The invention discloses a method for mineralizing mercury in soil using dissimilatory reduzate of
aerobic bacteria. The method includes selecting the
aerobic bacteria,
Citrobacter freundii, which is capable of performing dissimilatory reduction on
sodium selenite and is purchased from American Type Culture Collection, under the accession number of ATCC 8090; transferring and culturing the
bacteria in a culture medium with the
sodium selenite to obtain the dissimilatory reduzate of the
aerobic bacteria, and subjecting the mixed bacterial solution containing the dissimilatory reduzate of the aerobic
bacteria to crushing in an ultrasonic
cell crusher; adding the dissimilatory reduzate of the aerobic
bacteria into the soil polluted by the mercury, performing culturing at
room temperature for a few days and terminating the experiment. The dissimilatory reduzate of the aerobic bacteria, which uses the
sodium selenite as an
electron acceptor, is a good mercury
trapping agent and is capable of converting the mercury in the soil to residual mercury, so as to mineralize the mercury in the soil and remediate
mercury pollution of the soil. The method is applicable to surface mercury polluted soil. The method has the advantages of process simplicity, ease of operation, low cost of
processing, wide
processing range and no secondary
pollution.