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Biotreatment of chromite ore processing residue by Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB

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Chromite ore processing residues (COPR) is the source of the Cr(VI) contamination in the environment. Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB was used to treat two different types of COPRs in this research. The water-soluble Cr(VI) of COPR A and B is 3,982.9 and 1,181.4 mg/kg, respectively. In the column biotreatment process, P. phragmitetus BB can reduce Cr(VI) in the leachate to an undetectable level at the flow rate of 1 and 2 ml/min. In the direct biotreatment process, Cr(VI) in the liquid supernatant of COPR A and B decreased from 265 and 200 mg/l to 145 and 40 mg/kg after 240 h of incubation. In one-step and two-step biotreatment processes, Cr(VI) in the liquid supernatant of both COPRs can be reduced to an undetectable level. The toxicity characteristic leaching procedure results indicate that the Cr(VI) concentration of treated COPR A (3.48 mg/l) is lower than the identification standards for hazardous wastes of China (5 mg/l) (GB 5085.6-2007). The information obtained in this study has significance for the application of P. phragmitetus BB to remediate COPR contamination.

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This work was supported by the National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientist (50925417), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51074191), and the National “Twelfth Five-Year” Plan for Science and Technology Support (2012BAC09B04).

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  1. School of Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Yangyang Wang, Zhihui Yang, Bing Peng, Liyuan Chai, Baolin Wu & Ruiping Wu

  2. Chinese National Engineering Research Center for and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Changsha, 410083, China

    Zhihui Yang, Bing Peng & Liyuan Chai

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Wang, Y., Yang, Z., Peng, B. et al. Biotreatment of chromite ore processing residue by Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 5593–5602 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1526-z

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