , Scheeren , P. J. M. and Buisman , C. J. N. 1994 . “ Microbial removal of heavy metals and sulfate from contaminated groundwaters ” . In Emerging technology for bioremediation of metals , Edited by: Means , J. L. and Hinchee , R. E. 38 – 49 . Boca Raton, FL : Lewis .
  • Belliveau , B. H. , Starodub , M. E. , Cotter , C. and Trevors , J. T. 1987 . Metal resistance and accumulation in bacteria . Biotechnol. Adv. , 5 : 101 – 127 .
  • Booth , G. H. and Mercer , S. J. 1963 . Resistance to copper of some oxidizing and reducing bacteria . Nature (Lond.) , 199 : 622
  • Brierley , C. L. 1990 . Bioremediation of metal‐contaminated surface and groundwaters . Geomicro‐biol. J. , 8 : 201 – 223 .
  • Capone , D. G. , Reese , D. D. and Kiene , R. P. 1983 . Effects of metals on methanogenesis, sulfate reduction, carbon dioxide evolution, and microbial biomass in anoxic salt marsh sediments . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. , 45 : 1586 – 1591 .
  • Clancy , P. B. , Venkataraman , N. and Lynd , L. R. 1992 . Biochemical inhibition of sulfate reduction in batch and continuous anaerobic digesters . Water Sci. Technol. , 25 : 51 – 60 .
  • Cline , J. D. 1969 . Spectrophotometric determination of hydrogen sulfide in natural waters . Limnol. Oceanogr. , 14 : 454 – 458 .
  • Dean , J. A. , ed. 1985 . Lange's handbook of chemistry , 13th ed. , New York : McGraw‐Hill .
  • Duxbury , T. 1981 . Toxicity of heavy metals to soil bacteria . FEMS Microbiol. Lett. , 11 : 217 – 220 .
  • Dvorak , D. H. , Hedin , R. S. , Edenborn , H. M. and Mclntire , P. E. 1992 . Treatment of metal‐contaminated water using bacterial sulfate reduction: Results from pilot‐scale reactors . Biotechnol. Bioeng. , 40 : 609 – 616 .
  • Dzombak , D. A. and Morel , F. M. M. 1990 . Surface complexation modeling: Hydrous ferric oxide. , New York : Wiley‐Interscience .
  • Ferguson , W. J. , Braunschweiger , K. I. , Braunschweiger , W. R. , Smith , J. R. , McCormick , J. J. , Wasmann , C. C , Jarvis , N. P. , Bell , D. H. and Good , N. E. 1980 . Hydrogen ion buffers for biological research . Anal. Biochem. , 104 : 300 – 310 .
  • Fletcher , P. and Beckett , P. H. T. 1987a . The chemistry of heavy metals in digested sewage sludge—I. Copper(II) complexation with soluble organic matter . Water Res. , 21 : 1153 – 1161 .
  • Fletcher , P. and Beckett , P. H. T. 1987b . The chemistry of heavy metals in digested sewage sludge—II. Heavy metal complexation with soluble organic matter . Water Res. , 21 : 1163 – 1172 .
  • Francis , A. J. , Joshi‐Tope , G. A. and Dodge , C. J. 1996 . Biodegradation of nickel‐citrate and modulation of nickel toxicity by iron . Environ. Sci. Technol. , 30 : 562 – 568 .
  • Gadd , G. M. 1992 . “ Microbial control of heavy metal pollution ” . In Microbial control of pollution , Edited by: Fry , J. C. , Gadd , G. M. , Herbert , R. A. , Jones , C. W. and Watson‐Craik , I. A. 59 – 89 . New York : Cambridge University Press .
  • Gadd , G. M. and Griffiths , A. J. 1978 . Microorganisms and heavy metal toxicity . Microb. Ecol. , 4 : 303 – 317 .
  • Good , N. E. and Izawa , S. 1972 . Hydrogen ion buffers . Methods Enzymol. , 24B : 53 – 68 .
  • Good , N. E. , Winget , G. D. , Winter , W. , Connolly , T. N. , Izawa , S. and Singh , R. M. M. 1966 . Hydrogen ion buffers for biological research . Biochemistry , 5 : 467 – 477 .
  • Hammack , R. W. and Edenbom , H. M. 1992 . The removal of nickel from mine waters using bacterial sulfate reduction . Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. , 37 : 674 – 678 .
  • Hao , O. J. , Huang , L. , Chen , J. M. and Buglass , R. L. 1994 . Effects of metal additions on sulfate reduction activity in wastewaters . Toxicol. Environ. Chem. , 46 : 197 – 212 .
  • Jackson , T. A. 1978 . The biogeochemistry of heavy metals in polluted lakes and streams at Flin Ron, Canada, and a proposed method for limiting heavy‐metal pollution of natural waters . Environ. Geol. , 2 : 173 – 189 .
  • Kafkewitz , D. , Armenante , P. M. , Hinshalwood , G. and San Agustin , G. 1994 . Immobilization of heavy metals in incinerator ash by the activity of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans . Haz. Waste Haz. Mater. , 11 : 519 – 527 .
  • Loka Bharathi , P. A. , Sathe , V. and Chandramohan , D. 1990 . Effect of lead, mercury and cadmium on a sulphate‐reducing bacterium . Environ. Pollut. , 67 : 361 – 374 .
  • Martell , A. E. and Smith , R. M. 1977 . Critical stability constants. 3. Other organic ligands. , New York : Plenum Press .
  • Martell , A. E. and Smith , R. M. 1982 . Critical stability constants. 5. First supplement. , New York : Plenum Press .
  • Morton , R. L. , Yanko , W. A. , Graham , D. W. and Arnold , R. G. 1991 . Relationships between metal concentrations and crown corrosion in Los Angeles County sewers . Res. J. Water Pollut. Control Fed. , 63 : 789 – 798 .
  • Mueller , R. F. and Steiner , A. 1992 . Inhibition of anaerobic digestion caused by heavy metals . Water Sci. Technol. , 26 : 835 – 846 .
  • National Research Council . 1993 . situ bioremediation. When does it work? , Washington, DC : National Academy Press .
  • National Research Council . 1994 . Alternatives for ground water cleanup. , Washington, DC : National Academy Press .
  • Pado , R. , Pawlowska‐Cwiek , L. and Szwagrzyk , J. 1994 . Heavy metals detoxification in soil performed by sulfate‐reducing bacteria . Ekol Pol. , 42 : 103 – 123 .
  • Postgate , J. R. 1984 . The sulphate‐reducing bacteria , 2nd ed. , New York : Cambridge University Press .
  • Poulson , S. R. and Drever , J. I. 1996 . Aqueous complexing of nickel and zinc with 3‐[N‐morpholino]propanesulfonic acid, and the solubility products of nickel and zinc hydroxides . Talanta. , 43 : 1975 – 1981 .
  • Poulson , S. R. and Colberg , P. J. S. in press . The use of hydrogen as a chemical pre‐reductant for aqueous sulfidogenic media . Microbios. ,
  • Ralph , B. J. 1979 . “ Oxidative reactions in the sulfur cycle ” . In Biogeochemical cycling of mineral‐forming elements , Edited by: Trudinger , P. A. and Swaine , D. J. 369 – 400 . New York : Elsevier .
  • Ramamoorthy , S. and Kushner , D. J. 1975 . Binding of mercuric and other heavy metal ions by mi‐crobial growth media . Microb. Ecol. , 2 : 162 – 176 .
  • Rittle , K. A. , Drever , J. I. and Colberg , P. J. S. 1995 . Precipitation of arsenic during bacterial sulfate reduction . Geomicrobiol. J. , 13 : 1 – 11 .
  • Saleh , A. M. , Macpherson , R. A. and Miller , J. D. A. 1964 . The effect of inhibitors on sulphate reducing bacteria: A compilation . J. Appl. Bacteriol. , 27 : 281 – 293 .
  • Smith , R. M. and Martell , A. E. 1989 . Critical stability constants. 6. Second supplement. , New York : Plenum Press .
  • Temple , K. L. and LeRoux , N. W. 1964 . Syngenesis of sulfide ores: sulfate‐reducing bacteria and copper toxicity . Econ. Geol. , 59 : 271 – 278 .
  • Trevors , J. T. , Oddie , K. M. and Belliveau , B. H. 1985 . Metal resistance in bacteria . FEMS Microbiol. Rev. , 32 : 39 – 54 .
  • Twigg , R. S. 1945 . Oxidation‐reduction aspects of resazurin . Nature (Lond.) , 155 : 401 – 402 .
  • Zehnder , A. J. B. and Wuhrmann , K. 1976 . Titanium(III) citrate as a nontoxic oxidation‐reduction buffering system for the culture of obligate anaerobes . Science , 194 : 1165 – 1166 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.