Abstract
A strain of Enterobacter was screened from cadmium and arsenic contaminated farmland soil and its passivation mechanism of cadmium and arsenic were explored through removing performance and characterization experiments. The results showed that the screened strain M5 was identified as Enterobacter sp. with a sulfate-reduction function, and its maximum resistance concentration was approximately 1 mmol·L-1 to cadmium and arsenic. In the simulation system, the maximum removal efficiencies of cadmium and arsenic were 94.13% and 27.26% by strain M5, respectively. The results of SEM-EDS and XRD confirmed that Cd and As were fixed to CdS and As2S3, and XPS results showed that carboxyl groups, hydroxyl groups, and amide groups on the surface of the bacteria were mainly involved in biological adsorption. These results can provide new ideas and a theoretical basis for microbial applications to soil remediations for heavy metal pollution.
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