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Influence of a supplemental carbon source on anaerobic dechlorination of pentachlorophenol in granular sludge.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1580919     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Anaerobic dechlorination of pentachlorophenol (PCP) was studied in two upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. One reactor received glucose (0.9 g liter-1) as an additional carbon source; the other one served as a control. The concentration of PCP in the medium was 4.5 and 3.0 mg liter-1 in the experimental and control reactors, respectively. The reactors were inoculated with granular sludge previously grown on sugar-containing wastewater. After 10 months of continuous operation, the removal of PCP was 99% in the glucose-amended reactor, whereas the removal in the control reactor varied between 32 and 77%. Furthermore, 94% of the PCP was completely dechlorinated in the glucose reactor compared with a maximum of 20% in the control reactor. In the same period, the amount of biomass in the glucose reactor had increased by approximately 150% compared with that in the control reactor, where no growth of the sludge bed occurred. Batch culture activity tests showed that the addition of glucose had a stimulatory effect on the dechlorination rate of PCP per gram of volatile solids. This indicated that the better performance of the glucose-amended reactor was due to a higher concentration of biomass and a direct stimulatory effect of glucose on the dechlorination rate. The pattern of dechlorination of PCP showed that an initial para cleavage was followed by two ortho cleavages.
Authors:
H V Hendriksen; S Larsen; B K Ahring
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Applied and environmental microbiology     Volume:  58     ISSN:  0099-2240     ISO Abbreviation:  Appl. Environ. Microbiol.     Publication Date:  1992 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-03-30     Completed Date:  1992-03-30     Revised Date:  2010-09-10    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7605801     Medline TA:  Appl Environ Microbiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  365-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biotechnology, Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anaerobiosis
Biotransformation
Carbon / metabolism*
Chlorine / metabolism
Molecular Structure
Pentachlorophenol / chemistry,  metabolism*
Sewage*
Soil Microbiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Sewage; 7440-44-0/Carbon; 7782-50-5/Chlorine; 87-86-5/Pentachlorophenol
Comments/Corrections
Erratum In:
Appl Environ Microbiol 1992 Mar;58(3):1073

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