Affiliation:
1. Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, 6703 CT Wageningen,1 and
2. Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Systems Technology, Wageningen Agricultural University, 6703 HD Wageningen,2 The Netherlands
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The potential of granular sludge from upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors for bioremediation of chlorinated pollutants was evaluated by using carbon tetrachloride (CT) as a model compound. Granular sludges cultivated in UASB reactors on methanol, a volatile fatty acid mixture, or sucrose readily degraded CT supplied at a concentration of 1,500 nmol/batch (approximately 10 μM) without any prior exposure to organohalogens. The maximum degradation rate was 1.9 μmol of CT g of volatile suspended solids
−1
day
−1
. The main end products of CT degradation were CO
2
and Cl
−
, and the yields of these end products were 44 and 68%, respectively, of the initial amounts of [
14
C]CT and CT-Cl. Lower chlorinated methanes accumulated in minor amounts temporarily. Autoclaved (dead) sludges were capable of degrading CT at rates two- to threefold lower than those for living sludges, indicating that abiotic processes (mediated by cofactors or other sludge components) played an important role in the degradation observed. Reduced components in the autoclaved sludge were vital for CT degradation. A major part (51%) of the CT was converted abiotically to CS
2
. The amount of CO
2
produced (23%) was lower and the amount of Cl
−
produced (86%) was slightly higher with autoclaved sludge than with living sludge. Both living and autoclaved sludges could degrade chloroform. However, only living sludge degraded dichloromethane and methylchloride. These results indicate that reductive dehalogenation, which was mediated better by living sludge than by autoclaved sludge, is only a minor pathway for CT degradation. The main pathway involves substitutive and oxidative dechlorination reactions that lead to the formation of CO
2
. Granular sludge, therefore, has outstanding potential for gratuitous dechlorination of CT to safe end products.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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