Microbial community diversities in the drainage from three mines(Dexing Copper Mine,Qibaoshan Copper Mine and Yaogangxian Tungsten Mine,China)were analyzed using 16S rDNA PCR-RFLP approach.The efficiencies of chalcopyrite bioleaching were compared using enrichment of the three cultures.Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the dominant microorganisms are clustered with the Proteobacteria,the remaining is affiliated with Nitrospira,Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria.At the genus level,Acidithiobacillus is the dominant group in both YTW and QBS samples,while Spingomonas is dominant in YGX sample.Moreover,the principal component analysis(PCA)reveals that QBS and YTW have similar geochemical character and microbial communities.The results also show that pH value and tungsten concentration play a key role in microbial community distribution and relative abundance.The bioleaching efficiency of the enrichment cultures from YTW and QBS is similar.After 15 d,the bioleaching rates of low grade chalcopyrite(0.99%)are both up to 99.5% when using 10 g/L pulp density due to the similar microbial composition of YTW and QBS.Moreover,the leaching efficiencies of enrichment cultures containing multiple bioleaching microorganisms are higher than that of pure culture Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.
A mixed culture of moderately thermophilic microorganisms was enriched from acid mine drainages(AMDs)samples collected from several sulphide mines in China,and the bioleaching of chalcopyrite was conducted both in shake flask and bioreactor.The results show that in the shake flask,the mixture can tolerate 50 g/L chalcopyrite after being acclimated to gradually increased concentrations of chalcopyrite.The copper extraction increases obviously in bioleaching of chalcopyrite with moderately thermophilic microorganisms supplemented with 0.4 g/L yeast extract at 180 r/min,74% copper can be extracted in the pulp of 50 g/L chalcopyrite after 20 d.Compared with copper extractions of mesophilic culture,unacclimated culture and acclimated culture without addition of yeast extract,that of accliniated culture with addition of yeast extract is increased by 53%,44% and 16%,respectively.In a completely stirred tank reactor,the mass fraction of copper and total iron extraction reach up to 81% and 56%,respectively.The results also indicate that it is necessary to add a large amount of acid to the pulp to extract copper from chalcopyrite effectively.
Electrochimcal behaviors of rusticyanin (Rus.) isolated from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans were investigated through Rus.-ZnS-QDs/L-Cys/Au electrode.The cyclic voltammetric results indicate that rusticyanin immobilized on the surface of Rus.-ZnS-QDs/L-Cys/Au electrode can undergo a direct quasi-reversible electrochemical reaction.The immobilized rusticyanin is not denatured and still retains its activity in the temperature range of 19-43 °C.The reduction ability of the protein increases and its oxidation ability becomes weak with the increase of pH from 6.0 to 7.8.Fe2+ ions in the solution can promote the electron transfer kinetics of the immobilized rusticyanin and make its peak potentials (φp) markedly move negatively.
To study the abilities of Chlorella sorokiniana CS-01 on using CO2 from flue gases to produce biodiesel,the microaglae was cultured with different simulated flue gases containing 5%-15%(volume fraction) of CO2.The results show that strain CS-01 could grow at 15% CO2 and grow well under CO2 contents ranging from 5%-10%.The maximal biomass productivity and lipid productivity were obtained when aerating with 10% of CO2.The lipids content ranged from 28% to 43% of dry mass of biomass.The main fatty acid compositions of strain CS-01 were C14-C18(>72%) short-chain FAMEs(known as biodiesel feedstocks).Meanwhile,the biodiesel productivity was over 60%,suggesting that Chlorella sorokiniana CS-01 has a great potential for CO2 mitigation and biodiesel production.Furthermore,differential expression of three genes related to CO2 fixation and fatty acid synthesis were studied to further describe the effect of simulated flue gases on the growth and lipid accumulation of strain CS-01 at molecular level.
