• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1572-1577
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• 2008

A facultative dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella sp. strain HN-41, was used to produce magnetite nanoparticles from a precursor, poorly crystalline iron-oxyhydroxide akaganeite ($\beta$-FeOOH), by reducing Fe(III). The diameter of the biogenic magnetite nanoparticles ranged from 26 nm to 38 nm, characterized by dynamic light scattering spectrophotometry. The magnetite nanoparticles consisted of mostly uniformly shaped spheres, which were identified by electron microscopy. The magnetometry revealed the superparamagnetic property of the magnetic nanoparticles. The atomic structure of the biogenic magnetite, which was determined by extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopic analysis, showed similar atomic structural parameters, such as atomic distances and coordinations, to typical magnetite mineral.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.353-365
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• 2000

After their first appearance on Earth, bacteria have exerted significant influence on geochemical behavior of elements. Numerous evidence of their control on geochemistry through geologic history has been observed in a variety of natural environments. They have mediated weathering rate, formation of secondary minerals, redox transformation of metals and metalloids, and thus global cycling of elements. Such ability of bacteria receives so considerable attention from microbiologists, mineralogists, geologists, soil scientists, limnologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric scientists as well as geochemists that a new and interdisciplinary field of research called 'geomicrobiology' is currently expanding. Some recent subjects of geomicrobiology which are studied extensively are as follows: 1) Functional groups distributed on bacterial cell walls adsorb dissolved cations onto cell surfaces by electrostatic surface complexation, which is followed by hydrous mineral formation. 2) Dissimilatory metal reducing bacteria conserve energy to support growth by oxidation of organic matter coupled to reduction of some oxidized metals and/or metalloids. They can be effectively used in remediating environments contaminated with U, As, Se, and Cr. 3) Bacteria increase the rate of mineral dissolution by excreting proton and ligands such as organic acids into aqueous system. 4) Thorough investigation on the effects of biofilm on geochemical processes is needed, because most bacteria are adsorbed on solid substrates and form biofilms in natural settings.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2023

In the environment, chromium often exists in a highly mobile and toxic form of Cr(VI). Therefore, the reduction of Cr(VI) to less toxic Cr(III) is considered an effective remediation strategy for Cr(VI)-contamination. In this study, the biological reduction of hexavalent chromium was examined at the concentrations of 0.01 mM, 0.1 mM, and 1 mM Cr(VI) by the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella sp. HN-41 in the presence of ferric-citrate. With the relatively condensed cell densities, the aqueous phase Cr(VI) was reduced at the proportions of 42%, 23%, and 31%, respectively for the 0.01 mM, 0.1 mM, and 1 mM Cr(VI) incubations, while Fe(III)-citrate was reduced at 95%, 88%, and 73%, respectively. Although the strain HN-41 was not considered to reduce Cr(VI) as the sole electron acceptor for anaerobic metabolism in the preliminary experiment, it has been presumed that outer-membrane c-type cytochromes such as MtrC and OmcA reduced Cr(VI) in the presence of ferric-citrate as the electron acceptor. Since this study indicated the potential of relatively high cell density for Cr(VI) reduction, it might propose a bioremediation strategy for Cr(VI) removal from contaminated waters using engineered systems such as bioreactors employing high cell growths.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2005

산소가 고갈된 혐기성 환경의 유기물 분해 및 물질순환에서 철 환원반응의 생태/환경적 중요성에 대해 고찰하였다. 다양한 해양환경에서 유기물 분해 시 철 환원이 차지하는 중요성은 미약한 수준에서 거의 $100\%$에 이르기까지 그 범위가 극단적으로 다양하게 나타났다. 일반적으로 철 환원은 Fe(III)의 농도가 높은 곳에서 황산염 환원보다 중요한 유기물 분해 경로로 나타나, 유기물 분해에서 철 환원의 중요성은 철 환원세균이 이용 가능한 Fe(III)의 공급정도에 의해 결정되는 것으로 인식되었다. 산소공급이 미약한 연안혐기성 퇴적토 내에서 Fe(III)의 공급은: (1)조석에 의한 퇴적물 내 공극수의 교환(tidal flushing): (2)저서동물에 의한 생물교란: (3)식생의 유무에 따른 퇴적물의 산화/환원 상태의 변화 등에 의해 주로 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다 철 환원세균에 의한 유기물 분해 및 다양한 금속원소의 전환기능을 이용한 특정 유기오염원과 금속오염원의 생물정화는 우리나라와 같이 부영양화된 연안생태환경의 개선 및 독성 유t무기 오염원의 생물정화 등 연안역의 환경친화적 관리가 절실히 요구되는 환경에서 생태/환경공학 분야의 유용한 해결수단으로 간주된다.