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- Soares, Ana, et al.
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Aerobic biodegradation of nonylphenol by cold-adapted soil bacteria.
- 2003
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Ingår i: Biotechnology Letters. - Springer. - 0141-5492. ; 25:9, s. 731-738
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Three strains capable of mineralizing nonylphenol as sole carbon source were isolated from a sample of contaminated soil and characterized as two Pseudomonas spp. and a Stenotrophomonas sp. The two Pseudomonas spp. expressed characteristics typical of psychrophiles growing optimally of 10 °C and capable of growing at 0 °C. The Stenotrophomonas sp. was more likely psychrotrophic because it had an optimal temperature between 14 and 22 °C although it was not capable of growing at 4 °C. At 14 °C, one of the Pseudomonas spp. exhibited the highest rate of degradation of nonylphenol (4.4 mg l-1 d-1), when compared with axenic or mixed cultures of the isolates. This study represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case of cold-adapted microorganisms capable of mineralizing nonylphenol.
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- Soares, Ana, et al.
(författare)
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Biodegradation of nonylphenol in a continuous packed-bed bioreactor.
- 2003
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Ingår i: Biotechnology Letters. - Springer. - 0141-5492. ; 25:12, s. 927-933
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A packed bed bioreactor, with 170 ml glass bead carriers and 130 ml medium, was tested for the removal of the endocrine disrupter, nonylphenol, with a Sphingomonas sp. The bioreactor was first continuously fed with medium saturated with nonylphenol in an attempt to simulate groundwater pollution. At best, nonylphenol was degraded by 99.5% at a feeding rate of 69 ml h-1 and a removal rate of 4.3 mg nonylphenol day-1, resulting in a 7.5-fold decrease in effluent toxicity according to the Microtox. The bioreactor was then fed with soil leachates at 69 ml h-1 from artificially contaminated soil (1 g nonylphenol kg-1 soil) and a real contaminated soil (0.19 g nonylphenol kg-1 soil). Nonylphenol was always completely removed from the leachates of the two soils. It was removed by 99% from the artificial soil but only 62% from real contaminated soil after 18 and 20 d of treatment, respectively, showing limitation due to nonylphenol adsorption.
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