Chemical removal of PCBs from water samples under ambient conditions

Microbial reduction of soluble Pd(II) by cells of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and of an autoaggregating mutant (COAG) resulted in precipitation of palladium Pd(0) nanoparticles on the cell wall and inside the periplasmic space (bioPd). As a result of biosorption and subsequent bioreduction of Pd(II) with H2, formate, lactate, pyruvate or ethanol as electron donors, recoveries higher than 90% of Pd associated with biomass could be obtained. The bioPd(0) nanoparticles thus obtained had the ability to reductively dehalogenate polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in aqueous and sediment matrices. Bioreduction was observed in assays with concentrations up to 1000 mg Pd(II) l(-1) with depletion of soluble Pd(II) of 77.4% and higher. More than 90% decrease of PCB 21 (2,3,4-chloro biphenyl) coupled to formation of its dechlorination products PCB 5 (2,3-chloro biphenyl) and PCB 1 (2-chloro biphenyl) was obtained at a concentration of 1 mg l(-1) within 5 h at 28 degrees C. Bioreductive precipitation of bioPd by S. oneidensis cells mixed with sediment samples contaminated with a mixture of PCB congeners, resulted in dechlorination of both highly and lightly chlorinated PCB congeners adsorbed to the contaminated sediment matrix within 48 h at 28 degrees C. Fifty milligrams per litre of bioPd resulted in a catalytic activity that was comparable to 500 mg l(-1) commercial Pd(0) powder. The high reactivity of 50 mg l(-1) bioPd in the soil suspension was reflected in the reduction of the sum of seven most toxic PCBs to 27% of their initial concentration.

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“…Polychlorinated biphenyls were extracted from 2‐ml samples by SPE according to Nollet et al . (2002).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Polychlorinated biphenyls were extracted from 2-ml samples by SPE according to Nollet et al (2002). The cartridge used was Bond Elut C18 (Varian, Middelburg, the Netherlands), with a column volume of 3 ml, a sorbent mass of 200 mg and a particle size of 40 mm.…”

Section: Extraction Of Pcb From Watery Suspensions By Spementioning

confidence: 99%

Bioreductive deposition of palladium (0) nanoparticles on Shewanella oneidensis with catalytic activity towards reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls

Windt

Aelterman

Verstraete

2005

Environmental Microbiology

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“…Consequently, the serum bottles were incubated at 28°C and shaking was applied to homogenize the suspension (100 rpm). At regular time intervals, samples were taken and PCBs were extracted by solid phase extraction (SPE), according to Nollet et al (2002). PCB congeners were quantified by GC-ECD, Varian 3800 (Varian, Middelburg, The Netherlands), as described in De Windt et al (2005).…”

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Biological control of the size and reactivity of catalytic Pd(0) produced by Shewanella oneidensis

Windt

Boon

Bulcke

et al. 2006

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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The interaction between Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and the soluble metal Pd(II) during the reductive precipitation of Pd(0) determined the size and properties of the precipitated Pd(0) nanoparticles. Assessment of cell viability indicated that the bioreduction of Pd(II) was a detoxification mechanism depending on the Pd(II) concentration and on the presence and properties of the electron donor. The addition of H(2) in the headspace allowed S. oneidensis to resist the toxic effects of Pd(II). Interestingly, 25 mM formate was a less effective electron donor for bioreductive detoxification of Pd(II), since there was a 2 log reduction of culturable cells and a 20% decrease of viable cells within 60 min, followed by a slow recovery. When the ratio of Pd:cell dry weight (CDW) was below 5:2 at a concentration of 50 mg l(-1) Pd(II), most of the cells remained viable. These viable cells precipitated Pd(0) crystals over a relatively larger bacterial surface area and had a particle area that was up to 100 times smaller when compared to Pd(0) crystals formed on non-viable biomass (Pd:CDW ratio of 5:2). The relatively large and densely covering Pd(0) crystals on non-viable biomass exhibited high catalytic reactivity towards hydrophobic molecules such as polychlorinated biphenyls, while the smaller and more dispersed nanocrystals on a viable bacterial carrier exhibited high catalytic reactivity towards the reductive degradation of the anionic pollutant perchlorate.

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Synergistic degradation of deca-BDE by an enrichment culture and zero-valent iron

Chen

Qiu

et al. 2014

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (deca-BDE) by microbe and by zero-valent iron (ZVI) has been reported previously. However, no study has indicated the presence of microorganisms and their effect on ZVI-mediated reduction of deca-BDE. Synergistic degradation of deca-BDE by an enrichment culture and ZVI was studied. It was found that synergistic effects enhanced the debromination of deca-BDE as well as promoting the reduction of lower brominated products. ZVI stimulated microbial debromination by serving as an electron donor. Correlation analysis also confirmed that ZVI was capable of enhancing microbial population in the debromination of deca-BDE. Conversely, the enrichment culture produced acid which maintained pH stability and stimulated the oxidation of ZVI. The enrichment culture supplied its energy requirements by the oxidation of ZVI and concomitant reduction of deca-BDE, but incapable of growth and reduction of BDE-209 without ZVI and vice versa. Compared to the initial culture, the microbial community of the enrichment culture became dominated by several bacterial genera based on the results of 16S rRNA-gene pyrosequencing.

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Chemical removal of PCBs from water samples under ambient conditions

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Bioreductive deposition of palladium (0) nanoparticles on Shewanella oneidensis with catalytic activity towards reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls

Bioreductive deposition of palladium (0) nanoparticles on Shewanella oneidensis with catalytic activity towards reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls

Biological control of the size and reactivity of catalytic Pd(0) produced by Shewanella oneidensis

Synergistic degradation of deca-BDE by an enrichment culture and zero-valent iron

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