Metal - Microbes Interactions: beyond Environmental Protection
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...Effects of high heavy metal concentrations on the microbial community structure, activity, and abundance have been reported (Khan et al. 2010b; Sandaa et al. 1999; Tsezos 2009)....
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...Long-term impacts of heavy metals on soil microorganisms result in adverse effects on microbial activities and abundance, and altered microbial community structures (Tsezos, 2009)....
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...Bioprecipitation involves using microbial metabolism to transform soluble species to insoluble hydroxides, carbonates, phosphates, and sulfides (Tsezos 2009)....
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..., Fe(II) and H2S) of metal-reducing microorganisms and SRB can also indirectly reduce Cr(VI), Tc(VII), and U(VI) (Tabak et al. 2005; Tsezos 2009; Ahemad 2014)....
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...However, microbial remediation also has some disadvantages (Tsezos 2009; Mani and Kumar 2014; Akcil et al. 2015)....
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...…and mobile Cr(VI), Tc(VII), and U(VI) into insoluble and immobile Cr(III), Tc(IV), and U(IV), respectively; the reduced products (e.g., Fe(II) and H2S) of metal-reducing microorganisms and SRB can also indirectly reduce Cr(VI), Tc(VII), and U(VI) (Tabak et al. 2005; Tsezos 2009; Ahemad 2014)....
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...This reduces HM toxicity by forming complexes or by creating a useful barrier around the cell (Tsezos 2009; Ahemad 2014)....
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