Highly efficient degradation of organic pollutants using a microbially-synthesized nanocatalyst

Watts, Mathew P.; Cutting, Richard S; Joshi, Nimisha; Coker, Victoria S.; Mosberger, Apalona; Zhou, Boyuan; Davies, Clare C.; Dongen, Bart E. van; Hoffstetter, Thomas; Lloyd, Jonathan R.

doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2016.12.008

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“…The Fe(II)-bearing mineral phases synthesized from these sediments removed Cr(VI) in batch reactor studies with some similarities (reactivity) to fine grain biogenic magnetite. This suggests that these bioreduced sediments are amenable to treatment of priority radionuclides [e.g., Tc(VII)], heavy metals [e.g., Cr(VI)], as tested here and Hg(II) (Wiatrowski et al, 2009), metalloids [As(V), and Se(IV)] (Scheinost and Charlet, 2008) and organics (TCE/PCE; Watts et al, 2015Watts et al, , 2016.…”

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“…Fe(II) bearing nanomaterials, such as bionanomagnetite (BNM), can be used to remediate and stabilize a range of redoxactive toxic metals, e.g., Cr(VI) and Tc(VII) (Telling et al, 2009;Cutting et al, 2010;Watts et al, 2015) and, organics including nitrobenzene, azo dyes, and perchloroethylene (PCE) (Crean et al, 2012;Coker et al, 2014;Watts et al, 2016). Although bionanomagnetite can be synthesized from a range of ferric iron mineral phases (Cutting et al, 2012), existing laboratory-scale methods usually employ precursors made by using analytical grade salts of iron and strong alkali, which if used at scale, would impact on overall production costs and increase environmental impact.…”

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Microbial Reduction of Natural Fe(III) Minerals; Toward the Sustainable Production of Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles

Joshi

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The microbial synthesis of biominerals offers a potentially sustainable green solution for the production of a wide range of industrially relevant functional nanomaterials. Metal-reducing bacteria are of particular relevance, as they can enzymatically reduce a wide spectrum of high oxidation state metals and metalloids, forming cell-templated nanomagnets, catalysts, remediation agents, and quantum dots. Although these bioprocesses have been shown to be both scalable and tunable (with respect to particle size, reactivity, magnetic properties, and light emitting properties), they have yet to be taken up by industry. Here, we show that naturally abundant Fe(III) minerals are appropriate raw materials for the production of magnetic Fe(II)-bearing nanoparticles by the subsurface bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, and these bionanomaterials have the potential for remediation applications-here confirmed by the efficient reduction of toxic, mobile Cr(VI) to less toxic and soluble Cr(III). Detailed molecular-scale characterization of the bioreduced nanominerals, alongside life cycle assessments, and life cycle costings, confirm the efficient production of highly reactive and magnetic nanomaterials from waste materials. This adds further weight to the adoption of microbial technologies for sustainable, functional nanomaterials in a circular economy.

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Microbial Reduction of Natural Fe(III) Minerals; Toward the Sustainable Production of Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles

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“…Finally, although this study has focused on Cr(VI) as a model contaminant, BNM can remediate a variety of other pollutants including organic contaminants such as PCE, TCE, nitrobenzene 14 and azo dyes 48 . The priority radionuclides Tc(VII) and Np(V) are also amenable to treatment via BNM-mediated reduction to reduced tetravalent phases 49 .…”

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“…Its synthesis can be regarded as a green chemistry process, operating at ambient pressures and temperatures in the absence of toxic reagents and capping agents, and it is also amenable to surface engineering for improved reactivity. For instance, BNM has been shown to abiotically reduce Pd(II) to Pd(0), producing a nanoscale heterostructure with extended reactivity against inorganic 12 , 13 and organic substrates 14 in the presence of external electron donors. Recent studies have shown that BNM synthesis is both tunable (with respect to particle size and magnetic properties) and scalable underpinning future commercial exploitation 10 , 15 .…”

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Optimising the transport properties and reactivity of microbially-synthesised magnetite for in situ remediation

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Engineered nanoparticles offer the potential for remediation of land and water that has been contaminated by organics and metals. Microbially synthesized nano-scale magnetite, prepared from Fe(III) oxides by subsurface Fe(III)-reducing bacteria, offers a scalable biosynthesis route to such a nano-scale remediation reagent. To underpin delivery of “bionanomagnetite” (BNM) nanomaterial during in situ treatment options, we conducted a range of batch and column experiments to assess and optimise the transport and reactivity of the particles in porous media. Collectively these experiments, which include state of the art gamma imaging of the transport of 99m Tc-labelled BNM in columns, showed that non-toxic, low cost coatings such as guar gum and salts of humic acid can be used to enhance the mobility of the nanomaterial, while maintaining reactivity against target contaminants. Furthermore, BNM reactivity can be enhanced by the addition of surface coatings of nano-Pd, extending the operational lifetime of the BNM, in the presence of a simple electron donor such as hydrogen or formate.

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“…HN-41 [ 121 , 122 ], S. piezotolerans WP3[ 123 ] and G. sulfurreducens [ 124 – 132 ] have been exploited to produce well-defined magnetite nanoparticles through the dissimilatory reduction of poorly crystalline Fe 3+ -oxyhydroxides. Besides, the biosynthesized magnetite nanoparticles could well support nanostructured Pd for significent improvement on functionality and applicability [ 125 , 133 ].…”

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Bacterial extracellular electron transfer: a powerful route to the green biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials for multifunctional applications

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Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials such as metal nanoparticles (MNPs) using various biological entities as smart nanofactories has emerged as one of the foremost scientific endeavors in recent years. The biosynthesis process is environmentally friendly, cost-effective and easy to be scaled up, and can also bring neat features to products such as high dispersity and biocompatibility. However, the biomanufacturing of inorganic nanomaterials is still at the trial-and-error stage due to the lack of understanding for underlying mechanism. Dissimilatory metal reduction bacteria, especially Shewanella and Geobacter species, possess peculiar extracellular electron transfer (EET) features, through which the bacteria can pump electrons out of their cells to drive extracellular reduction reactions, and have thus exhibited distinct advantages in controllable and tailorable fabrication of inorganic nanomaterials including MNPs and graphene. Our aim is to present a critical review of recent state-of-the-art advances in inorganic biosynthesis methodologies based on bacterial EET using Shewanella and Geobacter species as typical strains. We begin with a brief introduction about bacterial EET mechanism, followed by reviewing key examples from literatures that exemplify the powerful activities of EET-enabled biosynthesis routes towards the production of a series of inorganic nanomaterials and place a special emphasis on rationally tailoring the structures and properties of products through the fine control of EET pathways. The application prospects of biogenic nanomaterials are then highlighted in multiple fields of (bio-) energy conversion, remediation of organic pollutants and toxic metals, and biomedicine. A summary and outlook are given with discussion on challenges of bio-manufacturing with well-defined controllability.

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Highly efficient degradation of organic pollutants using a microbially-synthesized nanocatalyst

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Microbial Reduction of Natural Fe(III) Minerals; Toward the Sustainable Production of Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles

Microbial Reduction of Natural Fe(III) Minerals; Toward the Sustainable Production of Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles

Optimising the transport properties and reactivity of microbially-synthesised magnetite for in situ remediation

Bacterial extracellular electron transfer: a powerful route to the green biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials for multifunctional applications

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