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Mvala B, Munonde TS, Mpupa A, Bambo MF, Matabola KP, Nomngongo PN. Valorization and Upcycling of Acid Mine Drainage and Plastic Waste via the Preparation of Magnetic Sorbents for Adsorption of Emerging Contaminants. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:34700-34718. [PMID: 39157114 PMCID: PMC11325435 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c03426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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Plastic waste poses a serious environmental risk, but it can be recycled to produce a variety of nanomaterials for water treatment. In this study, poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste and acid mine drainage were used in the preparation of magnetic mesoporous carbon (MMC) nanocomposites for the adsorptive removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from water samples. The latter were then characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and ζ potential. The results of Brunauer-Emmett-Teller isotherms revealed high specific surface areas of 404, 664, and 936 m2/g with corresponding pore sizes 2.51, 2.28, and 2.26 nm for MMC, MMAC-25%, and MMAC-50% adsorbents, respectively. Under optimized conditions, the equilibrium studies were best described by the Langmuir and Freundlich models and kinetics by the pseudo-second-order model. The maximum adsorption capacity for monolayer adsorption from the Langmuir model was 112, 102, and 106 mg/g for acetaminophen, caffeine, and carbamazepine, respectively. The composites could be reused for up to six cycles without losing their adsorption efficiency. Furthermore, prepared adsorbents were used to remove acetaminophen, caffeine, and carbamazepine from wastewater samples, and up to a 95% removal efficiency was attained.
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- Bongiwe
Apatia Mvala
- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Department
of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation South African
Research Chair Initiative (DSI-NRF SARChI) in Nanotechnology for Water, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Department
of Science and Innovation (DSI)/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
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- Department
of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation South African
Research Chair Initiative (DSI-NRF SARChI) in Nanotechnology for Water, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Institute
for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, College of Science, Engineering
and Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Roodepoort 1710, South Africa
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Department
of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation South African
Research Chair Initiative (DSI-NRF SARChI) in Nanotechnology for Water, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
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- DSI/Mintek-
Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Advanced Materials, Mintek, Randburg 2125, South Africa
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- DSI/Mintek-
Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Advanced Materials, Mintek, Randburg 2125, South Africa
- Department
of Water and Sanitation, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Department
of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation South African
Research Chair Initiative (DSI-NRF SARChI) in Nanotechnology for Water, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Department
of Science and Innovation (DSI)/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
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Zhou H, Zhang W, Qian J. Hypersecretory production of glucose oxidase in Pichia pastoris through combinatorial engineering of protein properties, synthesis, and secretion. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024; 121:735-748. [PMID: 38037762 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4, GOD) is a widely used industrial enzyme. To construct a GOD-hyperproducing Pichia pastoris strain, combinatorial strategies have been applied to improve GOD activity, synthesis, and secretion. First, wild-type GOD was subjected to saturation mutagenesis to obtain an improved variant, MGOD1 (V20W/T30S), with 1.7-fold higher kcat /KM . Subsequently, efficient signal peptides were screened, and the copy number of MGOD1 was optimized to generate a high-producing strain, 8GM1, containing eight copies of AOX1 promoter-GAS1 signal peptide-MGOD1 expression cassette. Finally, the vesicle trafficking of 8GM1 was engineered to obtain the hyperproducing strain G1EeSe co-expressing the trafficking components EES and SEC. 22, and the EES gene (PAS_chr3_0685) was found to facilitate both protein secretion and production for the first time. Using these strategies, GOD secretion was enhanced 65.2-fold. In the 5-L bioreactor, conventional fed-batch fermentation without any process optimization resulted in up to 7223.0 U/mL extracellular GOD activity (3.3-fold higher than the highest level reported to date), with almost only GOD in the fermentation supernatant at a protein concentration of 30.7 g/L. Therefore, a GOD hyperproducing strain for industrial applications was developed, and this successful case can provide a valuable reference for the construction of high-producing strains for other industrial enzymes.
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- Huzhi Zhou
- School of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Vaidyanathan VK, Alanazi AK, Senthil Kumar P, Rajendran DS, Chidambaram A, Venkataraman S, Kumar VV, Rangasamy G, Cabana H, Abo-Dief HM. Cost-effective, scalable production of glucose oxidase using Casuarina equisetifolia biomass and its application in the bio-Fenton oxidation process for the removal of trace organic contaminants from wastewater. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 377:128958. [PMID: 36965584 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study focuses on using Casuarina equisetifolia biomass for pilot-scale glucose oxidase production from Aspergillus niger and its application in the removal of trace organic contaminants (TrOCs) from municipal wastewater through the bio-Fenton oxidation. The cost of glucose oxidase was 0.005 $/U, including the optimum production parameters, 10% biomass, 7% sucrose, 1% peptone, and 3% CaCO3 at 96 h with an enzyme activity of 670 U/mL. Optimized conditions for H2O2 were 1 M glucose, 100 U/mL glucose oxidase, and 120 mins of incubation, resulting in 544.3 mg/L H2O2. Thus, H2O2 produced under these conditions lead to bio-Fenton oxidation resulting in the removal of 36-92% of nine TrOCs in municipal wastewater at pH 7.0 in 360 mins. Therefore, this work establishes the cost-effective glucose oxidase-producing H2O2 as an attractive bioremediating agent to enhance the removal of TrOCs in wastewater at neutral pH.
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- Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan
- Integrated Bioprocessing Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603203, India; Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603110, Tamil Nadu, India; Centre of Excellence in Water Research (CEWAR), Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603 110, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Integrated Bioprocessing Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Integrated Bioprocessing Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Integrated Bioprocessing Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada; Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India
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- School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; University Centre for Research and Development & Department of Civil Engineering, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab 140413, India
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Science and Technology, University College-Ranyah, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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Zhao Z, Li M, Du N, Li Z, Zhang Y, Zhang Q. Fenton-like reaction of glucose oxidase-glucose@Kaolin coupled with green rust: A framework triggering FeⅣ=O in refractory pollutants degradation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Duan Y, Tarafdar A, Kumar V, Ganeshan P, Rajendran K, Shekhar Giri B, Gómez-García R, Li H, Zhang Z, Sindhu R, Binod P, Pandey A, Taherzadeh MJ, Sarsaiya S, Jain A, Kumar Awasthi M. Sustainable biorefinery approaches towards circular economy for conversion of biowaste to value added materials and future perspectives. FUEL 2022; 325:124846. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Awasthi MK, Singh E, Binod P, Sindhu R, Sarsaiya S, Kumar A, Chen H, Duan Y, Pandey A, Kumar S, Taherzadeh MJ, Li J, Zhang Z. Biotechnological strategies for bio-transforming biosolid into resources toward circular bio-economy: A review. RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS 2022; 156:111987. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Vaithyanathan VK, Vaidyanathan VK, Cabana H. Laccase-Driven Transformation of High Priority Pesticides Without Redox Mediators: Towards Bioremediation of Contaminated Wastewaters. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 9:770435. [PMID: 35223809 PMCID: PMC8874138 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.770435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, Pleurotus dryinus was grown on municipal biosolids (BS) as the substrate to produce laccase for the removal of pesticides (fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides) from wastewater. Among the various types of BS tested, sterilized biosolids were the most promising substrate for laccase production by P. dryinus with a maximal laccase activity (162.1 ± 21.1 U/g dry substrate), followed by hygenized biosolids (96.7 ± 17.6 U/g dry substrate), unsterilized biosolids (UBS) (31.9 ± 1.2 U/g dry substrate), and alkali-treated biosolids (8.2 ± 0.4 U/g dry substrate). The ultrasound-assisted extraction of this enzyme from fermented UBS was carried out with 0.1 M phosphate buffer at pH 7.0, which increased the enzyme activity of the crude extract by 30%. To test the catalytic potential of the biocatalyst in real matrices, 1 U/ml of recovered crude laccase extract was applied for 24 h for the removal of 29 pesticides (nine fungicides, 10 herbicides, and 10 insecticides) either separately or as a mixture from spiked biologically treated wastewater effluent. When treated with crude enzyme extract, high-priority herbicides metolachlor and atrazine were completely removed, while 93%–97% of the insecticides aldicarb, spinosad, and azinphos-methyl and up to 91% of kresoxim-methyl were removed. Promising results were obtained with BS-derived crude enzyme extract exhibiting improved pesticides removal, which may be due to the mediator effect resulting from the catalytic transformation of other molecules in the cocktail. The results demonstrated a promising integrated bioprocess for the removal of pesticides in wastewater using crude laccase obtained from BS.
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- Vasanth Kumar Vaithyanathan
- University of Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- University of Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Integrated Bioprocessing Laboratory, School of Bioengineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM IST), Kancheepuram, India
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- University of Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Hubert Cabana,
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Vaithyanathan VK, Savary O, Cabana H. Performance evaluation of biocatalytic and biostimulation approaches for the remediation of trace organic contaminants in municipal biosolids. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 120:373-381. [PMID: 33341660 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Trace organic contaminants (TrOCs) in biosolids is creating potential threats for reuse of biosolids. Out of the tested 64 trace organic contaminants, seven pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), and three pesticides were detected in biosolids from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. This study encompasses the removal of TrOCs and improvement in the aerobic digestion of biosolids by various pretreatments including utilization of indigenous microbes present in biosolids (T1), the effect of an enzymatic pretreatment (T2), biostimulation by the addition of an external carbon source (T3) and the synergic effect of biostimulation and enzymatic pretreatment (T4). After 28 days of aerobic digestion, total PhACs removal was 44% with T1, which improved to 51%, 54% and 62% in T2, T3 and T4, respectively. Also, total pesticides removal was 10% in T1, which enhanced to 44%, 14% and 54% in T2, T3 and T4, respectively. The extracellular enzyme activities were also monitored in all the treatments and the maximum activities (114 ± 11 U/L lipase, 382 ± 29 U/L phosphatase, 155 ± 8 U/L protease, 304 ± 26 U/L amylase, 108 ± 7 U/L laccase, and 63 ± 2 U/L lignin peroxidase) were observed in T4 after 28 days of digestion. Thus, this study aids in providing changing aspects of enzyme profiles during these processes and the enhanced bioremediation of biosolids through the hydrolytic and oxidoreductase enzymes produced by the indigenous microorganisms.
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- Vasanth Kumar Vaithyanathan
- Université de Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada.
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In situ H 2O 2 generation methods in the context of enzyme biocatalysis. Enzyme Microb Technol 2021; 145:109744. [PMID: 33750536 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2021.109744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hydrogen peroxide is a versatile oxidant that has use in medical and biotechnology industries. Many enzymes require this oxidant as a reaction mediator in order to undergo their oxygenation chemistries. While there is a reliable method for generating hydrogen peroxide via an anthraquinone cycle, there are several advantages for generating hydrogen in situ. As highlighted in this review, this is particularly beneficial in the case of biocatalysts that require hydrogen peroxide as a reaction mediator because the exogenous addition of hydrogen peroxide can damage their reactive heme centers and render them inactive. In addition, generation of hydrogen peroxide in situ does not dilute the reaction mixture and cause solution parameters to change. The environment would also benefit from a hydrogen peroxide synthesis cycle that does not rely on nonrenewable chemicals obtained from fossil fuels. Generation of hydrogen peroxide in situ for biocatalysis using enzymes, bioelectrocatalyis, photocatalysis, and cold temperature plasmas are addressed. Particular emphasis is given to reaction processes that support high total turnover numbers (TTNs) of the hydrogen peroxide-requiring enzymes. Discussion of innovations in the use of hydrogen peroxide-producing enzyme cascades for antimicrobial activity, wastewater effluent treatment, and biosensors are also included.
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