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Planer-Friedrich, Britta ; Fisher, Jenny C. ; Hollibaugh, James T. ; Süß, Elke ; Wallschläger, Dirk:
Oxidative transformation of trithioarsenate along alkaline geothermal drainages : abiotic versus microbially mediated processes.
In: Geomicrobiology Journal.
Vol. 26
(2009)
Issue 5
.
- pp. 339-350.
ISSN 1521-0529
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490450902755364
Abstract in another language
Trithioarsenate is the predominant arsenic species at the source of alkaline, sulfidic geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. Kinetic studies along seven drainage channels showed that upon discharge the major initial reaction is rapid transformation to arsenite. When aerating a trithioarsenate solution in the laboratory, 10 to 20% of trithioarsenate dissociates abiotically before reaching a steady state with arsenite and thiosulfate. In the geothermal springs, trithioarsenate is completely converted to arsenite and rate constants of 0.2 to 1.9 min−1 are 40 to 500 times higher than in the laboratory, indicating microbial catalysis. Abiotic transformation of trithioarsenate to arsenate requires the presence of a strong oxidizing agent in the laboratory and no evidence was found for direct transformation of thioarsenates to arsenate in the geothermal drainage channels. The simultaneous increase of arsenite and arsenate observed upon trithioarsenate dissociation in some hot springs confirms that the main reactio is thioarsenate transformation to arsenite before microbially catalyzed oxidation to arsenate. In contrast to previous investigations in acidic hot springs, microbially catalyzed arsenate production in near-neutral to alkaline hot springs is not inhibited by the presence of sulfide. Phylogenetic analysis showed that arsenate production coincides with the temperature-dependent occurrence of organisms closely related to Thermocrinis ruber, a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | BAYCEER80745 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Environmental Geochemistry Group Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Environmental Geochemistry Group > Professor Environmental Geochemistry - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2015 12:10 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2015 12:10 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/12812 |