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Keerthika Devi R, Ganesan M, Chen TW, Chen SM, Ahmed Rasheed R, Al-onazi WA, Elshikh MS, Liu X, Yu J. Hexagonal nanosheets of pyrrochlore-type lanthanum stannate for sensitive detection of chlorinated pesticide in food and environmental samples. Food Chem 2023; 404:134516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rafieenia R, Sulonen M, Mahmoud M, El-Gohary F, Rossa CA. Integration of microbial electrochemical systems and photocatalysis for sustainable treatment of organic recalcitrant wastewaters: Main mechanisms, recent advances, and present prospects. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 824:153923. [PMID: 35182645 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In recent years, microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) have demonstrated to be an environmentally friendly technology for wastewater treatment and simultaneous production of value-added products or energy. However, practical applications of MESs for the treatment of recalcitrant wastewater are limited by their low power output and slow rates of pollutant biodegradation. As a novel technology, hybrid MESs integrating biodegradation and photocatalysis have shown great potential to accelerate the degradation of bio-recalcitrant pollutants and increase the system output. In this review, we summarize recent advances of photo-assisted MESs for enhanced removal of recalcitrant pollutants, and present further discussion about the synergistic effect of biodegradation and photocatalysis. In addition, we analyse in detail different set-up configurations, discuss mechanisms of photo-enhanced extracellular electron transfer, and briefly present ongoing research cases. Finally, we highlight the current limitations and corresponding research gaps, and propose insights for future research.
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- Razieh Rafieenia
- Department of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo 12311, Egypt
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- Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo 12311, Egypt
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- Department of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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Wang C, Wu G, Zhu X, Xing Y, Yuan X, Qu J. Synergistic degradation for o-chlorophenol and enhancement of power generation by a coupled photocatalytic-microbial fuel cell system. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 293:133517. [PMID: 34995621 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A hierarchically photocatalytic microbial fuel cell system (PMFC) coupled with TiO2 photoanode and bioanode was established to enhance the power generation based on single-chamber MFC. Compared with the conventional anaerobic mode, oxygen in the solution could be utilized by the photoanode of PMFC to improve the removal of o-chlorophenol (2-CP). The maximum power densities were increasing from 261 (MFC) to 301 mW/m2 (PMFC). The removal efficiency of 2-CP (5 mg/L) in PMFC was 76.20% and higher than that in MFC (19.33%) and by photocatalysis (49.23%). The electron-hole separation efficiencies were decreasing with the increasing of dissolved oxygen, causing a low efficiency of photocatalysis, due to the reduction of the current density of the systems. The abundance of Geobacter sp., PHOS-HE36 fam., and Pseudomonas sp. was increased with illumination, contributing to improve the electricity production and 2-CP degradation. The only detective intermediate of 1,2-dichlorobenzene in PMFC indicated that the microbes could regulate the degradation pathway of 2-CP in the coupling system. These findings provided an feasible method for the effective degradation of refractory organic compounds and simultaneous energy recovery by combining photocatalysis and microbial power generation.
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- Chengzhi Wang
- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China
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- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China
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- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China.
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- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China
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- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China
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- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China.
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Wang W, Kirumba G, Zhang Y, Wu Y, Rittmann BE. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Role of UV photolysis in accelerating the biodegradation of 2,4,6-TCP. Biodegradation 2021; 32:611. [PMID: 26385845 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-015-9743-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Wenbing Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5701, USA
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Ding R, Wu Y, Yang F, Xiao X, Li Y, Tian X, Zhao F. Degradation of low-concentration perfluorooctanoic acid via a microbial-based synergistic method: assessment of the feasibility and functional microorganisms. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 416:125857. [PMID: 34492806 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is persistent in the environment. The activities of microorganisms alone are insufficient for the decomposition of PFOA, but microorganisms can contribute positively to the degradation of PFOA in synergistic systems. Herein, a synergistic system combining photocatalytic decay with microbial degradation of the transformation products was applied to degrade 500.0 μg L-1 PFOA. The microorganisms increased the total removed percentage by 30.7% to a final percentage of 79.7 ± 9.4% in comparison with the photocatalytic method alone. Moreover, an additional 44.2% of removed total organic carbon and additional defluorination percentage of 24.5% were obtained after the synergistic tests. The 16S RNA sequencing analysis indicated that Stenotrophomonas, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Brevundimonas were highly enriched in the functional microbial community, which was simultaneously shaped by photocatalysis and substances. This study found it would be feasible to use a synergistic method containing photocatalysis and a microbial community for the degradation of low-concentrations of PFOA, and the results provided a reference to modified the removal efficiency of the synergistic system by looking insight into the relationship between the functional microbial community and PFOA.
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- Rui Ding
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350007, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Public Health School, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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Yu M, Wang J, Tang L, Feng C, Liu H, Zhang H, Peng B, Chen Z, Xie Q. Intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation for wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, recent advances and environmental applications. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 175:115673. [PMID: 32171097 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Due to the increase of emerging contaminants in water, how to use new treatment technology to make up for the defects of traditional wastewater treatment method has become one of the research hotspots at present. Intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB) as a novel wastewater treatment method, which combines the advantages of biological treatment and photocatalytic reactions, has shown a great potential as a low-cost, environmental friendly and sustainable treatment technology. The system mainly consists of photocatalytic materials, porous carriers and biofilm. The key principle of ICPB is to transform bio-recalcitrant pollutants into biodegradable products by photocatalysis on the surface of porous carriers. The biodegradable products were mineralized simultaneously through the biofilm inside the carriers. Because of the protection of the carriers, the microorganism can remain active even under the UV-light, the mechanical force of water flow or the attack of free radicals. ICPB breaks the traditional concept that photocatalytic reaction and biodegradation must be separated in different reactors, improves the purification capacity of sewage and saves the cost. This review summarizes the recent advances of ICPB photocatalysts, carriers and biofilm being applied, and focuses on the mechanisms and reactor configurations which is particularly novel. Furthermore, the possible ongoing researches on ICPB are also put forward. This review will provide a valuable insight into the design and application of ICPB in environment and energy field.
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- Mingliang Yu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, China
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Determination of 2,4,6-TRICHLOROPHENOL in Beverages Using Voltammetry: Optimization and Validation Studies. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-020-01716-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wang X, Hu J, Chen Q, Zhang P, Wu L, Li J, Liu B, Xiao K, Liang S, Huang L, Hou H, Yang J. Synergic degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in microbial fuel cells with intimately coupled photocatalytic-electrogenic anode. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 156:125-135. [PMID: 30909125 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A microbial fuel cell system with intimately coupled photocatalytic-electrogenic anode (photocatalytic-MFC) was proposed for the synergetic degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) which has a structure of three chlorine groups connecting to a phenol ring and is well recognized as a recalcitrant pollutant for its high toxicity, bioaccumulation and persistence. The photocatalytic-electrogenic anode was prepared by coating mpg-C3N4 on a carbon felt anode, followed by inoculating with municipal sewage and acclimating with 2,4,6-TCP at gradient concentrations. Improved TCP degradation was achieved, showing 79.3% of TCP removal in 10 h with an original concentration of 200 mg L-1, which was higher than that obtained with the unilluminated MFC (66.0%) and the photocatalytic-only process (56.1%). The coupled photocatalytic-electrogenic process demonstrated different degradation pathways compared with the photocatalytic-only process, with one open-chain compound (2-chloro-4-keto-2-hexenedioic acid, 2-CMA) detected in the photocatalytic-MFC system. Microbial community analysis revealed that Pseudomonas, instead of Geobacter observed in the unilluminated MFC bioanode, dominated in the photocatalytic-electrogenic anode MFC biofilm, which might be responsible for enhanced current generation in the coupled system. In addition, biofilm rich with Rhodococcus on air-cathode was also responsible for the enhanced TCP removal. This research provides an efficient strategy for the treatment of wastewater with recalcitrant contaminants by intimate-coupling of the photocatalytic and the electrogenic processes.
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- Xiaoxuan Wang
- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- China Metallurgical Group Corporation Wuhan Metallurgy Research Institute Co. Ltd, Wuhan, Hubei, 430081, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Solid Waste Treatment Disposal and Recycling, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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Xiong H, Dong S, Zhang J, Zhou D, Rittmann BE. Roles of an easily biodegradable co-substrate in enhancing tetracycline treatment in an intimately coupled photocatalytic-biological reactor. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 136:75-83. [PMID: 29500974 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.02.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB) was realized in a macroporous carrier in which a photocatalyst was present on the outer surface, while a biofilm accumulated inside the carrier. In ICPB, photocatalysis products are rapidly biodegraded by a protected biofilm, leading to mineralization of the refractory organics, such as antibiotics. However, mineralization in ICPB could be compromised if the photocatalysis products remain refractory or are inhibitory. To address this, we attempted to increase metabolic activity by providing a readily biodegradable co-substrate (acetate) that could act as a source of energy and electrons to improve biotransformation and mineralization of the refractory antibiotic tetracycline (TCH). When we added acetate during ICPB of TCH, TCH removal increased by ∼5%, mineralization increased by ∼20%, and almost all photocatalysis products disappeared. Acetate addition also led to an increase in active biomass, an increase in the biomass's respiratory activity, and evolution of the microbial community to having more members able to biodegrade photocatalysis and biotransformation intermediates. Thus, providing an easily biodegradable co-substrate was an effective means for enhancing TCH removal and mineralization with the ICPB technology.
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- Houfeng Xiong
- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China; School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, China
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- Engineering Lab for Water Pollution Control and Resources Recovery, Jilin Province, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China; Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China; Engineering Lab for Water Pollution Control and Resources Recovery, Jilin Province, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China.
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- Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, AZ 85287-5701, USA
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Ma Q, Zhang H, Cui Y, Deng X, Guo R, Cheng X, Xie M, Cheng Q. Fabrication of Cu 2 O/TiO 2 nano-tube arrays photoelectrode and its enhanced photoelectrocatalytic performance for degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol. J IND ENG CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2017.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Díaz-Báez MC, Valderrama-Rincon JD. Rapid restoration of methanogenesis in an acidified UASB reactor treating 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP). JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2017; 324:599-604. [PMID: 27889180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Anaerobic bioreactors are often used for removal of xenobiotic and highly toxic pollutants from wastewater. Most of the time, the pollutant is so toxic that the stability of the reactor becomes compromised. It is well known that methanogens are one of the most sensitive organisms in the anaerobic consortia and hence the stability of the reactors is highly dependant on methanogenesis. Unfortunately few studies have focused on recovering the methanogenic activity once it has been inhibited by highly toxic pollutants. Here we establish a quick recovery strategy for neutralization of an acidified UASB reactor after failure by intoxication with an excess of TCP in the influent. Once the reactor returned to pH values compatible with methanogenesis, biogas production was re-started after one day and the system was re-acclimated to TCP. Successful removal of TCP from synthetic wastewater was shown for concentrations up to 70mg/L after restoration.
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- María Consuelo Díaz-Báez
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogotá 111321142, Colombia
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Song J, Wang W, Li R, Zhu J, Zhang Y, Liu R, Rittmann BE. UV photolysis for enhanced phenol biodegradation in the presence of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP). Biodegradation 2016; 27:59-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-016-9755-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tang Y, Zhang Y, Yan N, Liu R, Rittmann BE. The role of electron donors generated from UV photolysis for accelerating pyridine biodegradation. Biotechnol Bioeng 2015; 112:1792-800. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.25605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yingxia Tang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering; College of Life and Environmental Science; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai 200234 China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering; College of Life and Environmental Science; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai 200234 China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering; College of Life and Environmental Science; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai 200234 China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Science and Technology; Department of Environmental Technology and Ecology; Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University; Zhejiang Jiaxing China
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- Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology; Biodesign Institute; Arizona State University; Tempe Arizona
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How UV photolysis accelerates the biodegradation and mineralization of sulfadiazine (SD). Biodegradation 2014; 25:911-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-014-9711-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Seshan H, Goyal MK, Falk MW, Wuertz S. Support vector regression model of wastewater bioreactor performance using microbial community diversity indices: effect of stress and bioaugmentation. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 53:282-296. [PMID: 24530548 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The relationship between microbial community structure and function has been examined in detail in natural and engineered environments, but little work has been done on using microbial community information to predict function. We processed microbial community and operational data from controlled experiments with bench-scale bioreactor systems to predict reactor process performance. Four membrane-operated sequencing batch reactors treating synthetic wastewater were operated in two experiments to test the effects of (i) the toxic compound 3-chloroaniline (3-CA) and (ii) bioaugmentation targeting 3-CA degradation, on the sludge microbial community in the reactors. In the first experiment, two reactors were treated with 3-CA and two reactors were operated as controls without 3-CA input. In the second experiment, all four reactors were additionally bioaugmented with a Pseudomonas putida strain carrying a plasmid with a portion of the pathway for 3-CA degradation. Molecular data were generated from terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis targeting the 16S rRNA and amoA genes from the sludge community. The electropherograms resulting from these T-RFs were used to calculate diversity indices - community richness, dynamics and evenness - for the domain Bacteria as well as for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in each reactor over time. These diversity indices were then used to train and test a support vector regression (SVR) model to predict reactor performance based on input microbial community indices and operational data. Considering the diversity indices over time and across replicate reactors as discrete values, it was found that, although bioaugmentation with a bacterial strain harboring a subset of genes involved in the degradation of 3-CA did not bring about 3-CA degradation, it significantly affected the community as measured through all three diversity indices in both the general bacterial community and the ammonia-oxidizer community (α = 0.5). The impact of bioaugmentation was also seen qualitatively in the variation of community richness and evenness over time in each reactor, with overall community richness falling in the case of bioaugmented reactors subjected to 3-CA and community evenness remaining lower and more stable in the bioaugmented reactors as opposed to the unbioaugmented reactors. Using diversity indices, 3-CA input, bioaugmentation and time as input variables, the SVR model successfully predicted reactor performance in terms of the removal of broad-range contaminants like COD, ammonia and nitrate as well as specific contaminants like 3-CA. This work was the first to demonstrate that (i) bioaugmentation, even when unsuccessful, can produce a change in community structure and (ii) microbial community information can be used to reliably predict process performance. However, T-RFLP may not result in the most accurate representation of the microbial community itself, and a much more powerful prediction tool can potentially be developed using more sophisticated molecular methods.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hari Seshan
- Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), School of Biological Sciences SBS-B1N-27, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001 Ghausi Hall, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 781039, India
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- HDR Engineering, Inc., 2365 Iron Point Road, Suite 300, Folsom, CA 95630-8709, USA
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- Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), School of Biological Sciences SBS-B1N-27, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001 Ghausi Hall, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 50 Nanyang Ave, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
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Yan N, Chang L, Gan L, Zhang Y, Liu R, Rittmann BE. UV photolysis for accelerated quinoline biodegradation and mineralization. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:10555-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4804-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wang J, Zhang Y, Yan N, Chen J, Rittmann BE. Enhanced phenol bioavailability by means of photocatalysis. Biodegradation 2012; 24:597-602. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-012-9603-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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