Abstract:The removal mechanisms and extent of degradation of 28 chemicals (triclosan, fifteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, four estrogens, and eight polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners) in different biological treatment systems [activated sludge, up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB) and waste stabilization pond (WSP)] was investigated to provide insights into the limits of engineered biological treatment systems. This was done through degradation experiments with inhibition and abiotic controls in s… Show more
“…This enhancement greatly shortened the debromination period and achieved more extensive debromination of higher BDE-183. The dominantly produced tri-BDEs are less toxic and tend to be more readily degraded by microorganisms in the environment ( ATSDR, 2017 ; Komolafe et al, 2021 ), thus likely reducing the public health risks. Generally, the supplement of the auxiliary substrates of more readily utilized electron acceptors, such as other organohalide pollutants (e.g., trichloroethene) or priming organic nutrients (e.g., lactate) have shown an obvious enhancement of BDE debromination in lab-scale studies ( Robrock et al, 2008 ; Lee and He, 2010 ; Ding et al, 2013 ).…”
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), commonly used as flame retardants in a wide variety of consumer products, are emerging persistent pollutants and ubiquitously distributed in the environment. The lack of proper bacterial populations to detoxify these recalcitrant pollutants, in particular of higher brominated congeners, has confounded the attempts to bioremediate PBDE-contaminated sites. In this study, we report a Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment culture, PB, which completely debrominates 0.44 μM tetra-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) 47 to diphenyl ether within 25 days (0.07 μM Br–/day) and extensively debrominates 62.4 ± 4.5% of 0.34 μM hepta-BDE 183 (0.006 μM Br–/day) with a predominant generation of penta- through tri-BDEs as well as small amounts of diphenyl ether within 120 days. Later, a marked acceleration rate (0.021 μM Br–/day) and more extensive debromination (87.7 ± 2.1%) of 0.38 μM hepta-BDE 183 was observed in the presence of 0.44 μM tetra-BDE 47, which is achieved via the faster growth rate of responsible bacterial populations on lower BDE-47 and debromination by expressed BDE-47 reductive dehalogenases. Therefore, the PB enrichment culture can serve as a potential candidate for in situ PBDE bioremediation since both BDE-47 and BDE-183 are dominant and representative BDE congeners and often coexist in contaminated sites.
“…This enhancement greatly shortened the debromination period and achieved more extensive debromination of higher BDE-183. The dominantly produced tri-BDEs are less toxic and tend to be more readily degraded by microorganisms in the environment ( ATSDR, 2017 ; Komolafe et al, 2021 ), thus likely reducing the public health risks. Generally, the supplement of the auxiliary substrates of more readily utilized electron acceptors, such as other organohalide pollutants (e.g., trichloroethene) or priming organic nutrients (e.g., lactate) have shown an obvious enhancement of BDE debromination in lab-scale studies ( Robrock et al, 2008 ; Lee and He, 2010 ; Ding et al, 2013 ).…”
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), commonly used as flame retardants in a wide variety of consumer products, are emerging persistent pollutants and ubiquitously distributed in the environment. The lack of proper bacterial populations to detoxify these recalcitrant pollutants, in particular of higher brominated congeners, has confounded the attempts to bioremediate PBDE-contaminated sites. In this study, we report a Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment culture, PB, which completely debrominates 0.44 μM tetra-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) 47 to diphenyl ether within 25 days (0.07 μM Br–/day) and extensively debrominates 62.4 ± 4.5% of 0.34 μM hepta-BDE 183 (0.006 μM Br–/day) with a predominant generation of penta- through tri-BDEs as well as small amounts of diphenyl ether within 120 days. Later, a marked acceleration rate (0.021 μM Br–/day) and more extensive debromination (87.7 ± 2.1%) of 0.38 μM hepta-BDE 183 was observed in the presence of 0.44 μM tetra-BDE 47, which is achieved via the faster growth rate of responsible bacterial populations on lower BDE-47 and debromination by expressed BDE-47 reductive dehalogenases. Therefore, the PB enrichment culture can serve as a potential candidate for in situ PBDE bioremediation since both BDE-47 and BDE-183 are dominant and representative BDE congeners and often coexist in contaminated sites.
“…Conventional WWTP are not designed for the optimal removal of CEC. Recently, studies in the literature analyzed PPCPs in WWTP, based on mass balances and considered their biological or abiotic degradation, presence in liquid phase effluents, or sorption in the sludge sewage [12,13], even focusing on AD of sewage sludge [14]. The analysis of sludge samples from several WWTPs showed that nearly 20 PPCPs can be detected in sewage sludge in concentrations up to 100 ng/g.…”
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are partially degraded in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), thereby leading to the formation of more toxic metabolites. Bacterial populations in bioreactors operated in WWTPs are sensitive to different toxics such as heavy metals and aromatic compounds, but there is still little information on the effect that pharmaceuticals exert on their metabolism, especially under anaerobic conditions. This work evaluated the effect of selected pharmaceuticals that remain in solution and attached to biosolids on the metabolism of anaerobic biomass. Batch reactors operated in parallel under the pressure of four individual and mixed PPCPs (carbamazepine, ibuprofen, triclosan and sulfametoxazole) allowed us to obtain relevant information on anaerobic digestion performance, toxicological effects and alterations to key enzymes involved in the biodegradation process. Cell viability was quantitatively evaluated using an automatic analysis of confocal microscopy images, and showed that triclosan and mixed pollutants caused higher toxicity and cell death than the other individual compounds. Both individual pollutants and their mixture had a considerable impact on the anaerobic digestion process, favoring carbon dioxide production, lowering organic matter removal and methane production, which also produced microbial stress and irreversible cell damage.
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