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Chemosphere

Title:		Elucidating the key role of the fungal mycelium on the biodegradation of n-pentane as a model hydrophobic VOC
Author(s):		Vergara-Fernandez A; Scott F; Moreno-Casas P; Diaz-Robles L; Munoz R;
Address:		"Green Technology Research Group, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Mons. Alvaro del Portillo 12455, Las Condes, Santiago, 7620001, Chile. Electronic address: aovergara@miuandes.cl. Green Technology Research Group, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Mons. Alvaro del Portillo 12455, Las Condes, Santiago, 7620001, Chile. Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile. Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica y Tecnologia del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011, Spain"
Journal Title:		Chemosphere
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160519
Issue:
Page Number:		89 - 96
DOI:		10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.034
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1298 (Electronic) 0045-6535 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The role of the aerial mycelium of the fungus Fusarium solani in the biodegradation of n-pentane was evaluated in a continuous fungal bioreactor (FB) to determine the contribution of the aerial (hyphae) and non-aerial (monolayer) fungal biomass. The experimental results showed that although the aerial biomass fraction represented only 25.9(+/-3)% on a dry weight basis, it was responsible for 71.6(+/-4)% of n-pentane removal. The FB attained a maximum elimination capacity (ECmax) of 680(+/-30) g m(-3) h(-1) in the presence of fungal hyphae (which supported an interfacial area of 5.5(+/-1.5) x 10(6) m(2) m(-3)). In addition, a mathematical model capable of describing n-pentane biodegradation by the filamentous fungus was also developed and validated against the experimental data. This model successfully predicted the influence of the aerial biomass fraction and its partition coefficient on the n-pentane removal, with EC decreasing from 680(+/-30) g m(-3) h(-1) to values of 200(+/-14) g m(-3) h(-1) when the dimensionless partition coefficient increased from 0.21(+/-0.09) with aerial biomass to 0.88(+/-0.06) without aerial biomass"
Keywords:		"Biodegradation, Environmental Biomass Bioreactors/*microbiology Fusarium/*growth & development/metabolism Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions *Models, Theoretical Mycelium/*growth & development/metabolism Pentanes/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds;"
Notes:		"MedlineVergara-Fernandez, Alberto Scott, Felipe Moreno-Casas, Patricio Diaz-Robles, Luis Munoz, Raul eng England 2016/05/23 Chemosphere. 2016 Aug; 157:89-96. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.034. Epub 2016 May 19"