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Microbial Reduction of Chromium(VI): In-Situ Environmental Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy Study Using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Tyrone L. Daulton ,
Brenda J. Little ,
Kristine Lowe  and
Joanne Jones-Meehan
Tyrone L. Daulton
Affiliation:
Marine Geosciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, 39529, USA
Brenda J. Little
Affiliation:
Oceanography Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, 39529, USA
Kristine Lowe
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA
Joanne Jones-Meehan
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA
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Abstract

The geochemistry and toxicity of chromium is controlled by its valence state. Chromium is a redox active 3d transition metal with a wide range (− to +6) of possible oxidation states; however only Cr(III) and Cr(VI) are stable. Hexavalent Cr(VI) can be readily reduced to the trivalent state by Fe2+, S2−, organic compounds, wetland plants, and several species of microorganisms. The associated mechanisms of Cr(VI) reduction are technologically and biologically important because they convert a toxic, mobile element into a less toxic, immobile form.

Reduction of Cr(VI) by the bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis (previously classified Shewanella putrefaciens strain MR-1), was studied by absorption spectrophotometry and in-situ, environmental cell (EC) - transmission electron microscopy (TEM) coupled with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). Shewanella oneidensis (S. oneidensis), a gram-negative, facultative bacterium is capable of respiring aerobically and anaerobically using a variety of compounds, including O2, Fe(III), Mn(IV), NO2−, NO3−, SO2, SO32−, thiosulfate (S2O32−), trimethyamine oxide, fumarate, U(VI), and Cr(VI) as terminal electron acceptors.

Type
Advances in Imaging Techniques for Biomaterlals (Organized by S. Eppel)
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2001, Microscopy Society of America 59th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 35th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California August 5-9, 2001 , August 2001 , pp. 134 - 135
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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