Author(s): He Y; Guo J; Song Y; Chen Z; Lu C; Han Y; Li H; Hou Y;

A laboratory-scale sulfur autotrophic reactor (SAR) was first constructed for treating tellurite [Te(IV)] wastewater. The SAR had excellent Te(IV) bioreduction efficiency (90-96%) at 5-30 mg/L and conformed to the First-order kinetic model. The Te(IV) bioreduction was elaborated deeply from extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) functions, microbial met ...

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Author(s): He Y, Guo J, Song Y, Chen Z, Lu C, Han Y, Li H, Hou Y, Zhao R

The release of highly toxic tellurite into the aquatic environment poses significant environmental risks. The acceleration mechanism and tellurium nanorods (TeNPs) characteristics with bioavailable ferric citrate (Fe(III)) were investigated in the tellurite (Te(IV)) bioreduction. Experiments showed that 5?mM Fe(III) increased the Te(IV) bioreduction rate ...

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