Issue 59, 2023

Learning from nature: recovery of rare earth elements by the extremophilic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum

Abstract

We present the extremophilic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV as a platform for the recovery of rare earth elements (REE). Strain SolV is able to selectively extract the light REE from artificial industrial waste sources, natural REE-containing and post-mining waters. Upscaling, different media composition and accumulation over several cycles were successfully implemented, underlining the potential for bio-recovery of REE.

Graphical abstract: Learning from nature: recovery of rare earth elements by the extremophilic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Mar 2023
Accepted
31 May 2023
First published
29 Jun 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 9066-9069

Learning from nature: recovery of rare earth elements by the extremophilic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum

H. Singer, R. Steudtner, I. Sottorff, B. Drobot, A. Pol, H. J. M. Op den Camp and L. J. Daumann, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 9066 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01341C

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