Environmental Science
5 years ago

Bacterial communities found to effectively remove toxic arsenic from mine water

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
Environmental parameters as drivers of bacterial communities responsible for arsenic removal from acid mine drainage
Vincent Tardy, Corinne Casiot, Lídia Fernández-Rojo, Eléonore Resongles, Angélique Desoeuvre, Marina Héry

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Arsenic in mine water is harmful, but bacteria can help remove it naturally. Scientists tested how changing temperature and adding nutrients affected this process. They found that higher temperature and nutrients increased the removal of arsenic by bacteria. This shows that environmental factors can influence how well bacteria can clean up arsenic in mine water.