Bioadsorption of rare earth elements through cell surface display of lanthanide binding tags

Park, Dan M.; Reed, David W.; Yung, Mimi C.; Eslamimanesh, Ali; Lencka, Malgorzata M.; Anderko, Andrzej; Fujita, Yoshiko; Riman, Richard E.; Navrotsky, Alexandra; Jiao, Yongqin

doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b06129

Title: Bioadsorption of rare earth elements through cell surface display of lanthanide binding tags

Journal Article · Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b06129· OSTI ID:1251424

Park, Dan M. ^[1]; Reed, David W. ^[2]; Yung, Mimi C. ^[1]; Eslamimanesh, Ali ^[3]; Lencka, Malgorzata M. ^[3]; Anderko, Andrzej ^[3]; Fujita, Yoshiko ^[2]; Riman, Richard E. ^[4]; Navrotsky, Alexandra ^[5]; Jiao, Yongqin ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
OLI Systems, Inc., Cedar Knolls, NJ (United States)
The State Univ. of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ (United States)
Univ. of California Davis, Davis, CA (United States)

With the increasing demand for rare earth elements (REEs) in many emerging clean energy technologies, there is an urgent need for the development of new approaches for efficient REE extraction and recovery. As a step toward this goal, we genetically engineered the aerobic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus for REE adsorption through high-density cell surface display of lanthanide binding tags (LBTs) on its S-layer. The LBT-displayed strains exhibited enhanced adsorption of REEs compared to cells lacking LBT, high specificity for REEs, and an adsorption preference for REEs with small atomic radii. Adsorbed Tb³⁺ could be effectively recovered using citrate, consistent with thermodynamic speciation calculations that predicted strong complexation of Tb³⁺ by citrate. No reduction in Tb³⁺ adsorption capacity was observed following citrate elution, enabling consecutive adsorption/desorption cycles. The LBT-displayed strain was effective for extracting REEs from the acid leachate of core samples collected at a prospective rare earth mine. Lastly, our collective results demonstrate a rapid, efficient, and reversible process for REE adsorption with potential industrial application for REE enrichment and separation.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1251424

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1327934

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-15-37412; LLNL-JRNL-679871

Journal Information:: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 50, Issue 5; ISSN 0013-936X

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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