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2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Recovery of minor metals from seawater using Mn(II) oxidation symbiotic microbes system and bioreactor

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 24561008
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Earth system and resources enginnering
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

MIYAZAKI Masayuki  独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 深海・地殻内生物圏研究分野, 技術主事 (50399573)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IMACHI Hiroyuki  独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 深海・地殻内生物圏研究分野, 主任研究員 (20361933)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) OHASHI Akiyoshi  広島大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (70169035)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
KeywordsDHSリアクター / レアメタル / マンガン酸化物 / 微生物間共生
Outline of Final Research Achievements

It has been known that biogenic manganese oxides have been shown to adsorb minor metals. Therefore, if we produce bio-manganese oxides continuously, we should be able to capture minor metals such as nickel and cobalt from seawater. For this purpose, we tried to cultivate manganese-oxidizing microbial community from a marine sediment sample in a bioreactor, called the down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) bioreactor. As a result, a complex microbial community that contains autotrophic microorganisms and manganese oxidize microorganisms grew in the DHS bioreactor and production of bio-manganese oxides were observed.

Free Research Field

環境微生物分野

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Published: 2016-06-03  

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