Release and Reduction of Organosilicon Compounds in MBT-Plants

Environmental Chemistry of Organosiloxanes

“…Active bacteria were more efficient than inactive bacteria in reducing the siloxane burden, and less volatile compounds (D 5 or D 6 ) were more efficiently filtered out than more volatile ones (L 2 or D 3 ). The authors concluded that a combination of adsorption to biomass and metabolic activity of bacteria might be responsible for the observed reduction in siloxane content …”