PMID- 34838363 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220127 LR - 20220127 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 426 DP - 2022 Mar 15 TI - Resource recovery: Adsorption and biomineralization of cerium by Bacillus licheniformis. PG - 127844 LID - S0304-3894(21)02813-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127844 [doi] AB - Cerium is a critical element to modern technologies. Nowadays, its increased applications have led to elevated levels in the environment. Cerium recovery by microorganisms has gained a great deal of attention. Here, our research showed that Bacillus licheniformis could be used to recover Ce(3+) from aqueous solution. The adsorption capacity of cerium on this bacterial strain achieved 38.93 mg/g (dry weight) biomass. Adsorption kinetics followed a pseudo-second-order rate model, and adsorption isotherm was fitted well with the Freundlich model. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations coupled with X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis revealed a spatial association of Ce with C, N, O, S, and P. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis further suggested that the phosphate and carboxyl groups on the cell surface might be responsible for the adsorption of cerium. Furthermore, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) suggested that cerium initially occurred on the bacterial cell surface as Ce(OH)(3), which was mainly converted to monazite (CePO(4)) and a small amount of CeO(2) overtime. Hydrothermal treatment was used to accelerate the mineralization process of cerium by B. licheniformis. The hydrothermal treatment is conducted for comparative analysis of mineralization process in extreme geological condition. CI - Copyright (c) 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Cheng, Yangjian AU - Cheng Y AD - School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Jinjiang 362251, China; Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, USA. Electronic address: yjcheng@fzu.edu.cn. FAU - Zhang, Tingting AU - Zhang T AD - School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Jinjiang 362251, China. FAU - Zhang, Li AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, USA. FAU - Ke, Zhibin AU - Ke Z AD - School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Jinjiang 362251, China. FAU - Kovarik, Libor AU - Kovarik L AD - Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. FAU - Dong, Hailiang AU - Dong H AD - Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211120 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 30K4522N6T (Cerium) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - *Bacillus licheniformis MH - Biomineralization MH - *Cerium MH - Kinetics MH - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomineralization OT - Biosorption OT - Cerium OT - Microorganism OT - Rare earth element (REE) EDAT- 2021/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/28 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/28 20:42 PHST- 2021/08/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/28 20:42 [entrez] AID - S0304-3894(21)02813-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127844 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2022 Mar 15;426:127844. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127844. Epub 2021 Nov 20.