Accumulation of arsenic from acidic mine waters by ferruginous bacterial accretions (stromatolites) |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China;2. Department of Physics, Jining University, Qufu, 273155, China;3. School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China;1. M.N. Miheev Institute of Metal Physics Ural Division of RAS, 620137 Yekaterinburg, Russia;2. Radboud University, Institute of Molecules and Materials, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands;3. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), 119991 Moscow, Russia;4. Moscow Technological University (MIREA), 119454 Moscow, Russia;1. Department of Cardiology, Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital, Imabari, Japan;2. Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan;1. Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC;2. National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC;3. Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC;4. Department of Health Management, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC |
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| Abstract: | In the acidic stream (pH 2.2–4) of the Carnoulès Pb-(Zn) mine, Gard, France, very high As contents (from 9 to 20%) can be accumulated as ferric arsenate and arsenate-sulphate precipitates in rapidly growing bacteria-made structures. The main bacterial forms are rod-shaped and sheathed, their sheath is made of Fe-As-rich material and is coated with ferric arsenate colloidal particles or may be partially included in authigenic crystals. Living forms ofThiobacillus-type bacteria have been recognized in the precipitates. The cyclic development of bacterial colonies alternating with sand deposition and erosive episodes results in the formation of As-rich ferruginous accretions. These laminated and dome-shaped bacterial constructions are similar to those of stromatolites. The extremely high contents of solute As in upstream flow (250 mg/1) are lowered by 2–3 order of magnitude downstream. Lead is also precipitated and concentrated in this Fe As-rich bacterial stromatolite (2500 ppm Pb). This accumulation and concentration of As and heavy metals via direct or induced microbial action limits pollution downflow. But seasonal storms could erode these FeAsPb-rich deposits and drastically increase pollution.The accumulation of ferric arsenate by bacterial stromatolites suggests that possible microbial remediation strategies may be used in acid mine drainage environments. |
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