KARLOVÁ, Pavlína, Tereza GELBÍČOVÁ and Ivo SEDLÁČEK. Substrate interactions between 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrotoluene during biodegradation of their mixture. Desalination and Water Treatment. vol. 57, No 6, p. 2759-2765. ISSN 1944-3994. doi:10.1080/19443994.2015.1071285. 2016.
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Original name Substrate interactions between 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrotoluene during biodegradation of their mixture
Authors KARLOVÁ, Pavlína (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Tereza GELBÍČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ivo SEDLÁČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016, 1944-3994.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 1.631
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00089093
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1071285
UT WoS 000367837600044
Keywords in English biodegradation; 4-nitrophenol; 4-nitrotoluene; waste water treatment
Tags AKR, rivok
Changed by Changed by: prof. RNDr. Ivo Sedláček, CSc., učo 866. Changed: 14/3/2018 00:16.
Abstract
Nitroaromatic compounds are toxic and rather recalcitrant pollutants of water and soil. Microbial degradation of the individual nitroaromatic compounds has already been well described in the literature. However, because several compounds often occur in the environment mutually influencing each other’s degradation, further research into the biodegradation of their mixtures is still needed. We investigated the degradation of a mixture of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and 4-nitrotoluene (4-NT) by a mixed microbial culture immobilized in a continuously operated packed-bed reactor (PBR) and by free suspended cells in shake flasks. Each compound was at first degraded separately, then in a mixture, and their degradation characteristics were compared. When treated separately, 4-NP and 4-NT were degraded with efficiency over 99 and 95%, respectively. When in a mixture, 4-NP was still completely removed from the media but the 4-NT removal efficiency dropped by a half and remained about the same during the whole experiment regardless the increasing 4-NP concentration at the PBR inlet. The shake flask experiments corroborated our finding that 4-NP negatively influenced 4-NT degradation by competitive inhibition and also indirectly on the adaptation level.
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