Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur

We describe the reduction of vanadium (V) to vanadium (IV) in cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans on elemental sulfur, for initial vanadium (V) concentrations up to 5 mM. The vanadium (V) is reduced by intermediate compounds generated by bacterial oxidation of elemental sulfur. The limit of initial...

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Autores principales: Briand, Laura Estefanía, Thomas, Horacio Jorge, Donati, Edgardo Rubén
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1996
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/140779
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language Inglés
topic Química
Ciencias Exactas
Thiobacillus thiooxiduns
bacterial oxidation
spellingShingle Química
Ciencias Exactas
Thiobacillus thiooxiduns
bacterial oxidation
Briand, Laura Estefanía
Thomas, Horacio Jorge
Donati, Edgardo Rubén
Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
topic_facet Química
Ciencias Exactas
Thiobacillus thiooxiduns
bacterial oxidation
description We describe the reduction of vanadium (V) to vanadium (IV) in cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans on elemental sulfur, for initial vanadium (V) concentrations up to 5 mM. The vanadium (V) is reduced by intermediate compounds generated by bacterial oxidation of elemental sulfur. The limit of initial vanadium (V) allowing bacterial action seems to be related to the inhibition caused by such vanadium species, rather than connected to the vanadium (IV) species, which did not show inhibitory effects up to concentrations of about 0.1 M. This reduction mechanism of vanadium (V) is potentially applicable in the recovery of vanadium from spent solid catalysts, by a low-cost methodology.
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author Briand, Laura Estefanía
Thomas, Horacio Jorge
Donati, Edgardo Rubén
author_facet Briand, Laura Estefanía
Thomas, Horacio Jorge
Donati, Edgardo Rubén
author_sort Briand, Laura Estefanía
title Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
title_short Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
title_full Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
title_fullStr Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
title_full_unstemmed Vanadium(V) reduction in Thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
title_sort vanadium(v) reduction in thiobacillus thiooxidans cultures on elemental sulfur
publishDate 1996
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/140779
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