| Title: | Microbial abatement of toluene using Aspergillus niger in upflow bioreactor |
| Author(s): | Gopinath M; Mohanapriya C; Sivakumar K; Baskar G; Muthukumaran C; Dhanasekar R; |
| Address: | "Department of Biotechnology, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai 603308, India. Electronic address: mpgopinath1980@gmail.com. Department of Biotechnology, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai 603308, India. Department of Biotechnology, St Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai 600119, India. Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore 641013, India. Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 608002, India" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.09.015 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1090-2414 (Electronic) 0147-6513 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Microbial abatement of toluene using Aspergillus niger in coir packed upflow bioreactor was investigated in this study. Toluene degrading microbes were isolated from municipal sewage effluent and identified by 16s rRNA sequencing method. The microbes were cultured in 2% (v/v) toluene input per day, which exhibited 95% removal efficiency with the kinetic correction value (R(2)) of 0.9024 at the optimum flow rate of about 0.4m(3)h(-1). Various parameters such as effect of flow rate, column height, elimination capacity and EBRT with removal efficiency for 50 day cycle were also optimized. The plug flow model for toluene degradation was properly expressed and the Monod kinetics constant K(m) and r(max) values were determined as 2.25gm(-3) and 67.773gm(-3)h(-1) respectively for microbial growth rate" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants/*metabolism Air Pollution Aspergillus niger/*metabolism Biodegradation, Environmental *Bioreactors Kinetics Lignin/analogs & derivatives Models, Theoretical RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Sewage/microbiology Toluene/*metabolism Volatile Organic Compou;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGopinath, M Mohanapriya, C Sivakumar, K Baskar, G Muthukumaran, C Dhanasekar, R eng Netherlands 2016/10/25 Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2016 Dec; 134(Pt 2):370-376. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.09.015. Epub 2015 Sep 26" |
