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Rhodococcus erythropolis ATCC 4277 behavior against different metals and its potential use in waste biomining

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Rhodococcus erythropolis bacterium is known for its remarkable resistance characteristics that can be useful in several biotechnological processes, such as bioremediation. However, there is scarce knowledge concerning the behavior of this strain against different metals. This study sought to investigate the behavior of R. erythropolis ATCC 4277 against the residue of chalcopyrite and e-waste to verify both resistive capacities to the metals present in these residues and their potential use for biomining processes. These tests were carried out in a stirred tank bioreactor for 48 h, at 24ºC, pH 7.0, using a total volume of 2.0 L containing 2.5% (v/v) of a bacterial pre-culture. The pulp density of chalcopyrite was 5% (w/w), and agitation and oxygen flow rates were set to 250 rpm and 1.5 LO2 min−1, respectively. On the other hand, we utilized a waste of computer printed circuit board (WPCB) with a pulp density of 10% (w/w), agitation at 400 rpm, and an oxygen flow rate of 3.0 LO2 min−1. Metal concentration analyses post-fermentation showed that R. erythropolis ATCC 4277 was able to leach about 38% of the Cu present in the chalcopyrite residue (in ~ 24 h), and 49.5% of Fe, 42.3% of Ni, 27.4% of Al, and 15% Cu present in WPCB (in ~ 24 h). In addition, the strain survived well in the environment containing such metals, demonstrating the potential of using this bacterium for waste biomining processes as well as in other processes with these metals.

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Danielle Maass is thankful to São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) for research grant #2019/07659-4. Igor Yannick das Neves Vasconcellos Brandão acknowledges his master's fellowship provided by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) under project number #2019/19144-9.

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Igor Yannick das Neves Vasconcellos Brandão: investigation, data curation, writing-original draft, validation. Pedro Henrique Barboza de Souza Silva: investigation. Tayna Vale Castori: investigation. Yasmin Tavares de Souza: investigation. Ricardo Gabbay de Souza: writing-review & editing. Aline Fontana Batista: methodology. Sergio Luis Graciano Petroni: data curation, writing-review & editing. Talita Corrêa Nazareth Zanutto: data curation. Claudia Barbosa Ladeira de Campos: writing-review & editing. Danielle Maass: conceptualization, methodology, writing-review & editing, supervision, funding acquisition.

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das Neves Vasconcellos Brandão, I.Y., de Souza Silva, P.H.B., Castori, T.V. et al. Rhodococcus erythropolis ATCC 4277 behavior against different metals and its potential use in waste biomining. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-024-03048-7

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