Hostname: page-component-7dd5485656-wlg5v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-31T06:17:26.560Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Study of the Interaction Between Bentonite and a Strain of Bacillus Mucilaginosus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Yun Zhu ,
Yan Li ,
Anhuai Lu ,
Haoran Wang ,
Xiaoxue Yang ,
Changqiu Wang ,
Weizheng Cao ,
Qinghua Wang ,
Xiaolei Zhang  and
Danmei Pan
...Show all authors
Yun Zhu
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China National Research Center for Geoanalysis, Beijing 100037, China
Yan Li
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Anhuai Lu*
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Haoran Wang
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Xiaoxue Yang
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Changqiu Wang
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Weizheng Cao
Affiliation:
PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Company Ltd., Exploration and Development Research Institute, Daqing 163712, China
Qinghua Wang
Affiliation:
PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Company Ltd., Exploration and Development Research Institute, Daqing 163712, China
Xiaolei Zhang
Affiliation:
PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Company Ltd., Exploration and Development Research Institute, Daqing 163712, China
Danmei Pan
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
Xiaohong Pan
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
*
* E-mail address of corresponding author: ahlu@pku.edu.cn
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Mineral-microbe interactions are widespread in a number of environmental processes such as mineral weathering, decomposition, and transformation. Both clay minerals and silicate-weathering bacteria are widely distributed in nature, and the latter contribute to weathering, diagenesis, and mineralization of major rock-forming minerals. The purpose of this study was to observe changes in the chemical composition and structure, especially the phase transformation, of smectite after processing by a silicate-weathering bacterium. The interaction between Bacillus mucilaginosus and bentonite was studied using custom culture media. Results from Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry revealed that the bacterium promoted release of Si and Al from solid bentonite to solution. Concomitantly, the Ka nd Fe contents of the mineral increased as shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results. After interaction with the bacterium, the montmorillonite underwent a possible structure transformation to smectite, as indicated by the emergence of a new weak peak (d = 9.08 Å) shown by X-ray diffraction patterns. The mineralogical changes were also demonstrated by the decrease in the specific surface area of the mineral from 33.0 to 24.0 m2/g (these lower values for SSA of bentonite are related to the particle size of the smectite examined (120-160 mesh) and the weakened absorption bands in Al-O-H and Si-O-Si vibrations by Micro Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The morphology changes in the bacteria observed by environmental scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy revealed an obvious growth of the flagella in the presence of bentonite.

Keywords

Bacillus mucilaginosusBentoniteClay MineralsMicrobe-mineral InteractionSilicate BacteriaSmectite

Information

Type
Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 59 , Issue 5 , October 2011 , pp. 538 - 545
Copyright
Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 2011

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Aleksandrov, V.G., 1953 Silicate Bacteria Beijing Science Publishing House.Google Scholar
Boyle, J.R. and Voigt, G.K., 1973 Biological weathering of silicate for tree nutrition and soil genesis Plant and Soil 38 191–201 10.1007/BF00011226.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dong, H.L., 2010 Mineral-microbe interactions: a review Frontiers of Earth Science in China 4 127–147 10.1007/s11707-010-0022-8.10.1007/s11707-010-0022-8CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dong, H.L. Jaisi, D.P. Kim, J. and Zhang, G.X., 2009 Microbe-clay mineral interactions American Mineralogist 94 1505–1519 10.2138/am.2009.3246.10.2138/am.2009.3246CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ehrlich, H.L., 1998 Geomicrobiology: its significance for geology Earth-Science Reviews 45 45–60 10.1016/S0012-8252(98)00034-8.10.1016/S0012-8252(98)00034-8CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Emmerich, K. Wolters, F. Kahr, G. and Lagaly, G., 2009 Clay profiling: the classification of montmorillonites Clays and Clay Minerals 57 101–114 10.1346/CCMN.2009.0570110.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Farmer, V.C., 1982 The Infrared Spectra of Minerals (Chinese version) Beijing Science Publishing House.Google Scholar
Fortin, D. Ferris, F.G. and Beveridge, T.J., 1998 Surfacemediated mineral development by bacteria Geomicrobiology: Interactions between Microbes and Minerals 35 l6l–180.Google Scholar
Francesco, S., 1972 Structure and function of bacterial flagella Bolletino di Zoologia 39 111–118 10.1080/11250007209430052.Google Scholar
Gates, W.P. Wilkinson, H.T. and Stucki, J.W., 1993 Swelling properties of microbially-reduced ferruginous smectite Clays and Clay Minerals 41 360–364 10.1346/CCMN.1993.0410312.10.1346/CCMN.1993.0410312CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Glowa, K.R. Arocena, J.M. and Massicotte, H.B., 2003 Extraction of potassium and/or magnesium from selected soil minerals by Piloderma Geomicrobiology Journal 20 99–111 10.1080/01490450303881.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Harvey, C. Lagaly, G., Bergaya, F. Theng, B.K.G. and Lagaly, G., 2006 Conventional applications Handbook of Clay Science Amsterdam Elsevier 501–540 10.1016/S1572-4352(05)01016-0.10.1016/S1572-4352(05)01016-0CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jaisi, D.P., 2007 Fe(III) reduction in clay minerals and its application to technetium immobilization PhD dissertation Oxford, Ohio, USA Miami University 319.Google Scholar
Kim, J. Dong, H.L. Seabaugh, J. Newell, S.W. and Eberl, D.D., 2004 Role of microbes in the smectite-to-illite reaction Science 303 830–832 10.1126/science.1093245.10.1126/science.1093245CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kim, J. Furukawa, Y. Dong, H.L. and Newell, S.W., 2005 The effect of microbial Fe(III) reduction on smectite flocculation Clays and Clay Minerals 53 572–579 10.1346/CCMN.2005.0530603.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kostka, J.E. Haefele, E. Viehweger, R. and Stucki, J.W., 1999 Respiration and dissolution of Fe(III)-containing clay minerals by bacteria Environmental Science & Technology 33 3127–3133 10.1021/es990021x.10.1021/es990021xCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Li, X. Wu, Z. Q. Li, W.D. and Yan, R.X., 2007 Growth promoting effect of a transgenic Bacillus mucilaginosus on tobacco planting Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology 74 1120–1125.Google ScholarPubMed
Lian, B., 1998 A study on how silicate bacteria GY92 dissolves potassium from illite Acta Mineralogica Sinica 18 234–237.Google Scholar
Lian, B. Chen, Y. Zhao, J. Teng, H. Zhu, L.J. and Yuan, S., 2008 Microbial flocculation by Bacillus mucilaginosus: Applications and mechanisms Bioresource Technology 99 4825–4831 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.045.10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.045CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Liu, W.X. Xu, X.S. Yang, X.H. Luo, Y.M. and Christie, P., 2006 Decomposition of silicate minerals by Bacillus mucilaginosus in liquid culture Environmental Geochemistryand Health 18 133–144 10.1007/s10653-005-9022-0.10.1007/s10653-005-9022-0CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maurice, P.A. Vierkorn, M.A. Hersman, L.E. Fulghum, J.E. and Ferryman, A., 2001 Enhancement of kaolinite dissolution by an aerobic Pseudomonas mendocina bacterium GeomicrobiologyJo urnal 18 21–35 10.1080/01490450151079752.Google Scholar
Monib, M. Zahra, M.K. and Abdel-Al, H.A., 1986 Role of silicate bacteria in releasing Kand Si from biotite and orthoclase Soil Biologyan d Conservation of the Biosphere 2 733–743.Google Scholar
Richter, H. McCarthy, K. Nevin, K.P. Johnson, J.P. Rotello, V.M. and Lovley, D.R., 2008 Electricity generation by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to gold electrodes Langmuir 24 4376–4379 10.1021/la703469y.10.1021/la703469yCrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Slosiarikova, H. Bujdak, J. and Hlavaty, V., 1992 IR spectra of octadecylammonium-montmorillonite in the range of the Si-O vibrations Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Molecular Recognition in Chemistry 13 267–272 10.1007/BF01042785.10.1007/BF01042785CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Srasra, E. Bergaya, F. and Fripiat, J.J., 1994 Infrared spectroscopy study of tetrahedral and octahedral substitutions in an interstratified illite-smectite clay Clays and Clay Minerals 42 237–241 10.1346/CCMN.1994.0420301.10.1346/CCMN.1994.0420301CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stucki, J.W. and Kostka, J.E., 2006 Microbial reduction of iron in smectite Comptes Rendus Geoscience 338 468–475 10.1016/j.crte.2006.04.010.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stucki, J.W. Komadel, P. and Wilkinson, H.T., 1987 Microbial reduction of structural iron(III) in smectites Soil Science Societyof America Journal 51 1663–1665 10.2136/sssaj1987.03615995005100060047x.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stucki, J.W. Lee, K. Zhang, L. and Larson, R.A., 2002 The effect of iron oxidation state on the surface and structural properties of smectite Pure Applied Chemistry 74 2079–2092 10.1351/pac200274112145.10.1351/pac200274112145CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sun, D. Zhang, X. and Zhang, Q., 2006 Leaching effects of metabolites of silicate bacterium on silicate minerals Mining and Metallurgical Engineering 26 27–30.Google Scholar
The People’s Republic of China Agricultural Standards, NY882-2004 (2004) Silicate-dissolving bacteria culture.Google Scholar
Wu, J. Roth, C.B. and Low, P.F., 1988 Biological reduction of structural Fe in sodium-nontronite Soil Science Society of America Journal 52 295–296 10.2136/sssaj1988.03615995005200010054x.10.2136/sssaj1988.03615995005200010054xCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yin, X.P., 2005 The geological and application characteristics of bentonite deposit in Jianping China Non-metallic Mining IndustryHer ald 51 56–58.Google Scholar
Zhang, G.X. Dong, H.L. Kim, J. and Eberl, D.D., 2007 Microbial reduction of structural Fe3+ in nontronite by a thermophilic bacterium and its role in promoting the smectite to illite reaction American Mineralogist 92 1411–1419 10.2138/am.2007.2498.CrossRefGoogle Scholar