Tellurite Adsorption onto Bacterial Surfaces
Abstract
Tellurium (Te) is an emerging contaminant and its chemical transformation in the environment is strongly influenced by microbial processes. In this study, we investigated the adsorption of tellurite [Te(IV), TeO32-] onto the common soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Thiol-blocking experiments were carried out to investigate the role of cell surface sulfhydryl sites in tellurite binding, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy was performed to determine the chemical speciation of the adsorbed tellurite. The results indicate that tellurite reacts with sulfhydryl functional groups in the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by B. subtilis. Upon binding to sulfhydryl sites in the EPS, the Te changes from Te-O bonds to Te-S coordination. Further analysis of the surface-associated molecules shows that the EPS of B. subtilis contain proteins. Removal of the proteinaceous EPS dramatically decreases tellurite adsorption and the sulfhydryl surface site concentration. These findings indicate that sulfhydryl binding in EPS plays a key role in tellurite adsorption on bacterial surfaces.
- Authors:
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- Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
- Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (Bulgaria); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States); Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1844541
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; EAR-1530089; EAR-1904192
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; tellurium; metalloid; extracellular polymeric substances; CdTe; photovoltaic; sulfhydryl; toxicity; X-ray adsorption spectroscopy
Citation Formats
Goff, Jennifer L., Wang, Yuwei, Boyanov, Maxim I., Yu, Qiang, Kemner, Kenneth M., Fein, Jeremy B., and Yee, Nathan. Tellurite Adsorption onto Bacterial Surfaces. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c01001.
Goff, Jennifer L., Wang, Yuwei, Boyanov, Maxim I., Yu, Qiang, Kemner, Kenneth M., Fein, Jeremy B., & Yee, Nathan. Tellurite Adsorption onto Bacterial Surfaces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01001
Goff, Jennifer L., Wang, Yuwei, Boyanov, Maxim I., Yu, Qiang, Kemner, Kenneth M., Fein, Jeremy B., and Yee, Nathan. Mon .
"Tellurite Adsorption onto Bacterial Surfaces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1844541.
@article{osti_1844541,
title = {Tellurite Adsorption onto Bacterial Surfaces},
author = {Goff, Jennifer L. and Wang, Yuwei and Boyanov, Maxim I. and Yu, Qiang and Kemner, Kenneth M. and Fein, Jeremy B. and Yee, Nathan},
abstractNote = {Tellurium (Te) is an emerging contaminant and its chemical transformation in the environment is strongly influenced by microbial processes. In this study, we investigated the adsorption of tellurite [Te(IV), TeO32-] onto the common soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Thiol-blocking experiments were carried out to investigate the role of cell surface sulfhydryl sites in tellurite binding, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy was performed to determine the chemical speciation of the adsorbed tellurite. The results indicate that tellurite reacts with sulfhydryl functional groups in the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by B. subtilis. Upon binding to sulfhydryl sites in the EPS, the Te changes from Te-O bonds to Te-S coordination. Further analysis of the surface-associated molecules shows that the EPS of B. subtilis contain proteins. Removal of the proteinaceous EPS dramatically decreases tellurite adsorption and the sulfhydryl surface site concentration. These findings indicate that sulfhydryl binding in EPS plays a key role in tellurite adsorption on bacterial surfaces.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.est.1c01001},
journal = {Environmental Science and Technology},
number = 15,
volume = 55,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Mon Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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