Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2008, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (6): 54-65.
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Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 9201192, Japan
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Environmental changes recorded in the shell nacre of Sinohyliopsis schlegeli were observed with elemental factors of characteristic water and nutrition for eight months in a cultivated drainage pond at Kanazawa University, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Tetracycline as an indicator was injected into the shell nacre once every month from May to November in 2007. Water qualities such as the pH, redox potential, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen concentration, and water temperature were measured periodically, and the suspended solids in the water were removed by filtration for optical microscopy, Xray fluorescence analysis, and scanning electron microscopyenergy dispersive Xray (SEMEDX) observations. Xray fluorescence chemical analysis of shell nacre indicated layers with strong tetracycline accumulation corresponding to high concentrations of Si, Mn, Fe, and Sr ions. The redox potential and dissolved oxygen concentration measurements supported the existence of layers in the nacre. The suspended materials in the drainage pond water comprised mainly of Si, Mn, and Fe elements, which were the same elements involved in microbial immobilization in the shell nacre during the summer of 2007. SEMEDX analyses confirmed that the ions originated from diatoms, Siderocapsa sp. and Gallionella ferruginea in the stomach. There was little microbial immobilization of the ions in winter. The results suggested elemental immobilization in the layered shell nacre and indicated that Sinohyliopsis schlegeli fed on the ions, to grow the nacre during summer. Sinohyliopsis schlegeli with these biogenic oxides might contribute to the scavenging of heavy metals in natural water.
Key words: Sinohyliopsis schlegeli; nacreous layer; tetracycline; Mn, Fe, Si, Sr immobilization; diatom; Siderocapsa sp.; Gallionella ferruginea
Sinohyliopsis schlegeli; nacreous layer; tetracycline; Mn, Fe, Si, Sr immobilization; diatom; Siderocapsa sp.; Gallionella ferruginea
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X172
Kazue Tazaki Issei Morii. MICROBIAL IMMOBILIZATION OF Si, Mn, Fe, AND Sr IONS IN THE NACREOUS LAYER OF Sinohyliopsis schlegeli AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS[J]. Earth Science Frontiers, 2008, 15(6): 54-65.
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