Degradation of chlorinated compounds by Penicillium camemberti in batch and up-flow column reactors

Taşeli, Başak Kılıç; Gokcay, Celal F.

doi:10.1016/j.procbio.2004.02.006

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“…A study with Penicillium camemberti has shown removals 86% of PCP and 53% of 2-chlorophenol in batch culture with Tween ® 80 after 21 days of incubation. In addition, under up-flow tubular column reactor conditions a removal of 77% pentachlorophenol from adsorbable organic halogen (concentration of 63.4 mg/L) was achieved after four days of incubation [ 94 ]. Penicillium degradation of phenols, chlorophenols and pentachlorophenol is listed in Table 3 .…”

Section: Phenol and Its Derivativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of Penicillium Species in the Bioremediation Field

Leitão

2009

IJERPH

210

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Abstract:The effects on the environment of pollution, particularly that caused by various industrial activities, have been responsible for the accelerated fluxes of organic and inorganic matter in the ecosphere. Xenobiotics such as phenol, phenolic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals, even at low concentrations, can be toxic to humans and other forms of life. Many of the remediation technologies currently being used for contaminated soil and water involve not only physical and chemical treatment, but also biological processes, where microbial activity is the responsible for pollutant removal and/or recovery. Fungi are present in aquatic sediments, terrestrial habitats and water surfaces and play a significant part in natural remediation of metal and aromatic compounds. Fungi also have advantages over bacteria since fungal hyphae can penetrate contaminated soil, reaching not only heavy metals but also xenobiotic compounds. Despite of the abundance of such fungi in wastes, penicillia in particular have received little attention in bioremediation and biodegradation studies. Additionally, several studies conducted with different strains of imperfecti fungi, Penicillium spp. have demonstrated their ability to degrade different xenobiotic compounds with low co-substrate requirements, and could be potentially interesting for the development of economically feasible processes for pollutant transformation.

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Section: Phenol and Its Derivativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of Penicillium Species in the Bioremediation Field

Leitão

2009

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210

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“…All fungi produced chloride ions during degradation, indicating dehalogenation of the molecule [70]. Moreover, Taseli et al [71] studied the potential of the fungus Penicillium camemberti, which degraded pentachlorophenol (PCP), 2-chlorophenol and trichloroacetic acid.…”

Section: Aromatic Hydrocarbonsmentioning

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Pollutants Biodegradation by Fungi

Pinedo-Rivilla

Aleu²,

Collado

2009

COC

126

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Abstract:One of the major problems facing the industrialized world today is the contamination of soils, ground water, sediments, surfacewater and air with hazardous and toxic chemicals. The application of microorganisms which degrade or transform hazardous organic contaminants to less toxic compounds has become increasingly popular in recent years. This review, with approximately 300 references covering the period [2005][2006][2007][2008], describes the use of fungi as a method of bioremediation to clean up environmental pollutants.

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“…Therefore, for safe disposal of such bleaching effluents, in addition to modifications of pulping and bleaching processes (Rolf et al, 2009), several treatment methods including aerobic, anaerobic and abiotic processes are utilized to remove color and as well as to degrade the chlorinated organic compounds (Ali and Sreekrishnan, 2001). Since the existing conventional effluent treatment methods are not sufficient and effective to remove chlorinated organic compounds, biological removal of chlorinated organic compounds originating from pulp bleaching plant has received considerable attention and interest (Taghipour and Evans, 1995;Driessel and Christov, 2001;Taseli and Gokcay, 2005). The impacts of various microorganisms on degradation of chlorinated organic substances from pulp bleaching effluents have been investigated (Eriksson, 1990;Ali and Sreekrishnan, 2001;Shintani et al, 2002, Tripathi et al, 2007.…”

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Biological removal of chloro-organic compounds from bagasse soda pulp bleaching effluent by Coriolus versicolor

Naghdi¹,

Karimi²,

Latibari³

et al. 2013

Global NEST Journal

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The potential of rainbow fungus (Coriolus versicolor) for bioremediation of bagasse soda pulp bleaching effluent containing chlorinated organic compounds was investigated without co-substrate addition. Initially, the effect of each of the operating variable including time, temperature, pH, and biomass on color reduction was investigated. The highest color reduction (percentage of the original value) was observed applying a treatment time of 6 days (58%), a pH of 3 (48%), a biomass dose of 9 g L -1 (59%), and a temperature of 35°C (48%). Then, the combined effect of parameters was studied to reach the best combinations of parameters leading to the highest color reduction. The highest performance of rainbow fungus on color reduction (66%) was observed when applying the combination of variables including temperature, treatment time, biomass dose, and pH combination of 35°C, 6 days, 9 g L -1, and 3, respectively. At this condition, COD and BOD of effluent were decreased by 45% and 53%, respectively. It was also found that Coriolus versicolor can efficiently reduced various toxic compounds; chlorophenols, chloroguaiacols, and chlorocatechols present in the effluent to the levels less than their lethal concentration ( 96 LC 50 ) even without addition of cosubstrate. In general, rainbow fungus can efficiently modify the undesirable physico-chemical characteristics of bagasse soda pulp bleaching effluent.

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Degradation of chlorinated compounds by Penicillium camemberti in batch and up-flow column reactors

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Potential of Penicillium Species in the Bioremediation Field

Potential of Penicillium Species in the Bioremediation Field

Pollutants Biodegradation by Fungi

Biological removal of chloro-organic compounds from bagasse soda pulp bleaching effluent by Coriolus versicolor

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