Impact of Haloarchaea on Speciation of Uranium—A Multispectroscopic ApproachClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Miriam BaderMiriam BaderHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by Miriam Bader
- André RossbergAndré RossbergHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by André Rossberg
- Robin SteudtnerRobin SteudtnerHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by Robin Steudtner
- Björn DrobotBjörn DrobotHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyTechnische Universität Dresden, Central Radionuclide Laboratory, Zellescher Weg 19, 01062 Dresden, GermanyMore by Björn Drobot
- Kay GroßmannKay GroßmannHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by Kay Großmann
- Matthias SchmidtMatthias SchmidtHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyMore by Matthias Schmidt
- Niculina MusatNiculina MusatHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyMore by Niculina Musat
- Thorsten StumpfThorsten StumpfHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by Thorsten Stumpf
- Atsushi Ikeda-OhnoAtsushi Ikeda-OhnoHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by Atsushi Ikeda-Ohno
- Andrea Cherkouk*Andrea Cherkouk*Phone: +49(0)3512602989; e-mail: [email protected]Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, GermanyMore by Andrea Cherkouk
Abstract
Haloarchaea represent a predominant part of the microbial community in rock salt, which can serve as host rock for the disposal of high level radioactive waste. However, knowledge is missing about how Haloarchaea interact with radionuclides. Here, we used a combination of spectroscopic and microscopic methods to study the interactions of an extremely halophilic archaeon with uranium, one of the major radionuclides in high level radioactive waste, on a molecular level. The obtained results show that Halobacterium noricense DSM 15987T influences uranium speciation as a function of uranium concentration and incubation time. X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals the formation of U(VI) phosphate minerals, such as meta-autunite, as the major species at a lower uranium concentration of 30 μM, while U(VI) is mostly associated with carboxylate groups of the cell wall and extracellular polymeric substances at a higher uranium concentration of 85 μM. For the first time, we identified uranium biomineralization in the presence of Halobacterium noricense DSM 15987T cells. These findings highlight the potential importance of Archaea in geochemical cycling of uranium and their role in biomineralization in hypersaline environments, offering new insights into the microbe-actinide interactions in highly saline conditions relevant to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste as well as bioremediation.
Cited By
Smart citations by scite.ai include citation statements extracted from the full text of the citing article. The number of the statements may be higher than the number of citations provided by ACS Publications if one paper cites another multiple times or lower if scite has not yet processed some of the citing articles.
This article is cited by 16 publications.
- Jenny Jessat, Susanne Sachs, Henry Moll, Warren John, Robin Steudtner, René Hübner, Frank Bok, Thorsten Stumpf. Bioassociation of U(VI) and Eu(III) by Plant (Brassica napus) Suspension Cell Cultures—A Spectroscopic Investigation. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55
(10)
, 6718-6728. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05881
- Jerome Kretzschmar, Alexander Strobel, Toni Haubitz, Björn Drobot, Robin Steudtner, Astrid Barkleit, Vinzenz Brendler, Thorsten Stumpf. Uranium(VI) Complexes of Glutathione Disulfide Forming in Aqueous Solution. Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 59
(7)
, 4244-4254. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02921
- Luca Loreggian, Agnes Novotny, Sophie Louise Bretagne, Barbora Bartova, Yuheng Wang, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani. Effect of Aging on the Stability of Microbially Reduced Uranium in Natural Sediment. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54
(1)
, 613-620. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07023
- Jagriti Singh, Dolly Yadav, Jai Deo Singh. En Route Activity of Hydration Water Allied with Uranyl (UO22+) Salts Amid Complexation Reactions with an Organothio-Based (O, N, S) Donor Base. Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58
(8)
, 4972-4978. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03622
- Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa. Halophilic archaea as tools for bioremediation technologies. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2024, 108
(1)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-024-13241-z
- Ling Yuan, Mujian Xu, Rongming Xu, Chenghan Ji, Hailun Yang, Hang Yu, Xiaoyang Li, Ming Hua, Lu Lv, Weiming Zhang. Insights into the adsorptive separation of iron from pickling waste acid: The overlooked role of FeCl3 species. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 477 , 146637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.146637
- Stephan Hilpmann, André Rossberg, Robin Steudtner, Björn Drobot, René Hübner, Frank Bok, Damien Prieur, Stephen Bauters, Kristina O. Kvashnina, Thorsten Stumpf, Andrea Cherkouk. Presence of uranium(V) during uranium(VI) reduction by Desulfosporosinus hippei DSM 8344T. Science of The Total Environment 2023, 875 , 162593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162593
- Ting Zhu, Qian Zeng, Changsong Zhao, Yufeng Wen, Shangqing Li, Feize Li, Tu Lan, Yuanyou Yang, Ning Liu, Qun Sun, Jiali Liao. Extracellular biomineralization of uranium and its toxicity alleviation to Bacillus thuringiensis X-27. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 2023, 261 , 107126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107126
- Evelyn Krawczyk-Bärsch, Justus Ramtke, Björn Drobot, Katharina Müller, Robin Steudtner, Sindy Kluge, René Hübner, Johannes Raff. Peptidoglycan as major binding motif for Uranium bioassociation on Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 in contaminated waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2022, 437 , 129376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129376
- Akihiro Uehara, Daisuke Akiyama, Atsushi Ikeda-Ohno, Chiya Numako, Yasuko Terada, Kiyofumi Nitta, Toshiaki Ina, Shino Takeda-Homma, Akira Kirishima, Nobuaki Sato. Speciation on the reaction of uranium and zirconium oxides treated under oxidizing and reducing atmospheres. Journal of Nuclear Materials 2022, 559 , 153422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153422
- Stephan Hilpmann, Miriam Bader, Robin Steudtner, Katharina Müller, Thorsten Stumpf, Andrea Cherkouk, . Microscopic and spectroscopic bioassociation study of uranium(VI) with an archaeal Halobacterium isolate. PLOS ONE 2022, 17
(1)
, e0262275. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262275
- Mónica Vera-Bernal, Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa. Insights on Cadmium Removal by Bioremediation: The Case of Haloarchaea. Microbiology Research 2021, 12
(2)
, 354-375. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres12020024
- Natalia Mayordomo, Diana M. Rodríguez, André Rossberg, Harald Foerstendorf, Karsten Heim, Vinzenz Brendler, Katharina Müller. Analysis of technetium immobilization and its molecular retention mechanisms by Fe(II)-Al(III)-Cl layered double hydroxide. Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 408 , 127265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127265
- Fatemeh Rajabi, Jenny Jessat, Jawaharlal Nehru Garimella, Frank Bok, Robin Steudtner, Thorsten Stumpf, Susanne Sachs. Uranium(VI) toxicity in tobacco BY-2 cell suspension culture – A physiological study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2021, 211 , 111883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111883
- M. Pinel-Cabello, F. Jroundi, M. López-Fernández, R. Geffers, M. Jarek, R. Jauregui, A. Link, R. Vílchez-Vargas, M.L. Merroun. Multisystem combined uranium resistance mechanisms and bioremediation potential of Stenotrophomonas bentonitica BII-R7: Transcriptomics and microscopic study. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2021, 403 , 123858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123858
- Juliet S. Swanson, Miriam Bader, Andrea Cherkouk. Potential microbial influence on the performance of subsurface, salt-based nuclear waste repositories. 2021, 97-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818695-4.00005-8
Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.
Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.
The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated.