Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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Volume 95: Issue 2
Studying the toxic effect of cadmium and hexavalent chromium on microbial activity of a soil and pure microbe
A microcalorimetric method
Authors:
J. Yao China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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F. Wang China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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L. Tian China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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Y. Zhou China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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H. Chen China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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K. Chen China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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N. Gai China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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R. Zhuang China University of Geosciences Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Chinese Ministry of Education & Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health 430074 Wuhan P. R. China

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T. Maskow UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig 04318 Leipzig Germany

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B. Ceccanti Italian National Research Council (ISE-CNR), Area diella Ricerca Institute of Ecosystem Studies Via G. Moruzzi 1 56124 Pisa Italy

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G. Zaray Eötvös University Department of Chemical Technology and Environmental Chemistry 1518 Budapest P.O. Box 32 Hungary

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Pages:
517–524
Online Publication Date:
12 Mar 2009
Publication Date:
01 Feb 2009
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-008-9405-4
Keywords:
cadmium; Escherichia coli; hexavalent chromium; HPLC-ICP-MS; microcalorimetry; soil microbial activity
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Abstract  

Using TAM III multi-channel calorimetry combined with direct microorganism counting (bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi) under laboratory conditions, we determined the microbial population count, resistance and activity toward cadmium (Cd(II)) and hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) toxicity in soil. The thermokinetic parameters, which can represent soil microbial activity, were calculated from power-time curves of soil microbial activity obtained by microcalorimetric measurement. Simultaneous application of the two methods showed that growth rate constant (k), peak-heat output power (Pmax) and the number of living microorganisms decreased with increasing concentration of Cd and Cr. The accumulation of Cr on E. coli was conducted by HPLC-ICP-MS. Cr6+ accumulation by Escherichia coli was increased steadily with increasing Cr6+ concentration. The results revealed that the change in some thermo-kinetic parameters could have good corresponding relationship with metal accumulation. Our work also suggests that microcalorimetry is a fast, simple, more sensitive, on-line and in vitro method that can be easily performed to study the toxicity of different species of heavy metals on microorganism compared to other biological methods, and can combine with other analytic methods to study the interaction mechanism between environmental toxicants and microbes.

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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