Effect of Groundwater Composition on Arsenic Detection by Bacterial Biosensors

A luminescent bacterial biosensor was used to quantify bioavailable arsenic in artificial groundwater. Its light production above the background emission was proportional to the arsenite concentration in the toxicologically relevant range of 0 to 0.5 μM. Effects of the inorganic solutes phosphate, Fe(II) and silicate on the biosensor signal were studied. Phosphate at a concentration of 0.25 g L⁻¹ phosphate slightly stimulated the light emission, but much less than toxicologically relevant concentrations of the much stronger inducer arsenite. No effect of phosphate was oberved in the presence of arsenite. Freshly prepared sodium silicate solution at a concentration of 10 mg L⁻¹ Si reduced the arsenite-induced light production by roughly 37%, which can be explained by transient polymerization leading to sequestration of some arsenic. After three days of incubation, silicate did not have this effect anymore, probably because depolymerization occurred. In the presence of 0.4 mg L⁻¹ Fe(II), the arsenite-induced light emission was reduced by up to 90%, probably due to iron oxidation followed by arsenite adsorption on the less soluble Fe(III) possibly along with some oxidation to the stronger adsorbing As(V). Addition of 100 μM EDTA was capable of releasing all arsenic from the precipitate and to transform it into the biologically measurable, dissolved state. The biosensor also proved valuable for monitoring the effectiveness of an arsenic removal procedure based on water filtration through a mixture of sand and iron granules.     

离子交换纤维吸附去除As(Ⅲ)

制备了一种新型的离子交换纤维RPFA-I,用于去除水体中亚砷酸根离子的研究.在研究的范围内,Fre-undlich型吸附等温方程能够很好地描述等温吸附平衡数据;吸附动力学数据符合Lagergren二级速度方程;pH=6.22时,吸附量达到最大;用0.1mol/L的NaOH溶液可以实现纤维的再生,再生性能优良.     

Uptake and Reduction of Arsenate by Dunaliella sp.

Uptake and reduction of arsenate [AS(V)] by Dunaliella sp. cells were determined to investigate the metabolic processes of arsenic in the alga. Cellular uptake of arsenic by Dunaliella sp. cells was markedly affected by the form of arsenic in the medium. The content of arsenic taken up by Dunaliella sp. cells increased rapidly with time on addition of As(V) to the medium. However, in the case of addition of arsenite [As(III)], the gradient of arsenic uptake by Dunaliella sp. cells was low, and arsenic content was small. In the water-soluble fraction of arsenic taken up by Dunaliella sp. cells with exposure to As(V), arsenic was in the forms of organic arsenic, As(V) and As(III). The content of As(V) in the water-soluble fraction increased with exposure time. The content of As(III) also increased with time, but remained constant after 5 h of exposure. On the other hand, organic arsenic content was small and did not increase with time. It was found that Dunaliella sp. takes up As(V) and readily reduces it to As(III)     

Arsenic biomethylation by the microorganism apiotrichum humicola in the presence of l-methionine-methyl-d3

The microorganism Apiotrichum humicola (previously known as Candida humicola) grown in the presence of either arsenate, arsenite, methylarsonic acid or dimethylarsinic acid, produces arsenic-containing metabolites in the growth medium. When L-methionine-methyl-d₃ is added to the cultures, the CD₃ label is incorporated intact into the metabolites to a considerable extent to form deuterated dimethylarsenic and trimethyl-arsenic species, indicating that S-adenosylmethionine, or some related sulphonium compound, is involved in the biological methylation. Conclusive evidence of CD₃ incorporation in the arsenicals found in the growth medium was provided by using a specially developed hydride generation-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system (HG–GC–MS).     

Comparative phytotoxicity of methylated and inorganic arsenic- and antimony species to Lemna minor, Wolffia arrhiza and Selenastrum capricornutum

The alkylation of metalloids through the transfer of methyl groups is an important factor in the biogeochemical cycling of elements like arsenic and antimony. In the environment, many different organic and inorganic forms of these elements can therefore be found in soils, sediments or organisms. Studies that compare the ecotoxicity of these different chemical species however are rare. Therefore, this study aimed to generate toxicity data on two scarcely studied organic compounds of arsenic and antimony, as well as to compare their toxicity to the inorganic species, which are studied so far to a higher extent, in order to improve the environmental effect assessment of these elements. To this purpose, bioassays were performed in which three different aquatic organisms (the floating water plants Lemna minor and Wolffia arrhiza and the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum) were exposed to a concentration series of 3 different arsenic species (sodium arsenite — As(III), sodium arsenate — As(V), and monomethylarsonous diiodide — MMAs(III)) and three different antimony species (antimony potassium tartrate hydrate — Sb(III), potassium hexahydroxoantimonate — Sb(V), trimethylantimony(V) bromide — TMSb(V). The observed effect concentrations demonstrated that the inorganic (III)- and (V)-valent species of arsenic were clearly more toxic than the corresponding antimony species. The highest overall toxicity has been shown by MMAs(III) followed by the inorganic As(III). The highest toxicity of the three tested antimony species has been observed for TMSb(V). The observed differences in effect levels stress the importance once more that speciation must not be ignored in toxicity studies.     

Dynamics of arsenic speciation in surface waters: As(III) production by algae

Algae reduce and methylate arsenate [As(V)]. The end product of the overall transformation reaction can be arsenite [As(III)] or methylated arsenic. Field and laboratory data suggest a strong correlation between the end product of the reaction and the growth rate of the algae, with As(III) only produced during log (exponential, fast) growth. The result is a peak in As(III) concentration preceding or coincident with the algal bloom. This paper analyzes data from 18 different water bodies (five lakes, one river, six estuary/marine sites, six experimental sites). Algal blooms, As(III) peaks and algal blooms with preceding or coincident As(III) peaks were identified. In total, 80 algal blooms were identified, 49 (61%) of which were associated with As(III) peaks. In 78% of water bodies algal blooms were typically (>50%) associated with As(III) peaks. The average time lag between As(III) peaks and algal blooms was 20 days (standard deviation 18 days). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

微量热法研究亚砷酸钠对鲫鱼肝脏线粒体的影响

Metabolic thermogenic curves of mitochondria isolated from liver tissue of Carassius auratus and the effect of different concentration of NaAsO2 on it were investigated by TAM air isothermal microcalorimeter, ampoule method, at 28.00 ℃. From the thermogenic curves, activity recovery rate constants k, the maximum heat production rate （Pmax） and the total heat produced （Q） were obtained. The values of k and Pmax decline gradually with the increase of the concentration of NaAsO2, and both of the values of Pmax and k are highly correlated to the concentration of NaAsO2. When concentration of NaAsO2 reached 16.0 μg/mL, the maximum heat production rate dropped to 70.8% of the control group, and the corresponding percentage of k was 71.4% of the control group. This experimental result indicates that the addition of NaAsO2 has restrained the metabolic activities of mitochondria in vitro.     

Raman spectroscopic study of the arsenite minerals leiteite ZnAs2O4, reinerite Zn3(AsO3)2 and cafarsite Ca5(Ti,Fe,Mn)7(AsO3)12·4H2O

The selected arsenite minerals leiteite, reinerite and cafarsite have been studied by Raman spectroscopy. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations enabled the position of the AsO₂²⁻ symmetric stretching mode at 839 cm⁻¹, the antisymmetric stretching mode at 813 cm⁻¹ and the deformation mode at 449 cm⁻¹ to be calculated. The Raman spectrum of leiteite shows bands at 804 and 763 cm⁻¹ assigned to the As₂O₄²⁻ symmetric and antisymmetric stretching modes. The most intense Raman band of leiteite is the band at 457 cm⁻¹ and is assigned to the ν₂ As₂O₄²⁻ bending mode. A comparison of the Raman spectrum of leiteite is made with the arsenite minerals reinerite and cafarsite. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The separation of dimethylarsinic acid,methylarsonous acid,methylarsonic acid,arsenate and dimethylarsinous acid on the Hamilton PRP‐X100 anion‐exchange column

In order to separate the potential arsenite metabolites methylarsonous acid and dimethylarsinous acid from arsenite, arsenate, methylarsonic acid and dimethylarsinic acid, the pH‐dependent retention behaviour of all six arsenic compounds was studied on a Hamilton PRP‐X100 anion‐exchange column with 30 mM phosphate buffers (pH 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) containing 20% (v/v) methanol as mobile phase and employing an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP–AES) as the arsenic‐specific detector. Baseline separation of dimethylarsinic acid, methylarsonous acid, methylarsonic acid, arsenate and dimethylarsinous acid was achieved with a 30 mmol dm⁻³ phosphate buffer (pH 5)–methanol mixture (80:20, v/v) in 25 min. Arsenite is not baseline‐separated from dimethylarsinic acid under these conditions. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.