• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.218-225
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• 2007

A lactic acid bacterium capable of anaerobic respiration was isolated from soil with ferric iron-containing glucose basal medium and identified as L. garvieae by using 16S rDNA sequence homology. The isolate reduced ferric iron, nitrate, and fumarate to ferrous iron, nitrite, and succinate, respectively, under anaerobic $N_2$ atmosphere. Growth of the isolate was increased about 30-39% in glucose basal medium containing nitrate and fumarate, but not in the medium containing ferric iron. Specifically, metabolic reduction of nitrate and fumarate is thought to be controlled by the specific genes fnr, encoding FNR-like protein, and nir, regulating fumarate-nitrate reductase. Reduction activity of ferric iron by the isolate was estimated physiologically, enzymologically, and electrochemically. The results obtained led us to propose that the isolate metabolized nitrate and fumarate as an electron acceptor and has specific enzymes capable of reducing ferric iron in coupling with anaerobic respiration.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2008년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.807-810
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• 2008

영가철(ZVI)를 사용하는 투수성 반응벽체(PRB, Permeable reactive barrier)는 TCE(Trichloroethylene)와 같은 난분해성 유기물질이 포함된 지하수를 처리하는데 사용될 수 있다. 여기서 ZVI(Zero-valent iron)가 Ferric iron으로 산화되면서 TCE를 ethene으로 환원시킨다. Ferric iron으로 변화된 iron은 환원과정을 통해 Ferrous iron으로 다시 재생을 시켜야 PRB의 처리수명을 연장시킬 수 있다. Ferric iron을 Ferrous iron으로 환원시키기 위해서 철환원 박테리아(IRB, Iron-reducing bacteria)를 이용한다. 이번 연구에서는 IRB가 Ferric iron을 환원시키기 위해서 Ferric iron을 용해를 한다는 concept으로 실험을 해보았다. 실험은 증류수(DI water, De-ionized water), DI-water에 배지를 포함한 용액, 그리고 DI-water에 배지 및 IRB가 포함된 용액, 이 3가지 조건으로 수행했다. 실험결과 $Fe^{3+}$의 용해가 IRB가 포함된 용액, 배지가 포함된 용액, 증류수 순으로 잘 되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.250-253
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• 2002

Remediation of groundwater using zero valent iron filings has received considerable attention in recent years. However, zero valent iron is gradually transformed to iron(III) oxides at permeable reactive barriers, so the reduction of iron(III) oxides can enhance the longevity of the reactive barriers. In this study, microbial reduction of Fe(III) was performed in anaerobic condition. A medium contained nutrients similar to soil solution. The medium was autoclaved and deoxygenated by purging with 99.99% $N_2$ and pH was buffered to 6, while the temperature was regulated as 2$0^{\circ}C$. Activity of iron reducing bacteria were not affected by chlorinated organics but affected by iron(III) oxide. Although perchloroethylene(PCE) was not degraded with only ferric oxide, PCE was reduced to around 50% with ferric oxide and microorganism. It shows that reduced iron can dechlorinate PCE.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.383-389
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• 2018

Degradation of the insecticide O,O-diethyl O-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl phosphorothioate (chlorpyrifos) in aqueous solution was investigated using iron salts and potassium persulfate during ZVI treatment through a series of batch experiments. The degradation rate of chlorpyrifos increased with increases in the concentrations of iron salts and potassium persulfate in the aqueous system. Ferric chloride was found to be the most effective iron salt for the ZVI-mediated degradation of chlorpyrifos in aqueous solution. Further, the iron salts tested could be arranged in the following order in terms of their effectiveness: $FeCl_3$> $Fe_2(SO_4)_3$> $Fe(NO_3)_3$. The persulfate-ZVI system could significantly degrade chlorpyrifos present in the aqueous medium. This revealed that chlorpyrifos degradation by treatment with $Fe^0$ was promoted on adding ferric chloride and potassium persulfate. The kinetics of the degradation of chlorpyrifos by persulfate-amended $Fe^0$ was higher than that for iron-salt-amended $Fe^0$. This suggests that using a sequential $Fe^0$ reduction-ferric chloride or $Fe^0$ reduction-persulfate process may be an effective strategy to enhance the removal of chlorpyrifos in contaminated water.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.206-212
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• 1999

In order to isolate a Fe(III)-reducer from the natural environment, soil samples were collected from various patty fields and enriched with ferric citrate as a source of Fe(III) under anaerobic condition. Since the enrichment culture was serially performed, the Fe(III)-reduction activity was serially diluted and cultivated on an agar plate containing lactate and ferric citrate in an anaerobic glove box. A Gram negative, motile, rod-shaped and facultative anaerobic Fe(III)-reducer was isolated based on its highest Fe(III)-reduction activity, Bacterial growth was coupled with oxidation of lactate to Fe(III)-reduction, but the isolate fermented pyruvate without Fe(III), The isolate reduced an insoluble ferric iron (FeOOH) as well as a soluble ferric iron (ferric citrate). Using the BBL crystal enteric/non-fermentor identification kit and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, the isolate was identified as Shewanella putrefaciens IR-1.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2008

혼합균에서 분리 배양한 황환원균에 의해 발생되는 황화수소가 염소계유기오염물질인 트리클로로에틸렌의 환원에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지, 또한 염소계유기오염물질에 대한 환원력이 있다고 알려진 2가철은 황화수소가 존재할 경우 트리클로로에틸렌의 환원과 어떠한 관계에 있는지를 알아보기 위하여 본 실험을 수행하였다. 황환원균에 독성을 나타내지 않는 수준의 트리클로로에틸렌의 농도에서 황화수소 발생 및 트리클로로에틸렌의 분해 실험을 수행한 결과 황산염의 환원으로 발생한 황화수소의 농도는 4.38 mM, 트리클로로에틸렌의 농도는 큰 변화가 없는 것으로 관찰되었으며 이를 통하여 황환원균에 의해 발생되는 황화수소의 농도가 트리클로로에틸렌을 환원시키기에는 부족하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 황화수소의 농도가 위 실험에서 발생된 농도보다 100배 정도 높을 경우(438 mM)에는 트리클로로에틸렌에 대한 환원력이 있음을 확인하였다. 대표적인 산화철인 $Fe_2O_3$(3가철)를 첨가하였을 경우, 황환원균의 생장에 따라 황화수소, 2가철 및 트리클로로에틸렌의 농도변화를 관찰하였으며 이를 통하여 황환원균에 의해서 발생된 황화수소가 산화되면서 3가의 산화철을 2가철로 환원시키고 황화수소에 의하여 환원된 2가철이 트리클로로에틸렌을 분해하여 농도를 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다. 위의 실험결과를 바탕으로 낮은 농도의 황화수소는 트리클로로에틸렌의 환원에 영향을 미치지 못하며 다만, 황화수소에 의해 환원된 2가철이 트리클로로에틸렌을 분해시키는 주요한 요인임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 실제 해수중에서 황환원균과 $Fe_2O_3$가 공존할 경우의 트리클로로에틸렌의 제거 효과를 살펴보기 위한 실험을 한 결과 황환원균이 황화수소를 생성하여 트리클로로에틸렌의 제거에 영향을 줄 수 있는 반응들은 황환원균 생장에 필수적인 탄소원의 농도가 확보될 때 가능하다는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.1519-1525
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• 2021

Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is recognized to be carcinogenic and toxic and registered as a contaminant in many drinking water regulations. It occurs naturally and is also produced by industrial processes. The reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) has been a central topic for chromium remediation since Cr(III) is less toxic and less mobile. In this study, fermentative Fe(III)-reducing bacterial strains (Cellu-2a, Cellu-5a, and Cellu-5b) were isolated from a groundwater sample and were phylogenetically related to species of Cellulomonas by 16S rRNA gene analysis. One selected strain, Cellu-2a showed its capacity of reduction of both soluble iron (ferric citrate) and solid iron (hydrous ferric oxide, HFO), as well as aqueous Cr(VI). The strain Cellu-2a was able to reduce 15 μM Cr(VI) directly with glucose or sucrose as a sole carbon source under the anaerobic condition and indirectly with one of the substrates and HFO in the same incubations. The heterogeneous reduction of Cr(VI) by the surface-associated reduced iron from HFO by Cellu-2a likely assisted the Cr(VI) reduction. Fermentative features such as large-scale cell growth may impose advantages on the application of bacterial Cr(VI) reduction over anaerobic respiratory reduction.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Biological iron redox transformation alters iron minerals, which may act as effective adsorbents for arsenate [As(V)] in the environments. In the viewpoint of alleviating arsenate, microbial Fe(III) reduction was sought under high concentration of As(V). In this study, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria were isolated from the wild plant rhizosphere soils collected at abandoned mine areas, which showed tolerance to high concentration of As(V), in pursuit of potential agents for As(V) bioremediation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Bacterial isolation was performed by a series of enrichment, transfer, and dilutions. Among the isolated strains, two strains (JSAR-1 and JSAR-3) with abilities of tolerance to 10 mM As(V) and Fe(III) reduction were selected. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA genesequences indicated the closest members of Pseudomonas stutzeri DSM 5190 and Paenibacillus selenii W126, respectively for JSAR-1 and JSAR-3. Ferric and ferrous iron concentrations were measured by ferrozine assay, and arsenic concentration was analyzed by ICP-AES, suggesting inability of As(V) reduction whereas ability of Fe(III) reduction. CONCLUSION: Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from the enrichments with arsenate and ferric iron were found to be resistant to a high concentration of As(III) at 10 mM. We suppose that those kinds of microorganisms may suggest good application potentials for As(V) bioremediation, since the bacteria can transform Fe while surviving under As-contaminated environments. The isolated Fe(III)-reducing bacterial strains could contribute to transformations of iron minerals which may act as effective adsorbents for arsenate, and therefore contribute to As(V) immobilization

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 1981

The iron precipitates were prepared by adding sodium carbonate solution to ferrous chloride and ferric chloride solutions to pH=9 and pH=4.5, respectively. The thermal reaction of the iron precipitates was investigated by means of TGA, DTA and X-ray diffraction. In the former the crystallization of $\alpha$-$Fe_2O_3$ begins at about 35$0^{\circ}C$, while in the latter at about 30$0^{\circ}C$, during the calclnation in air. In the iron precipitate from ferrous chloride solution, the activation energy for the crystallite-growth or $\alpha$-TEX>$Fe_2O_3$ in air is about 7.6$\times$104J/mole between 800 and 100$0^{\circ}C$. As the result of X-ray diffration for the reduction product of hematite, it was found that maghemite, magnetite and wustite are formed and that hematite is transformed to magnetite through maghemite.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2005

철을 이용한 반응벽체 (permeable reactive barrier, PRBs) 기술은 유기 화합물로 오염된 지하수를 환원적 반응에 의해 정화시키는 공법이다. 벽체의 매질로 주로 사용되는 영가 철은 반응이 진행됨에 따라 점차 2가 및 3가 철로 산화되어 제거능이 점차 저감된다. 자연계에 존재하거나 동정된 철 환원 박테리아는 산화된 Fe(III)를 Fe(II)로 환원시키는 능력을 가지고 있으며 이와 같이 환원된 Fe(II)는 반응 표면적을 넓히고 다시 할로겐 유기 화합물을 환원적으로 제거할 수 있도록 한다. 본 연구는 철 환원 박테리아로 순수균인 Shewanella algae BrY에 의한 산화철의 환원 경향을 aqueous phase와 solid phase로 나누어 관찰하고 환원된 철이 TCE 제거에 미치는 영향을 iron(II,III) oxide와 iron(III) oxide를 대상으로 하여 파악하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 박테리아는 배지 내에 존재하는 Fe(III)를 우선적으로 사용하여 Fe(II)로 환원시켰으며 선택성은 떨어지지만 입자상의 산화철 표면에 존재하는 Fe(III)도 환원시켰다. 또한 동량의 산화철이 존재할 때 iron(II,III) oxide에 비해 박테리아가 전자수용체로 사용할 수 있는 Fe(III)가 풍부한 iron(III) oxide의 환원이 더 잘 일어남을 알 수 있었고, 환원된 Fe(II)는 박테리아 또는 다른 철 산화물과 침전을 형성하였으며 TCE와의 반응속도 및 제거 능력을 향상시키는 것으로 판단된다.