Dabrowska Et Al 2012

475E. Lichtfouse et al. (eds.), Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World: Volume 2: Remediation of Air and Water Pollution, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2439-6_12, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

Contents

12.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 477 12.2 Soil/Water – Plant Interaction ....................................................................................... 477

12.2.1 Excluders ......................................................................................................... 478 12.2.2 Accumulators .................................................................................................. 478

12.3 Factors Affecting Arsenic Uptake by Plants ................................................................. 479 12.4 Phytoremediation Processes.......................................................................................... 480

12.4.1 Transfer of Arsenic Ions from Bulk Soil to the Root Surface – The Plant Factor .............................................................................. 480

12.4.2 Translocation Mechanisms from the Root to the Shoot .................................. 481 12.4.3 Bioconcentration and Bioaccumulation .......................................................... 482

12.5 Phytoremediation Methods ........................................................................................... 486 12.5.1 Phytoextraction ............................................................................................... 487 12.5.2 Rhizofi ltration ................................................................................................. 488 12.5.3 Phytostabilisation ............................................................................................ 488 12.5.4 Phytovolatilization .......................................................................................... 488

B. B. Dabrowska Department of Botany , Stockholm University , SE-106 91 , Stockholm , Sweden

M. Vithanage (*) Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group , Institute of Fundamental Studies , Hantana Road , Kandy 20000 , Sri Lanka e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

K. R. Gunaratna Department of Environmental Microbiology, School of Biotechnology , AlbaNova, Royal Institute of Technology , SE-100 44 , Stockholm , Sweden

A. B. Mukherjee Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences , Helsinki University , FI-00014 , P.O. Box 27 , Helsinki , Finland

P. Bhattacharya KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering , Royal Institute of Technology , SE-100 44 , Stockholm , Sweden

Chapter 12 Bioremediation of Arsenic in Contaminated Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments

Beata B. Dabrowska , Meththika Vithanage , K. R. Gunaratna , Arun B. Mukherjee , and Prosun Bhattacharya

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12.5.5 Hydraulic Barriers ........................................................................................... 489 12.5.6 Phyto-Covers ................................................................................................... 490 12.5.7 Natural Remediation ....................................................................................... 490

12.6 Bioremediation .............................................................................................................. 490 12.7 Biosorption .................................................................................................................... 491

12.7.1 Biosorption Capacity ...................................................................................... 492 12.7.2 Biosorption Mechanisms ................................................................................ 492

12.7.2.1 Adsorption ...................................................................................... 49512.7.2.2 Ion Exchange .................................................................................. 49512.7.2.3 Complexation ................................................................................. 49512.7.2.4 Precipitation .................................................................................... 495

12.7.3 Biosorption Characteristics ............................................................................. 495 12.7.3.1 Adsorption Equilibrium .................................................................. 49612.7.3.2 Equilibrium Models ........................................................................ 49612.7.3.3 Kinetic Models ............................................................................... 497

12.8 Plants as Biosorbents .................................................................................................... 497 12.8.1 Vascular Plants ................................................................................................ 497 12.8.2 Plant Litter as Biosorbent ................................................................................ 498 12.8.3 Other Plant Groups ......................................................................................... 498

12.8.3.1 Algae............................................................................................... 49812.8.3.2 Bacteria and Cyanobacteria ............................................................ 49912.8.3.3 Fungi ............................................................................................... 499

12.9 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 500 References ................................................................................................................................ 501

Abstract The name Arsenic is derived from the Greek word arsenikon, meaning potent. This element occurs in the ecosystem in different oxidation states of which As(III) and As(V) are most common to humans, animals, plant species. As is pres-ent in drinking water and soil from natural sources as well as a pollutant from agri-cultural and industrial processes. Differences in arsenic uptake by different plant species is controlled by many factors such as root surface area, root exudates, and rate of evapotranspiration. Some plant species have high affi nity to accumulate arse-nic in tissues above ground. Hyperaccumulator plants have a threshold arsenic con-tent above 1,000 m g g −1 DM.

We review bioremediation studies with especial emphasis on biosorption research on different arsenic species, plants and their biomass, agricultural and industry wastes, as well as the biomass of some fungi species. Bioremediation is considered as an alternative technique for the removal of As in groundwater. One of the popular methods among bioremediation techniques, phytoremediation uses living plants to remove arsenic from the environment or to render it less toxic, in bioaccumulation processes. Phytoremediation techniques often do not take into account the biosorp-tion processes of living plants and plant litter. In biosorption techniques, contaminants can be removed by a biological substrate as a sorbent such as bacteria, fungi, algae or vascular plants. Bioremediation assures in situ treatment of polluted soils. Biosorption characteristics, equilibrium and kinetics of different biosorbents have also been addressed here. Evaluation of the current literature suggests that arsenic bioavailability and molecular level phytoremediation processes in bioremediation are crucial for designing phytoremediation technologies with improved, predictable remedial success.

47712 Bioremediation of Arsenic in Contaminated Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments

Keywords Arsenic toxicity • Phytoremediation • Bioconcentration • Biosorption Cell interaction • Biosorbents • Metabolic processes • Root accumulation Bioavailability • Antagonism • Synergism • Apoplast • Transfer coeffi cient (TC) Passive uptake • Bioconcentration factor (BCF) • CF • BF • Phytomixing Rhizofi ltration • Phytovolatilization • Hydrolic barriers • Bio-oxidation Biomethylation • Phytoextraction • Phytostabilization

12.1 Introduction

Arsenic (atomic number 33) is an ubiquitous element in the ecosystem. Its toxicity has been known from ancient times. Man has lived with this element for thousands of years and will have to live with it for thousands more. However, during the last three decades, high concentrations of arsenic in groundwater have been reported in different regions of the world such as the Bengal Delta ( West Bengal-India and Bangladesh), (>0.05–3,200 mg·L −1 ), (Mandal et al. 1996 ; Bhattacharya et al. 1997 ; Chowdhury et al. 2000 ) , Madhya Pradesh (Pandey 2000 ; Pandey et al. 1999, 2009 ) , and many countries such as China, Inner Mongolia, Iran, USA, Argentina and Canada (WHO 2001 ; ATSDR 2007 ; Bhattacharya et al. 2002 ; Smedley and Kinniburgh 2002 ; Bundschuh et al. 2009 ) .

Various techniques have been developed for arsenic removal from aqueous sys-tems such as precipitation, adsorption, membrane processes, coagulation-fi ltration, ion exchange, nano fi lter and low cost fi lters such as sand fi lter unit, ALCAN fi lter, Bishuddhya fi lter, SORAS method, three-pitcher fi lter and so on. Of these, sorption from solution has received more attention due to its high effi ciency. However, due to high maintenance costs the use of adsorbents and disposal by phytoremediation has been cited as a promising approach to arsenic removal.

In this study, we present an overview of: (1) environmental behaviour of arsenic in relation to plant-soil and plant-water systems, (2) arsenic compounds in plant cell interactions, focussing on the principal biological process (bioaccumulation and translocation of arsenic), (3) phytoremediation as a bio-remediation technique for arsenic removal, and (4) research carried out on plant and fungi materials useful as biosorbents. Phytoremediation techniques usually do not consider the biosorption processes of living plants and their dead and decaying parts. Combining bioaccu-mulation and biosorption may improve the effectiveness of arsenic remediation techniques and may reduce the disposal problem of arsenic adsorbed material. However further studies are needed for the development of the methodology and to enhance its cost effectiveness.

12.2 Soil/Water – Plant Interaction

Inorganic arsenic (arsenate and arsenite) is highly toxic to plants because it detaches phosphoryzation and inhibits phosphate uptake. At higher concentrations, arsenic interferes with plant metabolic processes and reduces their growth. Under certain


conditions it may lead to plant death (Dermatas et al. 2004 ) . The sensitivity of plants to arsenic appears to be determined by the absorption ability of the plants or non-translocation of arsenic to shoots. Beans and other legumes are amongst the most sensitive plants to arsenic toxicity (NRCC 1980 ) . The arsenic toxicity threshold limit for most plants is 40 and 200 mg·kg −1 in sandy and clay soils, respectively (Tu and Ma 2002 ) . However, it is important to understand that possible toxicity of arsenic depends on its species, and it has been documented that 1 mg L −1 soluble arsenic causes damage to plants such as cow peas and barley (Mok and Wai 1994 ) .

Plants can be classifi ed into three basic groups based on the growth in contami-nated soil: excluders, indicators, and accumulators (Baker 1981 ; Prasad 2008 ) and they have shown four different conceptual strategies of trace element concentra-tions in plant crops in relation to the increasing of total metal/loids concentrations in the soil.

12.2.1 Excluders

Arsenic excluders restrict uptake and translocation of arsenic to the shoots. They may prevent or retain low, constant arsenic concentration in shoots over a wide-ranging arsenic concentration in the soil solution. Indicator plants can actively accu-mulate trace elements in their aerial tissues and generally refl ect metal levels in the soil. They tolerate the existing concentration level of metals by producing intracel-lular metal binding compounds (chelators), or alter arsenic compartmentalization by storing metals in non-sensitive plant parts, Bidens pilosa (Sun et al. 2009 ) .

12.2.2 Accumulators

Accumulator plants uptake and translocate arsenic to shoots without toxic symp-toms (Ross and Kaye 1994 ; Prasad 2008 ) . Mention has been made of “root accumu-lators”, which have higher arsenic concentration in roots than in shoots, Carex rostrata , Eriophorum angustifolium , Phragmites australis , and Salix sp (Stoltz and Greger 2002a, b, 2006a, b, c ) and also it has been pointed out that spontaneous veg-etation species covered the large toxic mine spill contaminated areas in Spain (Del Rio et al. 2002 ) . The most arsenic tolerant species were Amaranthus bilitoides (0.8–120 mgAs·kg −1 DM), Chamaemelum fuscatum (7–23 mg As·kg −1 DM), Convolvulus arvensis (0.1–26 mg As·kg −1 DM), Cynodon dactylon (0.2–40 mg As·kg −1 DM), and Malva nicaensis (1–28 mg As·kg −1 DM).

Hyperaccumulator plants are an extreme form of accumulators (Brooks et al. 1977 ) . They can take up and accumulate toxin arsenic up to 1,000 mg·kg −1 shoot DM, and concentrate more than 2.3% arsenic in above ground biomass, an example of these being Chinese brake fern ( Pteris vittata ) (Porter and Peterson 1975 ; Kramer 2000 ; Ma et al. 2001 ) .


12.3 Factors Affecting Arsenic Uptake by Plants

The main soil factors affecting arsenic transfer from soil particles to the plant roots are: arsenic ion concentration in solution, bioavailability of arsenic, mass fl ow with soil solution, decrease in soil pH, soil sorption/desorption ratio, decrease in redox-potential, solubilization, co-precipitation, microbial activity, interaction with other ions (Fig. 12.1 ).

Ion interactions within plants are divided into three categories: (i) addition, when there is no effect on plant uptake and metabolism; (ii) antagonism, when ions com-pete with arsenic ions, and/or have taken the same transfer paths (phosphates, Ca + , Cd 2+ ), and (iii) synergism, when other ions multiplies the stress on the plants (Siedlecka et al. 2001 ; Sun et al. 2009 ) . In the presence of Cd, an inhibitory effect on arsenic absorption by the plant was also mentioned in the literature. The coexis-tence of Cd and arsenic decreased the ion activity on the root surfaces, while con-centration of arsenic in shoots increases with increasing Cd in soil (Sun et al. 2009 ) . Warren and Alloway ( 2003 ) described 11% reduction in arsenic uptake by lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ) after ferrous oxides soil amendment.

The geochemical behaviour of arsenic and phosphate are fairly similar, and the uptake of arsenate through the phosphate uptake system is well documented for different plants including angiosperms (Asher and Reay 1979 ; Ullrich-Eberius et al. 1989 ; Mehrag and Macnair 1990 ; Pickering et al. 2000 ) , mosses (Wells and Richardson 1985 ) , and lichens (Nieboer et al. 1984 ) . It is known that phosphates compete with arsenates for the same uptake system via root plasma membranes (Mehrag and Macnair 1990, 1992 ) . This competition is sensitive in sandy topsoil containing organic compounds.

Phosphate addition to the media suppressed arsenic uptake and its bioaccumula-tion (Barrachina et al. 1995 ; Creger and Peryea 1994 ; Meharg and Hartley-Whitaker

Fig. 12.1 Arsenic and arsenic compounds in the soil-plant system


2002 ; Hoffman et al. 2004 ; Mkandawire et al. 2005 ) . However Peryea ( 1998 ) reported that phosphate can stimulate arsenate desorption from soil by increasing its bioavailability, and also by increasing its water solubility. Phosphates can also reduce toxic effects of arsenate in the plant tissues (Low and Lee 1990 ; Boisson et al. 1999 ; Fayiga and Ma 2006 ) . The phosphorous to arsenic affi nity of vascular plants is calculated as the discrimination ratio of 4:1 by Naidu et al. ( 2006 ) .

12.4 Phytoremediation Processes

12.4.1 Transfer of Arsenic Ions from Bulk Soil to the Root Surface – The Plant Factor

Some plants have the capacity to alter their membrane permeability, change the metal binding capacity of cell walls, or exude various quantities of chelating sub-stances from the roots to enhance or prevent uptake of elements (e.g. Greger 2008 ) . The bioavailability of arsenic depends on root uptake from the bulk soil. Adsorption depends on root excretions, as well as on symbiotic microorganisms (bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi). Interactions between roots and bacteria may impact arsenic uptake (Asher and Reay 1979 ; Burd et al. 2000 ) .

Two passive, non-metabolic mechanisms are responsible for arsenic transport from the bulk soil to plant roots and these are: mass fl ow and diffusion (Fig. 12.2 ). These processes take place when trace elements are present in the rhizosphere in high concentrations.

The physiological role of hyperaccumulators in the rhizosphere has been described in recent literature (Lasat 2002 ; Wenzel et al. 2003 ; Rajkumar and Freitas 2008 ) . A number of studies were focused on metal resistant plant growth-promoting bacteria streams (Burd et al. 2000 ; Faisal and Hasnain 2005 ; Zhao et al. 2009). Certain micro-organisms enhanced transformation of trace elements by means of various mecha-nisms including methylation, demethylation, complex formation, oxidation (Alexander 1999 ; Adriano et al. 2004 ). However, at present the mechanisms of monomethylar-sonic acid and dimethylarsinic acid uptake by plant roots are unknown.

Fig. 12.2 Active and passive cell processes of the trace elements uptake by plants


Plants use three separate systems to take up arsenic, (1) passive uptake through the apoplast, (2) direct transcellular transport from the environment to the plant vascular system, and (3) active uptake through the symplast (Ross and Kaye 1994 ; Marschner 1995 ; Siedlecka et al. 2001 ; Greger 2005 ) . The active, metabolic uptake proceeds by the taking up of ions against their concentration gradient. The ATP (Adenosine- Tri-Phosphate) -driven H + pump creates a pH and electropotential gra-dient which enhances ion passing to the cell through the selective ion channels or carriers. There are a number of root factors controlling trace element uptake from soils. These are: soil acidifi cation by root exudates, activity and selectivity of the translocators, root membrane activity, strategy mechanisms of avoidance, and release of redactors and/or oxidants, root excretion of chelators, phytosiderophores, acids, and hydrogen ions (Ross and Kaye 1994 ; Marschner 1995 ; Siedlecka et al. 2001 ; Greger 2005 ) . Arsenic can be bound to the sulphides and is available for plant uptake under reduction conditions (Fig. 12.3 ) (Armstrong et al. 1992 ; Jacks and Bhattacharya 1998 ; Brix 1993 ; Blute et al. 2004 ) .

The transfer of metal ions from soil particles to plant tissues has been described by Kloke et al. ( 1994 ) , by means of a soil-plant transfer coeffi cient (TC). The arse-nic TC can vary between 0.01 and 0.1 for different plant species. This will be dis-cussed further in this review under the section on bioaccumulation.

12.4.2 Translocation Mechanisms from the Root to the Shoot

Arsenic shows low mobility (unlike phosphorous) with respect to translocation from roots to shoots in plants, except for hyperaccumulators (Zhao et al. 2009). The uptake of arsenic by plant roots varies for different plants or their parts (Stoltz and Greger 2002a, b, 2005 ) . Arsenic ions are taken up, translocated from the roots to the shoot system via the xylem and then redistributed between tissues. The transloca-tion of arsenic ions from root to shoot depends on root pressure and leaf transpira-tion (Raskin et al. 1997 ; Caille et al. 2004 ; Ghosh and Singh 2005 ) .

Passive uptake includes adsorption processes, ion exchange, and diffusion of the ions from the soil solution into the root endodermis (tissues) which can decrease the rate of transportation of some ions. Active uptake takes place against the concentration

Sedimentary, aquifer environmentAerobic conditions

Methylated As Has O2

(H2AsvO4–)

SO42– H2S)

H2AsvO4–

Anaerobic conditions

and other sulphides

(HAs O2)

O2HAs HAs O2H2AsvO4– As2S3

Fig. 12.3 Arsenic species occur in different aquifer condition (Partly from Jacks and Bhattacharya 1998 )


gradient, but requires metabolic energy and can therefore inhibit toxin production. Some ions have different and/or parallel patches of movement (symplastic, apoplastic, transcellular). Plants have the ability to actively select ions moving into cells and thereby excluding toxins. Arsenate taken up by roots is reduced to arsenite in cytosol by glutathione (GSH) and translocated to the shoots (Thompson 1993 ; Sattelmacher 2001 ; Caille et al. 2004 ) . Some authors reported that among vascular plants, dicotyle-dons transport more arsenic to their shoot system than monocots (Bondada and Ma 2003 ) . The hyperaccumulator fern P. vittata localises arsenic in epidermal cells, meso-phyl cells and xylem tissues (Bondada et al. 2007 ) . The translocation factor (TF) or shoot:root quotient (SRQ) (Baker and Whiting 2002 ) expresses arsenic concentration in the shoot in relation to arsenic concentration in the root as:

shoot

root

[As]TF =

[As] (12.1)

The Translocation Factor is important in characterising plant capacity in phytore-mediation techniques (Asher and Reay 1979 ; Tu et al. 2002 ; Sekhar et al. 2007 ) .

Arsenic-tolerant plants translocate less than 2.8% arsenic to the parts above ground leading to low accumulation (Table 12.1 ). The TF values for wetland plants from mine tailing impoundments were between 0.01 for Salix sp . up to 0.2 for C. rostrata (Stoltz and Greger 2002a, b ) . Other arsenic–tolerant plants had values between 0.17 and 0.15 (Fitz and Wenzel 2002 ) . A more comprehensive study car-ried out by Raab et al. ( 2007 ) including 46 plant species, reported a range from 0.01 to 0.9, with a median of 0.09, in arsenate-treated plants.

Hyperaccumulators had values about two magnitudes higher, e.g. 23.86 for P. vittata (Ma et al. 2001 ) , and 90.91 for Pityrogramma calomelanos (Franseconi et al. 2002 ) . TF values lower than 1 for plants indicates that arsenic transportation to the shoots is limited (Gonzaga et al. 2006 ) . Knudson et al. ( 2003 ) reported lower arsenic concentration in the roots of basin wild rye ( Leymus cinereus ) at the evalu-ated phosphates level, with higher shoot concentration. Higher phosphate concen-tration stimulated higher root to shoot transfer and about 50% lower arsenic uptake in water fern ( Salvinia natans ) tissues has been observed in the presence of phos-phates (Rahman et al. 2008 ) (Table 12.2 ). However, there is little knowledge of the extent and mechanisms of As transport in the phloem. Particularly in rice ( Oryza sativa ), As concentrations decrease distinctly from roots to grain (roots > stems and leaves > husks > grain) (Abedin et al. 2002 ; Liu et al. 2006; Xu et al. 2008). Zhao et al. (2009) pointed out therefore that the contributions of xylem-versus phloem-derived As to the grain need to be evaluated experimentally.

12.4.3 Bioconcentration and Bioaccumulation

Defi nitions were adapted to differentiate ‘bioconcentration’ and ‘bioaccumulation’ in accordance with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC 1996 ; Gobas et al. 1999 ) ; (1) Bioconcentration is the intake of chemical contaminants


Tabl

e 12

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Bio

conc

entr

atio

n fa

ctor

(B

CF)

and

tran

sloc

atio

n fa

ctor

(T

F) f

or a

rsen

ic to

lera

nt p

lant

spe

cies

in s

oil a

nd s

edim

ents

Spec

ies

Tre

atm

ent

(mg

As

kg −

1 soi

l)

BC

F (s

hoot

s)

BC

F (r

oots

) T

F So

urce

s

Pte

ris

vitt

ata

500

2.3

– –

Ma

et a

l. ( 2

001 )

P.

vit

tata

38

.9

0.7

– –

Ma

et a

l. ( 2

001 )

P.

vit

tata

50

, 100

, 200

, 500

63

.3, 5

9.8,

36.

8, 2

1.0

– 24

.6, 1

5.9,

7.5

, 4.5

T

u an

d M

a ( 2

002 )

P

ityr

ogam

ma

calo

mel

anos

51

0 5.

41–1

6.37

(fr

onds

) 0.

17–0

.61

31.3

6–26

.94

Fran

seco

ni e

t al.

( 200

2 ) , r

ecal

cula

ted

Car

ex r

ostr

ata

Min

e ta

iling

s A

s tot

152

± 8

.1

0.74

± 0

.15

3.51

± 0

,55

0.21

2 (r

ecal

cula

ted)

St

oltz

and

Gre

ger

( 200

2a ) a

Eri

opho

rum

an

gust

ifol

ium

M

ine

taili

ngs

As to

t 15

2 ±

8.1

1.

09 ±

0.2

7 36

.0 ±

11.

6 0.

030

(rec

alcu

late

d)

Stol

tz a

nd G

rege

r ( 2

002a

) a

Sali

x sp

. Ta

iling

s A

s tot 1

52 ±

8.1

0.

11 ±

0.0

04 (

stem

) 16

.6 ±

3.6

7 0.

013

(rec

alcu

late

d)

Stol

tz a

nd G

rege

r ( 2

002a

) a Le

ymus

cin

ereu

s 15

and

16

wee

ks

1.44

72

.7

0.02

0 K

nuds

on e

t al.

( 200

3 ) , r

ealc

ulat

ed

+lo

w P

b L.

cin

ereu

s 15

, 16

wee

ks

2.23

24

.07

0.08

3 K

nuds

on e

t al.

( 200

3 ) , r

ealc

ulat

ed

+hi

gh P

b L.

cin

ereu

s 50

, 16

wee

ks

0.86

25

.76

0.03

3 K

nuds

on e

t al.

( 200

3 ) , r

ealc

ulat

ed

+lo

w P

b L.

cin

ereu

s 50

, 16

wee

ks

1.18

18

.22

0.06

5 K

nuds

on e

t al.

( 200

3 ) , r

ealc

ulat

ed

+hi

gh P

b Ta

linu

m c

unei

foli

um

2000

; con

trol

fi rs

t mon

th

0.62

0.

18

3.9

Sekh

ar e

t al.

( 200

7 )

T. c

unei

foli

um

2000

sec

ond

mon

th

0.72

0.

14

4.9

Sekh

ar e

t al.

( 200

7 )

T. c

unei

foli

um

2000

thir

d m

onth

0.

82

0.13

6.

3 Se

khar

et a

l. ( 2

007 )

La

unae

a ar

bore

scen

s c M

ine

taili

ngs

0.00

33 ±

0.0

04

– –

Oya

rzun

et a

l. ( 2

008 )

(con

tinue

d)


Tabl

e 12

.1

(con

tinue

d)

Spec

ies

Tre

atm

ent

(mg

As

kg −

1 soi

l)

BC

F (s

hoot

s)

BC

F (r

oots

) T

F So

urce

s

Lyge

um s

part

um

Min

e ta

iling

s 0.

0087

± 0

.011

–

– O

yarz

un e

t al.

( 200

8 )

Sals

ola

geni

stoi

des

Taili

ngs

0.00

36 ±

0.0

04

– –

Oya

rzun

et a

l. ( 2

008 )

B

iden

s pi

losa

25

–125

0.

27–1

.07

– 0.

03–0

.06

Sun

et a

l. 20

08

Naj

as m

arin

a c 10

.6 (

4.87

–20.

3)

-sed

imen

t 0.

045

(ste

m)

0.1

(lea

ves)

1.

5 0.

0301

(st

em)

0.06

6 (l

eave

s)

Maz

ej a

nd G

erm

(20

09),

rec

alcu

late

d

Pota

mog

eton

luce

ns c

10.6

(4.

87–2

0.3)

-s

edim

ent

0.04

3 (s

tem

) 0.

052

(lea

ves)

1.

2 0.

036

(ste

m)

0.04

4 (l

eave

s)

Maz

ej a

nd G

erm

(20

09),

rec

alcu

late

d

BF bi

o [(A

s) in

pla

nt : (

NH

4 OA

c-ex

trac

tabl

e A

s) in

env

iron

men

t ] or

BC

F as

the

quot

ient

of

mea

sure

d co

ncen

trat

ion

of A

s in

pla

nt m

ater

ial (

mg·

kg −

1 dry

mas

s) p

er in

itial

As

conc

entr

atio

n in

sol

utio

n; a

nd T

F [(

As)

shoo

t : (A

s) ro

ot ];

(w

) co

ncen

trat

ion

of a

rsen

ic f

orm

s in

wat

er s

olut

ion

a Avg

± S

E

b Low

P =

soil

amen

ded

with

3 m

g P·

kg −

1 , r

espe

ctiv

ely

high

P =

15

3 m

g P·

kg −

1 c A

vg ±

SD


through an organism’s epithelial tissues, and the subsequent concentration of the con-taminants within the organism’s tissues to a level that exceeds ambient environmental concentrations; process that results in an organism having a higher concentration of a substance than is in its surrounding environmental media; (2) Bioaccumulation is the process by which chemical contamination in organisms increases with each step in the food chain.

The trace element concentrations in plant tissues can be expressed as a biocon-centration factor (BCF, BF or CF) and is the quotient of measured concentration of arsenic in plant material (mg·kg −1 DM) per initial arsenic concentration in solution (Eisler et al. 1972 ; Ross 1994 ; Tu and Ma 2002 ; Sekhar et al. 2007 ) . The shoot or root accumulation factor (AF

bio ) in calculated as the ratio of the NH

4 OAc-extractable

concentration from the arsenic in plant (Stoltz and Greger 2002a ) :

in plant

bio4 in environment

AsAF

[ ]NH OAc extractableAs=

- (12.2)

Where As in plant is arsenic concentration in the plant root or shoot, or entire plant.

Arsenic concentrations in ranges 5–20 mg·kg −1 DM are critical for most of the non-accumulating plants (Kabata-Pendias and Pendias 2001 ; Lombi et al. 2002 ) . While Del Rio et al. ( 2002 ) described wild plants occurring on uncontaminated sites, after arsenic contaminated sludge was spilled in that area values ranged from 0.1 to 0.6 mg As·kg −1 DM. Arsenic hyperaccumulator P. vittata can accumulate 2.3% of this element in fronds under conditions of arsenic spiked soil, and 0.7% in arsenic contaminated soil (Ma et al. 2001 ) and about 3,000 mg·kg −1 DM As following foliar arsenic application (Bondada et al. 2007 ) . Tu et al. ( 2002 ) reported that P. vittata fronds accumulated arsenic in concentrations of 7.2 mg·kg −1 DM. Hyperaccumulation was attended by production of large biomass depicting 75–99% accumulation

Table 12.2 Bioconcentration factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF) for arsenic tolerant plant species in water solution

Species Treatment (mg As l −1 solution)

BCF (shoots)

BCF (roots) TF Sources

Salvinia minima

14.98 As(III) 60 – – Hoffman et al. ( 2004 ) , recalculated

S. minima 29.97 35 – – Hoffman et al. ( 2004 ) , recalculated

Pteris vittata 10 MMA 309 66 4.82 Fayiga et al. (2005) P. vittata 10 As(III) 211 71 2.97 Faisal and Hasnain ( 2005 ) Pteris cretica 10 MMA 98 54.3 1.81 Faisal and Hasnain ( 2005 ) P. cretica 10 As(III) 402 107 4.80 Faisal and Hasnain ( 2005 ) Salvinia

natans 0.132 As(III) 60 – – Rahman et al. ( 2008 )

recalculated

BF bio

[(As) in plant

: (NH 4 OAc-extractable As)

in environment ] or BCF as the quotient of measured concen-

tration of As in plant material (mg·kg −1 dry mass) per initial As concentration in solution; and TF [(As)

shoot : (As)

root ]; (w) concentration of arsenic forms in water solution


(Ma et al. 2001 ; Tu et al. 2002 ) . The highest bioconcentration was 63.3% (with range 21.0–63.3%) in soil arsenic contamination successively with 50, 100, 200, and 500 mgAs·kg −1 of soil (Table 12.1 ). Luongo and Ma ( 2005 ) reported that P. vittata was able to translocate arsenic from roots to fronds, reducing arsenate to arsenite, and maintaining high concentrations of phosphate in the roots which can be contributed to arsenic tolerance and hyperaccumulation. Chandra et al. ( 2007 ) reported that the hyperaccumulator plant Talinum cuneifolium can uptake arsenic in increased propor-tion in the presence of acetate, carbonate and phosphate ions, as well as NPK combi-nation, whereas nitrate, chloride and sulphate signifi cantly decreased arsenic uptake.

12.5 Phytoremediation Methods

A large number of methods are available for the removal of toxic elements from water and soil by means of plants using this system called phytoremediation. In general, two different types of processes: bioaccumulation and biosorption are responsible for phytoremediation. Bioaccumulation is based on intra-cellular accu-mulation processes. Biosorption is based on extra-cellular physical, chemical, and chemi-physical processes, including diffusion processes.

Phytoremediation techniques, using living plants are useful to remove, or render harmless arsenic compounds (Fig. 12.4 ), and bioaccumulation has been employed in several ways to decontaminate arsenic polluted sites using phytoremediation

Fig. 12.4 Phytoremediation possibly methods of arsenic in soil and water environment


techniques (Cunningham and Berti 1993 ; Suthersan 2002 ; Prasad 2004 ) . In the roots, ions are diffused into the apoplast and then take up by the symplast which makes the pathway to translocation.

Clemente et al. ( 2006 ) showed that active Phytoremediation of Brassica juncea followed by spreading organic amendmends such as cow manure and compost as well as lime for fi xation of arsenic in a site affected by the toxic spill of pyrites at Aznalcóllar in Spain. In aerobic soils, the retention of arsenic is mainly dependent on iron oxides and hydroxides and these could have been formed in the soil com-partment (Kabata-Pendias and Pendias 2001 ) . Sorghum was studied by Haque et al. ( 2009 ) as a potential hyperaccumulator for arsenic removal in hydrophonic media and they showed that uptake is completely dependent on arsenic speciation. Use of sedges for arsenic phytoremediation demonstrated that they can be consid-ered as potential species for phytostabilization and rhizofi ltration (Alarcon-Herrera et al. 2009 ) .

Arsenic biomass harvested from the phytoremediation process may be a cause of concern. Appropriate storage, disposal, and management are necessary so that there is no threat to the environment (Ernst 2005 ; Ghosh and Singh 2005 ) .

12.5.1 Phytoextraction

Phytoextraction, phytoaccumulation or phytomining, are the processes used by hyperaccumulators for translocating metal contaminants from soil to the above-ground biomass, which is then harvested to remove contaminants. The main process used in phytoextraction techniques is bioconcentration. Stoltz and Greger ( 2002a ) described the different types of arsenic-accumulating plants. The bioconcentration factor, mentioned as phytoextraction coeffi cient, is used to assess phytoextraction effectiveness and determine plant possibilities (Ghosh and Singh 2005 ) . Accumulator and hyperaccumulator plants are used in this process. Shoot accumulators, are defi ned as plants with higher arsenic concentration in their shoots in comparison to the extractable fraction of water soluble arsenic in an arsenic contaminated medium (e.g. E. angustifolium ). Root-accumulator plants, such as P. australis, C. rostrata, Salix borealis and Salix phylicifolia , have higher concentrations in the root than that in the shoot tissues (Tables 12.1 and 12.2 ). They have also mentioned an “intermediate” and “low-accumulator” plant species, with intermediate and lower contaminant con-centration in tissues. Arsenic hyperaccumulators such as P. vittata and P. calomela-nos are able to accumulate more than 2,000 mg per kg DM (Gonzaga et al. 2006 ) .

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a strong role in uptaking phosphorus and arsenic. The AM fungi system is recognized as an important component of phytoremediation strategies for arsenic. AM plants, such as fern P. vittata, consist of a large surface area for adsorption with small fungal hyphae radii; however, uptake kinetics are different, being infl uenced by chemical alteration of the rhizosphere–hyphosphere, mineralization of organic forms or greater carbon-use effi ciency (O’Keefe and Sylvia 1991 ; Agely et al. 2005 ) . In the last decade,


chelate-induced metal mobilization was selected as one of the promising strategies in phytoextraction technology for enhancement of metal uptake from soils. However in recent years, risks posed by EDTA have restricted the use of this method (Wenzel et al. 2003 ).

12.5.2 Rhizofi ltration

The rhizofi ltration method is analogous to phytoextraction and phytofi ltration meth-ods. In this, plants are used to remove contaminants from solution surrounding the root zone. This technique is used to clean contaminated water such as groundwater, stormwater or waste water using hyperaccumulators and arsenic-tolerant macrophytes such as underwater holly-leaved Naiad ( Najas marina ), pondweed ( Potamogeton lucens ), yellow water-lily ( Nuphar lutea ) with fl oating leaves (Mazej and Germ 2009), fl oating Pistia stratiotes , Salvinia herzogi or certain macroalgaes (Anawar et al. 2008 ; ITRC 2009 ) . However past studies suggest that the trace metals bioavail-ability at the rizosphere may improve the remediation methods. The bioavailability in the rizosphere will be critical when considering the effi ciency and long term success of the remediation process (Kid et al. 2009 ) .

12.5.3 Phytostabilisation

During the phytostabilisation process, plants are used to immobilize and physically stabilize contaminants in the soil and groundwater through absorption onto roots and accumulation by roots, or precipitation within the rhizosphere. This process reduces the mobility of the contaminant and prevents signifi cant erosion or migration of con-taminants in the groundwater and air. This is carried out by arsenic-tolerant plants, soil ammendments such as lime, phosphates, Fe, Al and Mn oxyhydroxides and organic amendments which have been often used on the laboratory scale (Mench et al. 2000, 2003 ; Brown et al. 2005 ; Clemente et al. 2006 ) . Typically this form of phytoremediation requires plants to have extensive root systems and adequate soil coverage. Stoltz and Greger ( 2002a, b ; 2006a, b, c ) described cottongrass ( Eriophorum ), common reed ( P. australis ), bottle sedge ( C. rostrata ) and Salix as suitable for stabi-lizing and immobilizing contaminates in mine tailings.

12.5.4 Phytovolatilization

In the phytovolatilization process, plants transpire or diffuse volatile arsenic out of their roots, leaves or stems. In this mechanism, the plants absorb organic and inor-ganic pollutants from soil or water in the transpiration stream and volatilize them


into the atmosphere in a modifi ed or unmodifi ed form at comparatively low concentrations. Methylated and volatile arsenic compounds are involved in this pro-cess (Frankenberger and Arshad 2002 ; US EPA 2002 ; Adriano et al. 2004 ) . However, literature on phytovolatilized arsenic is sparce. Some fungi species which use the volatalization technique are used in soil contamination remediation. Commercial vegetable crops such as broccoli, cabbage, rice and other plants are quite effective in phytovolatilization, but it has been observed that the presence of sulphate and salinity in soils hinder the volatilization process (Terry and Zayed 1994 ) .

12.5.5 Hydraulic Barriers

Trees and wetland plants are used as hydraulic barriers to control movement of arsenic contaminated surface water and groundwater, as well as to physically stabi-lize the soil environment (US EPA 2000 ) . Perennial herbs and trees having the capa-bility of absorbing large volumes of water, are used in order to prevent or control the migration of contaminants to groundwater (Rock and Sayre 2000 ; ITRC 2009 ) . The water uptake rate is given by the Eq. 12.3 :

( )U TSCF ·T· C= (12.3)

where: U = uptake rate of the contaminant, in mg·day −1 ; TSCF = transpiration stream concentration factor, dimensionless, where TSCF is concentration in vegetation/concentration in soil water; T = transpiration rate of vegetation in L·day −1 ; C = aque-ous-phase concentration in soil water or groundwater, in mg·L −1 (Schnoor 1998 ) .

From the above Eq. 12.3 , the uptake rate of the arsenic contaminants can be esti-mated. First order kinetics can be assumed, as an approximation for the time needed to gain remediation. The uptake rate should be divided by the mass of contaminant remaining in the soil and this will result the fi rst order rate constant for contaminant solution uptake.

U,

MoK =

(12.4)

where: k = fi rst-order rate constant for contaminant solution uptake, in year −1 ; U = contaminant uptake rate, in kg·year −1 ; M

0 = mass of contaminant initially in kg

(ITRC 2009 ) . Mature deep-rooted plants e.g. poplar ( Populus ), and aspen ( Populus tremula ),

willow ( Salix ), ash ( Fraxinus ), alder ( Alnus ), eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus ), mesquite ( Prosopis ), bald cypress ( Taxodium distichum ), birch ( Betula ), and cedar ( Cedrus ) can typically transport about 3,700–6,200 m 3 of water per year at a density of 1,500 trees per acre (4,050 m 2 ). The riparian wetlands can also play the same role and according to Suthersan ( 2002 ) and ITRC ( 2009 ) can proceed effectively.


12.5.6 Phyto-Covers

Vegetative covers constructed for surface soil remediation can be designed using plant seed mixes in order to maximize rain interception and transpiration capacities . Established canopies over remediated areas reduce infi ltration from precipitation and limit percolation into the deep subsurface. Constructed wetlands can be used as a kind of phyto-cover. In this technique, phytoaccumulation, phytostabilisation and phytovolatilization are present. (ITRC 2009 ; Suthersan 2002 ) . Experiments carried out in the United Kingdom on brownfi eld land contaminated by trace metals and arsenic indicated that woody biomass may provide an effective form of phytostabili-sation (Frence et al. 2006 ) . Riparian buffers used as hydraulic barriers in combination with phytocover can be used as a fi lter for agriculture runoff and aquatic protection.

12.5.7 Natural Remediation

Natural remediation, or natural attenuation (NA) or monitored natural attenuation (MNA) is an in-situ method based on non-invasive, natural processes pursuit to a decreased concentration of contaminants by original physical, chemical, and bio-logical processes(Adriano et al. 2004 ; US EPA 2004 ) . Naturally occurring rhizo-sphere with coexisting fungi and bacteria organisms is the most effective tool for volatilisation of methylated arsenic, (Del Rio et al. 2002 ) . However the concept of expansion has been proposed by including acceleration of the native processes by adding inexpensive and minimally invasive amendments to the soil (Adriano et al. 2004 ) . The main intent is not to change but to reduce the bioavailable arsenic frac-tion by lowering its risk.

12.6 Bioremediation

Bioremediation technology is another group of process based on degradation, stabi-lisation, or volatilization of contaminants from sites using microorganism (fungi and bacteria) (Andrews et al. 2000 ; Bhattacharya et al. 2002 ) . Remediation of arse-nic contaminated soil is based on the ability of micro organisms, especially soil fungal species, to transform arsenic into methylated arsenic and volatilize the arsine which could be trapped. This method can be used to volatilise arsenic aerobically in agricultural soils (Peterson et al. 1981 ) . The main mechanisms of arsenic bioreme-diation are bio-oxidation and biomethylation. Bio-oxidation is used for the purifi ca-tion of arsenic-contaminated water under aerobic conditions with the help of isolated cultures of Alcaligenes faecalis and other species this genus (Osborne and Ehrlich 1976 ; Ahmann et al. 1997 ) .


Arsenic can be methylated by microorganisms such as aerobic and anaerobic fungi and methanogenic bacteria to produce volatile molecules such as CH

3 As. Also

biomethylation was observed both under aerobic and anaerobic conditions with the help of fungi (Cox and Alexander 1973 ; Andrews et al. 2000 ) . The rate of biomethy-lation depends on environmental conditions such as temperature, potential redox, and pH (Fergusson 1990 ; Wallschläger and London 2008 ) . In aquatic sediments, the anaerobic condition is prevalent. Arsenic methylation typically occurs under phos-phate or nitrogen defi cient environments (Luongo and Ma 2005 ) , however concen-tration of nitrates and sulphates can be moderately reduced by bacterial processes (Bhattacharya and Jacks 2000; Bhattacharya et al. 2002 ) . Arsenic Biomethylation is also possible with fi lamentous fungi e.g. Scrophulariopsis brevicaulis and Aspergillus niger , Penicillium sp., Candida humicola and Gliocladium roseum (Huysmans and Frankenberger 1991 ; Andrews et al. 2000 ) . Methylated arsenic compounds such as mono methylarsenic (MMA) and dimethylarsinic (DMA) may be adsorbed to oxides. Adsorption of these compounds is weaker than adsorption of arsenate, how-ever, it is stronger than that of arsenite (Xu et al. 1991 ; Jing et al. 2005; Gustafsson and Bhattacharya 2008 ) .

12.7 Biosorption

Biosorption is defi ned as a physio-chemical interaction which occur between metal(loid)s and extra-cellular compounds such as polysaccharides, proteins and lipids with amino, carboxyl, phosphate and sulphate groups (Volesky 2003 ; Febrianto et al. 2009 ) . It is an alternative process for removing arsenic and trace metals from contaminated solutions and a mechanism of metal(loid) immobiliza-tion by biomass. (Veglio and Beolchini 1997; Kratochvil and Volesky 1998 ) . Biosorption is defi ned also as the passive binding of trace elements on a biosorbent (biomass) containing chemically active sites or functional groups (e.g. Volesky 2003 ) . Numerous biological materials have been tested for the removal of toxic arsenic ions from aqueous solution over the last two decades. Arsenic biosorbents were taken from inactive, dead biological biomass, such as algae (Hansen et al. 2006 ; Vilar et al. 2006 ) , vascular plants (e.g. Mohanty et al. 2006 ; Pandey et al. 2009 ) , fungi (Dambies et al. 2002 ; Say et al. 2003 ; Loukidou et al. 2003 ; Mohan et al. 2007 ; Čerňanský et al. 2007 ) , and bacterial materials (e.g. Kuyucak and Volesky 1988 ) . A plant-based biosorbent mainly consists of cellulose and lignins. Primary plant cell walls consist of micelles of cellulose, hemicellulose (including pectins) and glucoproteins. The negatively charged, carboxylic groups act as cation exchangers and anion repellers (Ross and Kaye 1994 ) . An essential step for indus-trial improvement of biosorption is biomass immobilization which provides biosor-bent particles with the adequate size, density and mechanical strength required by continuous systems (Volesky 2003 ) .


12.7.1 Biosorption Capacity

Biosorption capacity [qmax] called also as the maximum specifi c uptake, is an important characteristic of an adsorbent. It is defi ned as “the amount of adsorbate taken up by the adsorbent per unit of adsorbent mass” (Febrianto et al. 2009 ) . This characteristic depends on a series of properties, such as porosity, pore and particle size distribution, specifi c surface area, cation exchange capacity (CEC), pH, quan-tity and type of functional groups, and temperature. Maximum biosorbent uptake is calculated at equilibrium state. Different models have been used to describe arsenic solutions – biosorbent equilibrium, the most common being Languimir, Freundlich, BET, and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms (Mohan and Pittman 2007; Febrianto et al. 2009 ) . Most of the biosorbent capacities referred in this review (Table 12.3 ) are low in relation to the capacity of activated carbon (Table 12.3 ).

12.7.2 Biosorption Mechanisms

Biosorption of heavy metal is a passive non-metabolically mediated process of metal binding by biosorbent (Volesky 2003 ) . Biosorption mechanisms can be divided into two main categories; metabolism dependent (transport across cell membrane and intracellular precipitation and accumulation) and metabolism inde-pendent (precipitation, physical and chemical adsorption, ion exchange, complex-ation) (e.g. Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ) . Metabolism dependent ion transport across cell membranes can take place only in living cells, and is associated with an active defence system of microorganisms and it requires time for reaction. The precipita-tion of arsenic may take place both in solution and on the cell surface (Ercole et al. 1994 ) . However, it may be dependent on the metabolism of cells if, in the presence of trace metals/metal(loids), organism cells produced compounds which favour the precipitation process (Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ) . Biosorption mechanisms which are independent of cell metabolism are relatively rapid and are reversible (Kuyucak and Volesky 1988 ; Hoffman et al. 2004 ; Mukherjee and Kumar 2005 ) . Dead bio-mass has higher metal uptake capacity and the process is nutrient independent (Aksu et al. 1992 ) .

Adsorption by plant material consists of three steps: surface adsorption (physical and chemical), diffusion into particles, and adsorption and fi xation within the min-eral particles. The maximum metal uptake and the affi nity of the beds for a certain metal are important parameters of the biosorption process. They can be attained from the representative sorption isotherms. Arsenic transport across the cell mem-brane yields intracellular accumulation, which depends on the metabolism of cells. This means that this kind of biosorption may take place only with viable cells (Veglio and Beolchini 1997). It is often associated with an active microorganisms system, which react in the presence of a toxic substance.


Tabl

e 12

.3

Max

imum

sor

ptio

n ca

paci

ty f

or a

rsen

ic b

y di

ffer

ent a

dsor

bent

s

Bio

sorb

ent

Tre

atm

ent;

time

pH

C i I

nitia

l As

conc

entr

atio

n (m

g A

s·l −

1 )

Max

imum

cap

acity

q m

ax

(mg

As·

g −1 D

M a

dsor

bent

) R

efer

ence

s

1 2

3 4

5 6

Act

ivat

ed c

arbo

n –

– –

0.82

–1.0

2 B

unna

ul e

t al.

(199

9)

Proc

aryo

ta

Gra

m n

egat

ive

bact

eria

, dea

d ce

lls

1 g

biom

ass·

l −1 ,

30 m

in

3.0

33 (

AsV

) 19

(A

sV)

Lou

kido

u et

al.

( 200

1 )

Gra

m n

egat

ive

bact

eria

, dea

d ce

lls

1 g

biom

ass·

l −1 ,

30 m

in

7.0

33 (

AsV

) 28

(A

sV)

Lou

kido

u et

al.

( 200

1 )

Fung

i M

ycan

P c

hrys

ogen

um

Dea

d bi

omas

s 3

1–30

0 (A

sV)

24.5

2 (A

sV)

Lou

kido

u et

al.

( 200

1 )

Peni

cill

ium

pur

puro

genu

m

– 5.

0 10

–750

(A

sIII

) 35

.6 (

AsI

II)

Say

et a

l. ( 2

003 )

Te

a fu

ngi

45 m

in; a

utoc

lave

d 7.

2 1.

3 A

s(II

I)

1.11

As(

III)

M

urug

esan

et a

l. ( 2

006 )

Te

a fu

ngi

60 m

in; F

eCl 3 t

reat

ed

biom

ass

7.2

1.3

As(

III)

5.

4 A

s(II

I)

Mur

uges

an e

t al.

( 200

6 )

Tea

fung

i 75

min

; aut

ocla

ved

7.2

0.9

As

(V)

4.95

As

(V)

Mur

uges

an e

t al.

( 200

6 )

Tea

fung

i 75

min

; FeC

l 3 tre

ated

bi

omas

s 7.

2 0.

9 A

s(V

) 10

.26

As

(V)

Mur

uges

an e

t al.

( 200

6 )

Tea

fung

i Im

mer

sed

in F

eCl 3

6–8

4 m

g·l −

1 As(

V)

29.8

1 (A

sV)

Mam

isah

ebei

et a

l. ( 2

007 )

, rec

alcu

late

d N

eosa

rtor

ya fi

sche

ri

Pelle

tized

SA

B m

ediu

m

– –

0.38

8 ±

0.1

33

Čer

ňans

ký e

t al.

( 200

7 )

N. fi

sch

eri

Com

pact

SA

B m

ediu

m

– –

0.78

3 ±

0.0

40

Čer

ňans

ký e

t al.

( 200

7 )

Alg

ae

Cod

ium

tayl

ori

inac

tivat

ed

2–4

– 90

(A

s II

I)

Kuy

ucak

and

Vol

esky

(1

989)

Le

sson

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igre

scen

s G

reen

col

lect

ed, s

ize

redu

ced

2.5

50–6

00

45.2

(A

sV)

Han

sen

et a

l. ( 2

006 )

L. n

igre

scen

s A

s ab

ove

4.5

50–6

00

33.3

(A

sV)

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sen

et a

l. ( 2

006 )

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resc

ens

(mac

roal

ga)

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5 50

–600

28

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) H

anse

n et

al.

( 200

6 )

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otus

his

pidu

s 30

min

6

4,00

0 l −

1 51

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s(II

I)

Sarı

and

Tuz

en (

2009

)

(con

tinue

d)


Tabl

e 12

.3

(con

tinue

d)

Bio

sorb

ent

Tre

atm

ent;

time

pH

C i I

nitia

l As

conc

entr

atio

n (m

g A

s·l −

1 )

Max

imum

cap

acity

q m

ax

(mg

As·

g −1 D

M a

dsor

bent

) R

efer

ence

s

1 2

3 4

5 6

I. h

ispi

dus

30 m

in·

2 4,

000

l −1

59.6

As(

V)

Sarı

and

Tuz

en (

2009

)

Vas

cula

r pl

ants

Pe

at (

Spha

gnum

sp.

) C

ompa

cted

, bat

ch-t

ype

test

4.

0 –

0.06

K

oivu

la e

t al.

(200

8)

Ora

nge

was

tes

( Cit

rus

sp.)

Te

mp

30 ° ;

7–11

, 2–6

–

0.70

4 (A

sIII

), 0

.674

(A

sIII

) G

him

ire

et a

l. ( 2

002 )

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rang

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aste

s ( C

itru

s sp

.)

Tem

p 30

° ; Ph

osph

oryl

atio

n 10

–

0. 6

82 (

AsI

II)

Ghi

mir

e et

al.

( 200

3 )

Ora

nge

was

tes

( Cit

rus

sp.)

Ph

osph

oryl

atio

n 3

– 0.

682

(A

sV)

Ghi

mir

e et

al.

( 200

3 )

Mor

inga

ole

ifera

see

ds (

drum

stic

k)

60 m

in

7.5,

2.5

25

(A

sIII

) an

d (A

sV)

0.60

2 (A

sIII

), 0

.856

(A

sV)

Kum

ari e

t al.

(200

6)

Pine

woo

d ch

ar (

Pin

us s

p.)

– 3.

5 0.

0010

–0.1

00

0.00

12 (

AsI

II)

Moh

an e

t al.

( 200

7 )

Oak

woo

d ch

ar (

Que

rcus

sp.

) –

3.5

0.00

10–0

.100

0.

006

(AsI

II)

Moh

an e

t al.

( 200

7 )

Pine

bar

k ch

ar (

Pin

us s

p.)

– 3.

5 0.

0010

–0.1

00

12 (

AsI

II)

Moh

an e

t al.

( 200

7 )

Oak

bar

k ch

ar (

Que

rcus

sp.

) –

3.5

0.00

10–0

.100

0.

0074

(A

sIII

) M

ohan

et a

l. ( 2

007 )

R

ice

polis

h (O

ryza

sat

iva)

60

min

7.

0 1

(AsI

II);

0.

139

(AsI

II)

Ran

jan

et a

l. ( 2

009 )

R

ice

polis

h (O

. sat

iva)

60

min

4.

0 1

(AsV

);

0.14

7 (A

sV)

Ran

jan

et a

l. ( 2

009 )

Fres

h bi

omas

s of

vas

cula

r pl

ants

Sa

lvin

ia m

inim

a L

ivin

g pl

ants

96

h 5.

5 40

0 m M

(29

.97)

(AsI

II);

1.

05 ±

0.0

6 (A

sIII

) H

offm

an e

t al.

( 200

4 )

S. m

inim

a L

ivin

g pl

ants

96

h 5.

5 20

0 m M

(14

.98)

(AsI

II);

0.

9 0

± 0

4 (A

sIII

) H

offm

an e

t al.

( 200

4 )

S. n

atan

s L

ivin

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12.7.2.1 Adsorption

Kuyucak and Volesky ( 1988 ) hypothesized that some metal ion biosorption by dead biomass of algae, fungi and yeasts takes place through electrostatic interactions between ions in solution and cells walls.

12.7.2.2 Ion Exchange

Cell walls of microorganisms and other plant material contain polysaccharides as basic building blocks. Bivalent metal ions can exchange with some ions of the poly-saccharides (e.g. Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ) . Alginates of marine algae usually occur as natural salts of K + , Na + , Ca 2+ and/or Mg 2+ . These metallic ions can exchange with a number of other ions such as Co 2+ , Cu 2+ , Cd 2+ and Zn 2+ , resulting in the bio-sorptive uptake of the metals (e.g. Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ; Loukidou et al. 2001, 2003 ) . Phosphorylation of biosorbent leads to higher binding of arsenates to the cell wall (Ghimire et al. 2002, 2003 ) .

12.7.2.3 Complexation

Metal removal from solution could also take place through formation of complexes on the cell surface (e.g. Mcafee et al. 2001 ) . Metal ions can bind on to single ligand or through chelation. Mcafee et al. ( 2001 ) described arsenic complexation to chitin and chitosan active groups. However, no other records were found on biosorption through arsenic complexation.

12.7.2.4 Precipitation

As mentioned above, precipitation may be either dependent on the cellular metabolism or independent of it. Metal removal from solution is often associated with the active protective system of microorganisms. In the presence of a toxic metal, they produce compounds which favour the precipitation process (Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ) .

12.7.3 Biosorption Characteristics

This review attempts to summarise recent studies in the removal of arsenic using plants and fungi in situ and as biosorbent materials. Analysis and design of biosorption/adsorption processes involves biosorption/adsorption equilibrium. Equilibrium con-centration is a function of temperature. The adsorption equilibrium at a given constant temperature is referred to as adsorption isotherm. The adsorption capacity (q

t ), the most

important characteristic of a biosorbent, is dependent on pore and particle size, specifi c surface area, pH, cation exchange capacity, functional groups and temperature.


12.7.3.1 Adsorption Equilibrium

The amount of metal ions adsorbed on the biosorbent is determined from the differ-ence between the initial and remaining concentrations of the metal ion in the solu-tion at the sampling time:

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centration and concentration of arsenic ions remaining in the solution, in mg L −1 at a given time; and m

B is the dry weight of the biosorbent, in g.

Design of adsorption-desorption separation processes involves relevant adsorp-tion-desorption equilibrium. The adsorption equilibrium relationship at a given adsorbent concentration is referred to as the adsorption isotherm.

12.7.3.2 Equilibrium Models

Equilibrium adsorption isotherms are usually used to determine the capacity of an adsorbent and several equilibrium adsorption isotherm models are available such as Lanmuir, Brunauer-Emmer-Teller (BET), and Freundlich (e.g. Ruthven 1984 ; Dang et al. 2009 ) . The most common are the mono-layer adsorption described by Langmuir ( 1918 ) , and the multi-layer adsorption published by Freundlich ( 1906 ) . The quan-tity of adsorbed metal as a function of metal concentration in solution is used to estimate the maximum capacity of the adsorbents. Biosorption involves several pro-cesses: electrostatic forces and chemical reactions between binding sites and met-als; theoretically it is more correct to apply the pseudo second- order model that fi ts most biosorption processes (Cabral 1992 ) .

The distribution coeffi cient Kd , or partition coeffi cient ( Kp ) is used as an estima-tion of soil solubility. Equilibrium between the solid and the aqueous phase is reached by extraction. The partition coeffi cient, Kp , for arsenic, describes the extractable fraction available from plants to the total concentration in the soil matrix, according to the formula (Sardans and Peñuelas 2006 ) :

( )in water extract from soil or sediment

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AsKp =

(12.6)

The main factors affecting equilibrium are: temperature, and infl uence of biosorption performance in the range 20–35°C (Aksu et al. 1992 ), pH affect on the solution chem-istry of the ions, activity of functional groups in the biomass, and competition between metallic ions (e.g. Galun et al. 1987 ; Ramelow et al. 1992 ; Oyarzun et al. 2008 ) . The biomass concentration in the solution controls the specifi c uptake, lower values of biomass concentration increases specifi c uptake (e.g. Fourest and Roux 1992 ) .


12.7.3.3 Kinetic Models

Adsorption kinetics is the removal rate which controls the residence time of the sorbate in the solid–solution interface. Kinetic studies were conducted in batch reactors at various initial sorbate concentrations, particle sizes, disturbance speeds, pH and temperature. Linear regression is used to determine the best-fi tting kinetic rate equation. Additionally, linear least-squares methods can also be applied to the linearly transformed kinetic rate equations to verify experimental data and kinetic rate equations using coeffi cients of determination (Ho 2006 ) .

Several adsorption kinetic models have been discussed in adsorption kinetics and rate-limiting steps. These include pseudo-fi rst and -second-order rate models, Weber and Morris sorption kinetic model, Adam–Bohart–Thomas relation (Djeribi and Hamdaoui 2008 ) , fi rst-order reversible reaction model (Baral et al. 2006 ) , external mass transfer model (Apiratikul and Pavasant 2008 ) , fi rst-order equation of Bhattacharya and Venkobachar (Sag and Aktay 2002 ) , Elovich’s model and Ritchie’s equation (Ho 2006 ; Febrianto et al. 2009 ) .

12.8 Plants as Biosorbents

12.8.1 Vascular Plants

Plant materials such as living plants (Hoffman et al. 2004 ) , their parts or their dried, seized, and chemically treated seeds (Kumari et al. 2006 ; Koivula et al. 2009 ; Pandey et al. 2009 ) and also the residue of vascular plants from industry or agricul-ture, such as rice polish, and orange wastes (Ranjan et al. 2009 ; Ghimire et al. 2003), were tested as biosorbent material (Table 12.3 ) for arsenic.

Maximum sorption capacity for arsenic depends on the three factors; sorbate solution characteristic, biosorbent characteristic and process duration. Sorbate solu-tion characteristics such as initial arsenic concentration, pH of the solid solution, occurrence of other co-ions, sorption time duration, and temperature, control the quantity of adsorption. Important biosorbent characteristic are: material porosity, particle size distribution, specifi c surface area, cation exchange capacity and surface functional groups. Arsenic sorption is limited by phosphate concentration (Kumari et al. 2006; Ghimire et al. 2003; Ranjan et al. 2009 ) . Cadmium, selenium, and car-bonate ions in solution above 200 mg·L − 1 showed an improved arsenic biosorption. Kumari et al. ( 2006 ) reported that optimum pH for Moringa oleifera seeds as a biosorbent is different for arsenite and arsenate ion sorption, and was respectively 2.5 and 7.5 mg As·L −1 .

Maximum biosorption capacity for living plants was observed to be a two-stage process i.e. rapid fi rst phase, and a slow second phase. The fi rst, rapid phase of reaching equilibrium was found for arsenate sorption by Salvinia minima , to be 6–12 h (Hoffman et al. 2004 ) , and for arsenite sorption by Salvinia natans 48 h,


(Mukherjee and Kumar 2005 ) , with different arsenic ions concentrations. The second phase was up to 96 and 12 h (Table 12.3 ). The adsorption of metal ions onto a plant surface was conducted in a relatively short-time, while the uptake of metal ions took a long-time and was more complex (Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ; Hoffman et al. 2004 ; Mukherjee and Kumar 2005 ) . Pandey et al. ( 2009 ) reported chelation of As(III) with the –OH groups for fresh different parts of the biomass of Momordica charantia .

Most of these experimental results were in good agreement with the Langmuir and Freundlich sorption models. However the Dubinin–Radushkevich (D–R) sorp-tion isotherm, was applied to evaluate the nature of sorption and was used to explain the heterogeneity of surface energies (Ranjan et al. 2009 ) .

12.8.2 Plant Litter as Biosorbent

The biosorbent biomass constitutes mainly lignin, cellulose and other elements stored in the cell walls and vacuoles. Fibres, lignins cellulose and other substances bind to cell walls, such as phenols, cutin, suberins waxes and others (e.g. Berg and McClaugherty 2003 ) and can be used as biosorbent.

Certain cell wall components, specially lignin and pectin, are assumed to be con-nected with the sorption of metal ions (Bailey et al. 1999 ; Quek et al. 1998 ; Randall et al. 1974 ; Senthilkumaar et al. 2000 ; Volesky and Holan 1995 ) . Plant fi bres are capacious for sorption of metal ions, and can be used in water cleaning (e.g. Bailey et al. 1999 ; Conrad and Hansen 2007 ) . Mesocarp fi bres from Coccos nucifera coir consist mainly of xylem and a fi bre sheath. Cell wall lignins are distributed in cell walls of the fi bre sheath, but in the xylem they were smaller in the secondary walls than in the walls of the fi bre sheath. Pectin was in detectable quantities only in the fi bre sheath walls, middle lamella, cell corners and extracellular matrix. In the xylem, pectin was regularly distributed in the wall, with a higher concentration in the middle lamella and cell corners. All cell walls facing the lacuna had a high con-tent of pectin. The contaminant ions were mainly loaded on the xylem and tend to be loaded on the large fi bres. Contaminants were distributed on and across the whole secondary wall (Conrad 2008 ) .

12.8.3 Other Plant Groups

12.8.3.1 Algae

Alginate beads are most commonly used with immobilized biomass, however only a few studies, have been carried out on their metal uptake. Alginate is also well known as an immobilization supporter (Brierley 1990 ; Cotoras et al. 1993 ; Mata et al. 2008 ) . Readily available plant residual material and their parts, algae, fruit waste material, and natural polysaccharide gelmatrixes such as alginate are used as


biosorbents. Alginate is a component of the outer cell wall of brown algae, which has high biosorption capacity, and is rich in carboxyl groups, the main functional groups involved in heavy metal biosorption (Brierley 1990 ) .

Biosorbent material is usually collected as living biomass which is then air-dried and size reduced, often pulverized. These types of materials were examined to esti-mate the maximum adsorption capacities and sorption kinetics of copper smelting wastewater, with 400–1,000 mg As·kg −1 (e.g. Hansen et al. 2006 ) . Macroalga Lessonia nigrescens , which is abundant all along the coast of Chile, was used by Hansen et al. ( 2006 ) as a biosorbent for arsenic (V) solution. The maximum adsorption capacities were estimated to be 45.2 mg·g −1 (at pH = 2.5), 33.3 mg·g −1 (at pH = 4.5), and 28.2 mg·g −1 (at pH = 6.5). Lower pH increased adsorption of arsenate and values found were high in comparison with other reported arsenic adsorbents (Table 12.3 ).

The sorption kinetics of arsenic by L. nigrescens was modelled by Lagergren’s fi rst-order rate equation reported by Hansen et al. 2006 . The kinetics was observed to be independent of pH during the fi rst 120 min of adsorption with the Lagergren fi rst-order rate constant of approximately 1.07·10 −3 min −1 .

12.8.3.2 Bacteria and Cyanobacteria

The Prokaryotas cell walls, mainly composed of polysaccharides, proteins and lip-ids, offer particularly abundant metal-binding functional groups, such as carboxylate, hydroxyl, sulphate, phosphate and amino groups. This physicochemical phenomenon of non-metabolism dependent metal biosorption, is relatively rapid and can be revers-ible (Veglio and Beolchini 1997 ; Kuyucak and Volesky 1988 ) . Living cells employ both active and passive modes for heavy metal uptake. Gram-negative bacteria reached equilibrium state for arsenite after 30 min and the maximum capacity was 19 mg·g −1 at pH 3, and 28 mg·g −1 at pH 7 (Loukidou et al. 2001 ) .

12.8.3.3 Fungi

Mushrooms and other fungi contain various amounts of trace metals such as Cd, Hg, Pb, V, Se, and As (Vetter 2004 ) . Concentrations are often much higher in lawn decomposing fungi compaired to mycorrhizal species (Lodenius and Herranen 1981 ) , however, metals can be found in the cell walls of fungi whereas in other plants, most metals are bound in the plant tissue, as their nutrient source (Lodenius and Herranen 1981 ) . Mushroom species collect minimal As from soil and the atmo-sphere, but there are also some exception such as Agaricus sp . and Macrolepiota rhacodes which absorb more arsenic (Vetter 1994 ) .

Microscopic fi lamentous fungi, as a part of microbial communities, infl uence transformation and distribution of metal(loid)s in the environment. Some of the fungi species ( Aspergillus clavatus , Neosartorya fi scheri , Talaromyces wortmannii , T. fl a-vus, Eupenicillium cinnamopurpureum ) were tested with modifi ed and unmodifi ed biomass to examine arsenic adsorption and volatilization (Čerňanský et al. 2007 ) .


The most important feature of the mycelium wall is that it is built naturally by a carbohydrate polymer – chitin and chitosan. Chitin is a long, unbranched polysac-charide derivative of cellulose, the C2 hydroxyl group has been replaced by the acetyl amino group –NHCOCH

3 . The primary unit in the polymer chain is

2-Deoxy-2(acetyl-amino) with glucose. These units are linked by ß, (1 → 4) glyco-sidic bonds forming long linear chains with degrees of polymerization from 2,000 to 4,000. Chitosan is derived from chitin by deacetylation of chitin using concen-trated alkali at high temperature (Mcafee et al. 2001 ; Chen and Chung 2006 ) .

The high adsorption capacity of fungi is due to the large numbers of hydroxyl- and amino groups of chitosan having high hydrophilicity; primary amino groups providing high reactivity, and polymer chains of chitosan providing suitable con-fi gurations for effi cient complexation with metal ions (Mcafee et al. 2001 ; Say et al. 2003 ) . The optimal pH value for As(III) removal was between 5 and 7.2, giving adsorption capacities of 35.6 mg·g −1 ( Penicillium purpurogenus ) and 1.3 mg·g −1 (tea fungi) biomass. Tea fungi biomass treated with FeCl

3 had approximately a fi ve times

higher biosorption capacity than that without treatment (Say et al. 2003 ; Murugesan et al. 2006 ) . Pentavalent arsenic biosorption capacity, in the optimal pH range 2–8, was 4.95 mg·g −1 (for tea fungi biomass). Biomass treated with FeCl

3 had a biosorp-

tion capacity of twice that without treatment (Murugesan et al. 2006 ; Mamisahebei et al. 2007 ) . These were compared using the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models (Mamisahebei et al. 2007 ).

12.9 Conclusions

Based on the whole review, we fi nd that phytoremediation techniques are good as a tool for cleaning up of soil environments and for drinking water protection. This method can be used as a relatively non-expensive tool for removing or/and stabilis-ing arsenic, reducing environmental impact in addition to increased public accep-tance. It is now a well established fact that by the growing of plants, it is possible to clean up pollutants from contaminated soils or to alter the chemical and physical nature of soil pollutants so that they no longer create risks to humans. About 400 plant species have been recorded as phytoremediation and hyperaccumulator plants for arsenic. Several species of ferns and a number of other plant species show great potential for extracting large amounts of arsenic from areas which are highly con-taminated with this metalloid. The primary diffi culty with using hyperaccumulators for phytoremediation of arsenic is their climate limitations and handling of the arse-nic bearing wastes e.g. contaminated plants or their ashes. A few authors have attempted to asses plants species which are capable of tolerating arsenic contami-nated soil, and accumulating arsenic in suffi ciently large concentrations to be considered viable for phytoremediation purposes. They can be used as phytosta-bilisators and protecting barriers against ground water contamination. However, the gaps in knowledge regarding the molecular level behaviour of arsenic and plants, microbes etc. are limiting the use of phytoremediation for arsenic removal.


The results found in the literature of different organism groups were clarifi ed with regard to biosorbents, their biosorption capacity and as being potential sources for future investigations of the best bio and phytoremediation techniques, and the preparation of multifunctional models of phyto and bioremediation techniques for removal of arsenic in different treatment have been summerized.

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