Characteristics of Lead Accumulation in Lead-Tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

납 내성균의 균체내 납 축적 특성

This study was performed to develop the biological treatment technology of wastewater polluted with heavy metals. The lead-tolerant microorganism, Pseudomonas aeruginosa which possessed the ability to accumulate lead, was isolated from the industrial wastewater polluted with various heavy metals. The characteristics of lead accumulation in the cells and the recovery of the lead there from were investigated. Removal rate of lead from the solution containing 100mg/l of lead by the lead-tolerant microorganism was more than 97% at 48 hours after inoculation with the microorganism. A large number of the electron-dense granules were found mainly on the cell wall and cell membrane fractions, when determined by transmission electron microscopy. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy revealed that the electron-dense granules were lead complex with the substances binding heavy metals. The lead accumulated into cells was not desorbed by distilled water, but more than 87% of the lead accumulated was desorbed by 0.1M-EDTA. The residues of the cells after combustion at $550^{\circ}C$ amounted to about 30% of the dry weight of the cells. EDS analysis showed that the residues were relatively pure lead compounds containing more than 86% of lead.

납 내성균인 P. aeruginosa의 균체내 납 축적 특성, 축적형태 및 균체내에 축적된 납의 회수 방법을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 납 농도가 100mg/l인 용액중에서 처리 48시간 후 납 내성균주의 납 처리율은 약 97% 이상이었다. 납이 축적된 균체를 전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과, 균체의 cell wall과 cell membrane에 많은 electron-dense granule들이 형성되어 있었으며, electron-dense granule들을 EDS로 분석한 결과, 이 granule들은 lead complex인 것으로 확인되었다. 공시균주의 균체내 축적된 납은 증류수에 의해서는 거의 탈착이 되지 않았으나 EDTA 처리에 의해서는 약 87% 이상 탈착되었다. 납이 축적된 균체를 $550^{\circ}C$에서 회화시켰을 때 건조균체량의 약 30%에 해당하는 작열잔류화합물들이 생성되었으며, 이 작열잔류화합물들을 EDS로 분석한 결과, 납이 약 86% 이상 함유되어 있는 비교적 순수한 납 화합물인 것으로 확인되었다.