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A new method of monitoring the bio-oxidation process of ferrous ion in the presence of Thiobacillus ferroxidans was proposed by piezoelectric impedance analysis. The time courses of the responses of impedance parameters for a quartz crystal in a culture system were simultaneously obtained and discussed. It was found that the frequency shift response originates mainly from the adsorption of bacterial metabolites on the surface of gold electrode. Experiments also examined the effect of culture temperature on the bio-oxidation process. Combined with the growth situation of the bacterium, an impedance response model reflecting the process was established. By fitting Δf vs. time curves toward the proposed model, we obtained and discussed the bacterial growth parameters. The results showed that the proposed method could provide real time and multidimensional information to monitoring of the bio-oxidation process.
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Received: 27 November 2000 / Accepted: 29 December 2000
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Zhang, J., Wei, W., Mao, Y. et al. Monitoring of Bio-Oxidation Process of Ferrous Ion by Using Piezoelectric Impedance Analysis. Curr Microbiol 43, 83–88 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002840010265
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002840010265