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Treatment of Cr(VI) contaminated water with Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB

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Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB was utilized to treat hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] contaminated water. Cr(VI) concentration of the contaminated water (pH 10.85) was 534 mg/L. With the inoculum size ranging from 1 to 20 %, P. phragmitetus BB completely reduced Cr(VI) within 27 h when the initial medium concentration exceeded 20 g/L. The lag time of bio-reduction by Cr(VI)-induced cells was 24 h, which was longer than the non-Cr(VI)-induced cells. Under the agitation condition, an obvious bio-reduction lag phase existed and Cr(VI) was completely reduced within 24 h. However, the lag phase was not observed under the static condition, Cr(VI) was reduced continuously after inoculation and Cr(VI) was completely reduced after 27 h incubation. The main chromium components after Cr(VI) reduction were Cr(OH)3, Cr2O3 and CrCl3. The results of this study are fundamentally significant to the application of P. phragmitetus BB in the treatment of Cr(VI) contaminated water.

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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); the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (51304250). Major science and technology project in Hunan Province (2012FJ1010).

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  1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Yangyang Wang, Bing Peng, Zhihui Yang, Chongjian Tang, Yuehui Chen, Qi Liao & Yingping Liao

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

    Bing Peng, Zhihui Yang, Chongjian Tang & Qi Liao

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Wang, Y., Peng, B., Yang, Z. et al. Treatment of Cr(VI) contaminated water with Pannonibacter phragmitetus BB. Environ Earth Sci 71, 4333–4339 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2827-8

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