Toxicity of Al to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
The toxicity of Al to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 was assessed over a period of eight weeks in a modified lactate-C medium buffered at four initial pHs (5.0, 6.5, 7.2, and 8.3) and treated with five levels of added Al (none, 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, and 10 mM). At pH 5, cell populations decreased significantly and any effect of Al was negligible compared to that of pH. At higher pH, no direct impact of Al was seen at concentrations of soluble Al below 5x10-5 M. Soluble Al concentrations exceeded this level in the pH-6.5 and pH-7.2 treatments having total-Al concentrations= 1 mM and caused substantial and proportional decreases in cell populations. In contrast to the small size and vibrio morphology seen in most treatments, substantial numbers of large spirilloidal bacteria were seen in the pH-8.3 treatments, and their incidence was correlated with greater total-Al concentrations. This effect was believed to be a result of Mg deprivation stemming from adsorption/coprecipitation of Mg with Al hydroxy-sulfate gels rather than a direct response to high total-Al levels. Calculations of soluble-Al speciation suggested the presence of the Al13O4(OH)24(H2O)127+''tridecamer'' cation in the pH-6.5 and pH-7.2 treatments showing direct Al toxicity. Analysis of inoculated and control samples from the pH-6.5 and pH-8.3 10-mM Al treatments by 27Al nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectroscopy yielded broad 4800-Hz resonances at 58 ppm, near the 63-ppm resonance expected for the tridecamer cation. These resonances were independent of sample filtration through 25,000 MWCO membranes and attributed to self-assembled colloidal clusters of hydrophobic tridecamer species that had been neutralized by sorption of lactate and sulfate anions. Although indirect effects of Al addition were believed to have caused the lower cell populations observed in the pH-8.3 treatments, the NMR data suggest that direct effects of Al toxicity stemming from tridecamer colloids cannot be excluded.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 15004138
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-36770; 3121; KP1301010; TRN: US200423%%17
- Journal Information:
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 69, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: 2 Jul 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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