Substrate interactions between 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrotoluene
during biodegradation of their mixture

J 2016

Substrate interactions between 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrotoluene during biodegradation of their mixture

KARLOVÁ, Pavlína, Tereza GELBÍČOVÁ and Ivo SEDLÁČEK

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

EE2.3.20.0183, research and development project

Name: Centrum experimentální biomedicíny

Citovat

KARLOVÁ, Pavlína, Tereza GELBÍČOVÁ and Ivo SEDLÁČEK. Substrate interactions between 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrotoluene during biodegradation of their mixture. Desalination and Water Treatment. 2016, vol. 57, No 6, p. 2759-2765. ISSN 1944-3994. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1071285.

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KARLOVÁ, Pavlína, Tereza GELBÍČOVÁ and Ivo SEDLÁČEK. Substrate interactions between 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrotoluene during biodegradation of their mixture. \textit{Desalination and Water Treatment}. 2016, vol.~57, No~6, p.~2759-2765. ISSN~1944-3994. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1071285.

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