Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 45, 040 01, Košice, Slovakia.
Chair of Building Materials and Construction Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355, Berlin, Germany.
J Biol Inorg Chem. 2024 Mar;29(2):201-216. doi: 10.1007/s00775-024-02045-1. Epub 2024 Apr 8.
The presented study proposes an efficient utilization of a common Thymus serpyllum L. (wild thyme) plant as a highly potent biosorbent of Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions and the efficient interaction of the copper-laden plant with two opportunistic bacteria. Apart from biochars that are commonly used for adsorption, here we report the direct use of native plant, which is potentially interesting also for soil remediation. The highest adsorption capacity for Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions (q = 12.66 and 53.13 mg g, respectively) was achieved after 10 and 30 min of adsorption, respectively. Moreover, the Cu-laden plant was shown to be an efficient antibacterial agent against the bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, the results being slightly better in the former case. Such an activity is enabled only via the interaction of the adsorbed ions effectively distributed within the biological matrix of the plant with bacterial cells. Thus, the sustainable resource can be used both for the treatment of wastewater and, after an effective embedment of metal ions, for the fight against microbes.
本研究提出了一种有效利用常见的百里香(野生百里香)植物作为 Cu(II) 和 Pb(II) 离子的高效生物吸附剂,以及负载铜的植物与两种机会致病菌的有效相互作用。除了常用于吸附的生物炭外,我们在这里还报告了对天然植物的直接利用,这对于土壤修复也具有潜在的意义。吸附 10 和 30 分钟后,对 Cu(II) 和 Pb(II) 离子的最高吸附容量(q = 12.66 和 53.13 mg g,分别)。此外,负载铜的植物被证明是一种有效的抗菌剂,对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌均有抑制作用,前者的效果略好。这种活性只能通过吸附离子与植物生物基质内有效分布的细菌细胞相互作用来实现。因此,这种可持续资源既可以用于处理废水,也可以在有效嵌入金属离子后用于对抗微生物。
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