Bioremoval of arsenic and antimony from wastewater by a mixed culture of sulfate-reducing bacteria using lactate and ethanol as carbon sources

• Published in: International biodeterioration & biodegradation Vol. 126; pp. 152 - 159
• Main Authors: Liu, Fengjuan, Zhang, Guoping, Liu, Shirong, Fu, Zhiping, Chen, Jingjing, Ma, Chao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Antimony; Arsenic; Arsenic trisulfide; Bacteria; Bioremediation; Carbon; Carbon sources; Chemical elements; Coprecipitation; Ethanol; Iron sulfides; Lactic acid; Mixed culture; Precipitates; Sorption; Sulfate-reducing bacteria; Sulfates; Sulfides; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Water treatment; Antimony; Sulfate-reducing bacteria; Arsenic; Wastewater

We investigated the remediation of wastewater containing As and Sb through the application of a mixed culture of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). The effect of Fe(II) and different carbon sources on the removal of As and Sb was evaluated. The wastewater initially contained 5 mg L−1 of both As(V) and...