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Kózka B, Sośnicka A, Nałęcz-Jawecki G, Drobniewska A, Turło J, Giebułtowicz J. Various species of Basidiomycota fungi reveal different abilities to degrade pharmaceuticals and also different pathways of degradation. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 338:139481. [PMID: 37454990 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
The presence of pharmaceuticals (PhACs) in the aquatic environment is an emerging problem worldwide. PhACs reach surface water via the effluents of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). WWTPs, although able to remove organic pollutants, do not always remove PhACs. Currently, in the treatment of sewage with the activated sludge method, numerous microorganisms are used, mostly bacteria. Nevertheless, these microorganisms are not resistant to many drug contaminants, and some may also pose a risk to human health. White-rot fungi (WRF), which degrade a wide spectrum of environmental pollutants, may be used as an alternative to microorganisms. However, little data exists comparing the removal of various PhACs by different WRF. In this study, we aimed to determine the ability of three WRF Basidiomycota species, Armillaria mellea, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Pleurotus ostreatus, to remove PhACs from various therapeutic groups over the course of 1 h-4 days. Additionally, we identified the fungal metabolites of PhACs, proposed the degradation pathways, and assessed the toxicity of the post-culture media. All selected WRF removed PhACs, but the degree of removal depended on WRF species and PhACs type. Antidepressants and immunosuppressants were removed most efficiently by P. ostreatus, cardiovascular drugs and sulfamethoxazole by A. mellea, and erythromycin by P. chrysosporium. The vast differences observed highlight the need for more intensive testing of different WRF species to select the best species for removing pharmaceuticals of interest. The structure of metabolites generated during degradation strongly depended on WRF species, but the most frequent xenobiotic transformations were oxidation and dealkylation. The obtained results gave insight into the substrate specificity of selected WRF while also providing a broad extension of the knowledge of pharmaceutical degradation by A. mellea.
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- B Kózka
- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Drug Chemistry, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Drug Technology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Drug Technology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Drug Chemistry, Poland.
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Phukan D, Kumar V. Tracking drugged waters from various sources to drinking water-its persistence, environmental risk assessment, and removal techniques. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:86676-86698. [PMID: 37436619 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28421-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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Pharmaceuticals have become a major concern due to their nature of persistence and accumulation in the environment. Very few studies have been performed relating to its toxicity and ill effects on the aquatic/terrestrial flora and fauna. The typical wastewater and water treatment processes are not efficient enough to get these persistent pollutants treated, and there are hardly any guidelines followed. Most of them do not get fully metabolized and end up in rivers through human excreta and household discharge. Various methods have been adopted with the advancement in technology, sustainable methods are more in demand as they are usually cost-effective, and hardly any toxic by-products are produced. This paper aims to illustrate the concerns related to pharmaceutical contaminants in water, commonly found drugs in the various rivers and their existing guidelines, ill effects of highly detected pharmaceuticals on aquatic flora and fauna, and its removal and remediation techniques putting more emphasis on sustainable processes.
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- Dixita Phukan
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India, 826004
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India, 826004.
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Amobonye A, Aruwa CE, Aransiola S, Omame J, Alabi TD, Lalung J. The potential of fungi in the bioremediation of pharmaceutically active compounds: a comprehensive review. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1207792. [PMID: 37502403 PMCID: PMC10369004 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1207792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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The ability of fungal species to produce a wide range of enzymes and metabolites, which act synergistically, makes them valuable tools in bioremediation, especially in the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) from contaminated environments. PhACs are compounds that have been specifically designed to treat or alter animal physiological conditions and they include antibiotics, analgesics, hormones, and steroids. Their detrimental effects on all life forms have become a source of public outcry due their persistent nature and their uncontrolled discharge into various wastewater effluents, hospital effluents, and surface waters. Studies have however shown that fungi have the necessary metabolic machinery to degrade PhACs in complex environments, such as soil and water, in addition they can be utilized in bioreactor systems to remove PhACs. In this regard, this review highlights fungal species with immense potential in the biodegradation of PhACs, their enzymatic arsenal as well as the probable mechanism of biodegradation. The challenges encumbering the real-time application of this promising bioremediative approach are also highlighted, as well as the areas of improvement and future perspective. In all, this paper points researchers to the fact that fungal bioremediation is a promising strategy for addressing the growing issue of pharmaceutical contamination in the environment and can help to mitigate the negative impacts on ecosystems and human health.
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- Ayodeji Amobonye
- School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa
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- Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Development Agency, P.M.B. Onipanu, Ogbomosho, Nigeria
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- National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, Lagos Field Office, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Department of Life Sciences, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria
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- School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
- Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Rusu L, Suceveanu EM, Blaga AC, Nedeff FM, Șuteu D. Insights into Recent Advances of Biomaterials Based on Microbial Biomass and Natural Polymers for Sustainable Removal of Pharmaceuticals Residues. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:2923. [PMID: 37447569 DOI: 10.3390/polym15132923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Pharmaceuticals are acknowledged as emerging contaminants in water resources. The concentration of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment has increased due to the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry, the increasing use of human and veterinary drugs, and the ineffectiveness of conventional technologies to remove pharmaceutical compounds from water. The application of biomaterials derived from renewable resources in emerging pollutant removal techniques constitutes a new research direction in the field. In this context, the article reviews the literature on pharmaceutical removal from water sources using microbial biomass and natural polymers in biosorption or biodegradation processes. Microorganisms, in their active or inactive form, natural polymers and biocomposites based on inorganic materials, as well as microbial biomass immobilized or encapsulated in polymer matrix, were analyzed in this work. The review examines the benefits, limitations, and drawbacks of employing these biomaterials, as well as the prospects for future research and industrial implementation. From these points of view, current trends in the field are clearly reviewed. Finally, this study demonstrated how biocomposites made of natural polymers and microbial biomass suggest a viable adsorbent biomaterial for reducing environmental pollution that is also efficient, inexpensive, and sustainable.
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- Lăcrămioara Rusu
- Faculty of Engineering, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, 157 Calea Mărăşeşti, 600115 Bacau, Romania
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- Faculty of Engineering, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, 157 Calea Mărăşeşti, 600115 Bacau, Romania
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering an Environmental Protection "Cristofor Simionescu", "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University from Iasi, 71 A Mangeron Blvd., 700050 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Engineering, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, 157 Calea Mărăşeşti, 600115 Bacau, Romania
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering an Environmental Protection "Cristofor Simionescu", "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University from Iasi, 71 A Mangeron Blvd., 700050 Iasi, Romania
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Vievard J, Alem A, Pantet A, Ahfir ND, Arellano-Sánchez MG, Devouge-Boyer C, Mignot M. Bio-Based Adsorption as Ecofriendly Method for Wastewater Decontamination: A Review. TOXICS 2023; 11:toxics11050404. [PMID: 37235220 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11050404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Intense human activities have for years contributed to the pollution of the environment by many dangerous pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. There are many conventional methods used to control pollution, with practical and/or financial drawbacks. Therefore, in recent years, an innovative, easy-to-implement and inexpensive adsorption method has been developed to recover waste and clean up water from micropollutants. Firstly, this article aims to summarize the issues related to water remediation and to understand the advantages and disadvantages of the methods classically used to purify water. In particular, this review aims to provide a recent update of the bio-based adsorbents and their use. Differently from the majority of the reviews related to wastewater treatment, in this article several classes of pollutants are considered. Then, a discussion about the adsorption process and interactions involved is provided. Finally, perspectives are suggested about the future work to be done in this field.
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- Juliette Vievard
- University Le Havre Normandie, UNIHAVRE, UMR 6294 CNRS, LOMC, 76600 Le Havre, France
- University Rouen Normandie, UNIROUEN, COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, INSA, Avenue de l'Université, 76800 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France
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- University Le Havre Normandie, UNIHAVRE, UMR 6294 CNRS, LOMC, 76600 Le Havre, France
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- University Le Havre Normandie, UNIHAVRE, UMR 6294 CNRS, LOMC, 76600 Le Havre, France
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- University Le Havre Normandie, UNIHAVRE, UMR 6294 CNRS, LOMC, 76600 Le Havre, France
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- University Rouen Normandie, UNIROUEN, COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, INSA, Avenue de l'Université, 76800 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France
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- University Rouen Normandie, UNIROUEN, COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, INSA, Avenue de l'Université, 76800 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France
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- University Rouen Normandie, UNIROUEN, COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, INSA, Avenue de l'Université, 76800 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France
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Saibi S, Haroune L, Savary O, Bellenger JP, Cabana H. Impact of Pharmaceutical Compounds in the Bioremediation of Municipal Biosolids by the White-Rot-Fungi Trametes hirsuta. FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY 2022; 3:896043. [PMID: 37746222 PMCID: PMC10512397 DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2022.896043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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The potential of microorganisms for the treatment of municipal biosolids is continuously growing. The present studies evaluated the potency of Trametes hirsuta for the reduction in biosolid mass, production of extracellular enzymes, and removal of pharmaceutical compounds (PhACs) in biosolid slurry in the presence and absence of spiked PhACs [5 non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIs) and 2 psychoactive compounds (PACs)]. Toxicity after 35 days of fungal treatment was also assessed. Results showed that the growth of T. hirsuta is limited above 25% and wholly inhibited above 50% of biosolids in the slurry. At 12% of biosolid concentration, biosolid mass was reduced by 90%, NSAIs were entirely removed, but PACs' removal was only ~20%. Increasing biosolid content to 25% did not markedly affect biosolid reduction but significantly enhanced the removal of PACs (>50%). Results also showed that both PhACs and biosolids induced the production of oxidative enzymes. In 12% biosolids in the slurry, the oxidative potential measured by the ABTS assay (OABTS) reached 5,000 mM of OABTS in the presence of PhACs, and 2,500 mM of OABTS without PhACs, as compared to 1,200 mM of OABTS in control culture. Finally, we report that white rot fungi (WRF) treatment significantly decreased the toxicity of the biosolids.
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- Sabrina Saibi
- Universitéde Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Sherbrooke Pharmacology Institute, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Universitéde Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Universitéde Sherbrooke Water Research Group, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Wang Y, Chen S, Zhou J, Fan X, He L, Fan G. Enhanced degradation capability of white-rot fungi after short-term pre-exposure to silver ion: Performance and selectively antimicrobial mechanisms. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 818:151672. [PMID: 34793791 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Azo dyes in wastewater have great threats to environment and human health. White-rot fungi (WRF) have broad-spectrum potential for such refractory organics bioremediation; however, their applications are largely restrained by the poor viability owning to microbial invasion under non-sterile conditions. In this study, short-term pre-exposure to silver ion (Ag+) was demonstrated to be a practical, economic, and green method to enhance the perdurability of azo dyes decoloration by WRF Phanerochaete chrysosporium under non-sterile conditions. In control (without Ag+ pre-exposure), decoloration deactivated since cycle 7 (<10%), whereas in Ag+ pre-exposure groups, the decoloration ratios remained 91.5%-94.7% after 7 cycles. Variations in decoloration-related extracellular lignin enzyme activities were consistent with the decoloration effectiveness. The enhanced decoloration capability in Ag+ pre-exposure groups under non-sterile conditions could be ascribed to the selectively antimicrobial action by Ag+. The released Ag+ from the self-assembled silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) could selectively "stimulate" the proliferation and viability of P. chrysosporium, and simultaneously inhibit the growths of invasive microorganisms. The pyrosequencing results indicated that genus Sphingomonas (24.1%-31.3%) was the main invasive bacteria in Ag+ pre-exposure groups after long-term operation owing to the AgNPs passivation. As control, the invasive fungi (Asterotremella humicola) and bacteria (Burkholderia spp.) occurred in control after short-term operation, and genus Burkholderia (74.9%) dominated after long-term operation, leading to decoloration deactivation. Overall, these findings offer a new insight into the bio-nano interactions between WRF and invasive microorganisms in response to Ag+ or biogenic AgNPs, and could extend WRF application perspective under non-sterile conditions in future.
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- Yingmu Wang
- College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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Prakruthi K, Ujwal MP, Yashas SR, Mahesh B, Kumara Swamy N, Shivaraju HP. Recent advances in photocatalytic remediation of emerging organic pollutants using semiconducting metal oxides: an overview. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:4930-4957. [PMID: 34797548 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17361-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Many untreated and partly treated wastewater from the home and commercial resources is being discharged into the aquatic environment these days, which contains numerous unknown and complex natural and inorganic compounds. These compounds tend to persist, initiating severe environmental problems, which affect human health. Conventionally, physicochemical treatment methods were adopted to remove such complex organic chemicals, but they suffer from critical limitations. Over time, photocatalysis, an advanced oxidation process, has gained its position for its efficient and fair performance against emerging organic pollutant decontamination. Typically, photocatalysis is a green technology to decompose organics under UV/visible light at ambient conditions. Semiconducting nanometal oxides have emerged as pioneering photocatalysts because of large active surface sites, flexible oxidation states, various morphologies, and easy preparation. The current review presents an overview of emerging organic pollutants and their effects, advanced oxidation processes, photocatalytic mechanism, types of photocatalysts, photocatalyst support materials, and methods for improving photodegradation efficiency on the degradation of complex emerging organic pollutants. In addition, the recent reports of metal-oxide-driven photocatalytic remediation of emerging organic pollutants are presented in brief. This review is anticipated to reach a broader scientific community to understand the first principles of photocatalysis and review the recent advancements in this field.
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- Komargoud Prakruthi
- Department of Environmental Engineering, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru , 570006, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Science, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, 570015, India
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- Department of Chemistry, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Dr. Vishnuvardhan Road, Bengaluru, 560060, India
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- Department of Chemistry, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, 570006, India.
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Kasonga TK, Coetzee MAA, Kamika I, Momba MNB. Assessing the Fungal Simultaneous Removal Efficiency of Carbamazepine, Diclofenac and Ibuprofen in Aquatic Environment. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755972. [PMID: 34966363 PMCID: PMC8710540 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.755972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Unused pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) discharged into the aquatic environment have been regarded as emerging pollutants due to potential harmful effects on humans and the environment. Microbial bioremediation is considered as a viable option for their removal from wastewater. The aim of this study was to assess the simultaneous removal of carbamazepine (CBZ), diclofenac (DCF) and ibuprofen (IBP) by previously isolated fungi (Aspergillus niger, Mucor circinelloides, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Trametes polyzona, and Rhizopus microsporus). The tolerance to PhCs was conducted by tracking the fungal mycelium mat diameters in solid media and its dry biomass in liquid media, at the drug concentration range of 0.1 to 15 mg/L. The fungal enzymatic activities were determined for lignin peroxidase (LiP), manganese peroxidase (MnP) and laccase (Lac), respectively. The PhC removal efficiency of the fungi was assessed in aerated batch flasks and the drug concentrations and intermediate compounds formation were determined by using SPE-UPLC/MS. A tolerance over 70% was recorded for all the fungi at drug concentration of 0.1 mg/L. Manganese peroxidase was produced by all the fungi with very low amount of LiP, while all the enzymes were produced by T. polyzona. The pH of 4.3, temperature 37 ± 1.5°C and incubation time of 6 days were the optimum parameters for the fungal enzymatic activities. The best removal of CBZ (87%) was achieved by R. microsporus after 10 days. Between 78 and 100% removal of DCF was observed by all the fungi after 24 h, while 98% of IBP was removed after 2 days by M. circinelloides. Only a few intermediate compounds were identified after 3 days and disappeared after 10 days of incubation. This study demonstrated that apart from the basidiomycetes, the ascomycetes and zygomycetes are also producers of ligninolytic enzymes and have the ability to biodegrade emerging pollutants such as PhCs.
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- Teddy K. Kasonga
- Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, School of Science, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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Clyde PM, Lee CS, Price RE, Venkatesan AK, Brownawell BJ. Occurrence and removal of PPCPs from on-site wastewater using nitrogen removing biofilters. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 206:117743. [PMID: 34717243 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment is primarily the result of discharge of waste, including from onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs) which are employed by 25% of homes in the United States. However, the occurrence and removal of PPCPs in OWTSs is not well understood, particularly given the large diversity in PPCP compounds as well as in OWTS designs. In this study, we monitored 26 different PPCPs in 13 full-scale nitrogen removing biofilters (NRBs), an innovative/alternative type of OWTS that utilizes an overlying sand layer and an underlying woodchip/sand layer to simultaneously remove nitrogen and other wastewater-derived contaminants. The specific objectives of this study were (i) to measure the occurrence of PPCPs in septic tank effluent (STE) that served as an influent to NRBs, (ii) to quantify PPCP removal in three types of NRB configurations (n = 13), and (iii) to evaluate PPCP removal with depth and environmental conditions in NRBs. Aqueous samples were taken during 42 separate sampling events during 2016 - 2019 and analyzed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Analysis of the STE samples yielded detection of 23 of the 26 PPCPs, with caffeine being the most abundant and frequently detected compound at 52,000 ng/L (range: 190 - 181,000 ng/L), followed by acetaminophen and paraxanthine at 47,500 ng/L (190 - 160,000 ng/L), and 34,300 ng/L (430 - 210,000 ng/L), respectively. Cimetidine, fenofibrate, and warfarin were the only compounds not detected. The average removal of PPCPs by NRBs ranged from 58% to >99% for the various compounds. PPCP removal as a function of depth in the systems showed that 50 to >99% of the observed removal was achieved within the top oxic layer (0 - 46 cm) of the NRBs for 19 analytes. Seven of the compounds had >85% removal by the same depth. These results indicate that NRBs are effective at removing PPCPs and that a large portion of the removal is achieved within the oxic nitrifying layer of the NRBs. Overall, the removal of PPCPs in NRBs was comparable (n = 8) or better (n = 15) than that observed for conventional wastewater treatment plants.
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- Patricia M Clyde
- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States; New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
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- New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States; New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States; New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States.
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States; New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
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Morales LT, Méndez GI. Biorremediación de carbamazepina por hongos y bacterias en aguas residuales. BIONATURA 2021. [DOI: 10.21931/rb/2021.06.02.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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La carbamazepina (CBZ), un fármaco psiquiátrico, antiepiléptico; mayormente utilizado en la actualidad para tratar enfermedades como la epilepsia y neuralgia del trigémino; es un contaminante emergente, considerado como una fuente importante de contaminación de fuentes hídricas, al no ser totalmente metabolizado por el organismo y ser excretado por vía urinaria y fecal, sin cambios o en forma de metabolitos conjugados.
Estos contaminantes pasan por tratamientos de aguas residuales, sin embargo, los tratamientos convencionales no son capaces de degradarlo, produciendo daños a los seres vivos que habitan y necesitan de este recurso natural para poder sobrevivir. Frente a este problema, el objetivo de esta revisión fue identificar tratamientos biológicos con la utilización de microorganismos (bacterias y hongos) para la degradación de este compuesto recalcitrante. Los microorganismos identificados con mayor porcentaje de degradación de carbamazepina fueron Labrys portucalensis F11 y Trametes versicolor; la primera una bacteria que se adapta a diferentes fuentes de carbono; y el segundo un hongo denominado de pudrición de la madera, que presenta enzimas oxidativas que le permiten degradar una amplia gama de contaminantes emergentes. Trametes versicolor, es el microorganismo mayormente estudiado para los procesos de degradación de carbamazepina, con porcentajes de degradación de hasta el 94% a una temperatura de 25°C y un pH de 4.5.
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- Magister en Microbiología, Docente de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Grupo de investigación BIOARN, Quito – Ecuador
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Dalecka B, Strods M, Juhna T, Rajarao GK. Removal of total phosphorus, ammonia nitrogen and organic carbon from non-sterile municipal wastewater with Trametes versicolor and Aspergillus luchuensis. Microbiol Res 2020; 241:126586. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Kózka B, Nałęcz-Jawecki G, Turło J, Giebułtowicz J. Application of Pleurotus ostreatus to efficient removal of selected antidepressants and immunosuppressant. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 273:111131. [PMID: 32777642 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Disposed pharmaceuticals constitute a significant threat to the environment due to the high consumption of drugs and inefficient treatment of wastewater. In this paper, we first described the efficient removal of a series of antidepressants and immunosuppressant from a cultivation medium carried out by white-rot fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus. We determined the removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and the activity of fungal ligninolytic enzymes over time, as well as the toxicity of pre- and post-cultivation medium to Spirostomum ambiguum. We showed that P. ostreatus can remove from the model medium most of the pharmaceuticals studied, including clomipramine, mianserin, paroxetine, sertraline, and mycophenolic acid. Pharmaceuticals containing phenolic or benzene moieties, likewise in the natural monolignols, were removed in a high efficiency within a short time. The activity of the fungal ligninolytic enzymes, laccase, and lignin peroxidase, in the cultivation medium, was three times higher in the presence of the pharmaceuticals, which justifies their contribution to the degradation. The post-cultivation medium showed lower toxicity than pre-cultivation medium and toxic units were 7- and 2-fold lower for the sublethal and lethal response, respectively. Over twenty metabolites we detected resulted mostly from oxygenation or demethylation of parent pharmaceuticals. The biological treatment we developed using P. ostreatus-based system should be convenient and effective in mycoremediation of environmental wastewater polluted with emerging contaminants including monolignol-like antidepressants and immunosuppressant.
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- Bartosz Kózka
- Department of Bioanalysis and Drug Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland.
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland.
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- Department of Bioanalysis and Drug Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland.
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Bankole PO, Adekunle AA, Jeon BH, Govindwar SP. Novel cobiomass degradation of NSAIDs by two wood rot fungi, Ganoderma applanatum and Laetiporus sulphureus: Ligninolytic enzymes induction, isotherm and kinetic studies. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 203:110997. [PMID: 32684518 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A novel study on biodegradation of 30 mg L-1 of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) mixture (celecoxib, diclofenac and ibuprofen) by two wood-rot fungi; Ganoderma applanatum (GA) and Laetiporus sulphureus (LS) was investigated for 72 h. The removal efficiency of celecoxib, diclofenac and ibuprofen were 98, 96 and 95% by the fungal consortium (GA + LS). Although, both GA and LS exhibited low removal efficiency (61 and 73% respectively) on NSAIDs. However, 99.5% degradation of the drug mixture (NSAIDs) was achieved on the addition of the fungal consortium (GA + LS) to the experimental set-up. Overall, LS exhibited higher degradation efficiency; 92, 87, 79% on celecoxib, diclofenac and ibuprofen than GA with 89, 80 and 66% respectively. Enzyme analyses revealed significant induction of 201, 180 and 135% in laccase (Lac), lignin peroxidase (LiP) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) by the fungal consortium during degradation of the NSAIDs respectively. The experimental data showed the best goodness of fit when subjected to Langmuir (R2 = 0.980) and Temkin (R2 = 0.979) isotherm models which suggests monolayer and heterogeneous nature exhibited by the mycelia during interactions with NSAIDs. The degradation mechanism followed pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2 = 0.987) indicating the strong influence of fungal biomass in the degradation of NSAIDs. Furthermore, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analyses confirmed the degraded metabolic states of the NSAIDs after treatment with GA, LS and consortium (GA + LS). Hence, the complete removal of NSAIDs is best achieved in an economical and eco-friendly way with the use of fungi consortium.
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- Paul Olusegun Bankole
- Department of Pure and Applied Botany, College of Biosciences, Federal University of Agriculture P.M.B, 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea
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Chemically Modified Biosorbents and Their Role in the Removal of Emerging Pharmaceutical Waste in the Water System. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12061551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Presence of pharmaceutically active compounds (PACs) as emerging contaminants in water is a major concern. Recent reports have confirmed the presence of PACs in natural and wastewater systems, which have caused several problems indicating the urgent need for their removal. The current review evaluates the role of chemically modified biosorbents in the removal of PACs in water. Reported biosorbents include plant and animal solid waste, microorganisms and bio-composite. Bio-composites exhibited better prospects when compared with other biosorbents. Types of chemical treatment reported include acid, alkaline, solvent extraction, metal salt impregnation and surface grafting, with alkaline treatment exhibiting better results when compared with other treatments. The biosorption processes mostly obeyed the pseudo-second-order model and the Langmuir isotherm model in a process described mainly by ionic interaction. Desorption and regeneration capacity are very important in selecting an appropriate biosorbent for the biosorption process. Depending on the type of biosorbent, the cost of water treatment per million liters of water was estimated as US $10–US $200, which presents biosorption as a cheap process compared to other known water treatment processes. However, there is a need to conduct large-scale studies on the biosorption process for removing PACs in water.
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From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10103391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The presence of a wide variety of emerging pollutants in natural water resources is an important global water quality challenge. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are known as emerging contaminants, widely used by modern society. This objective ensures availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, according to the 2030 Agenda. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) do not always mitigate the presence of these emerging contaminants in effluents discharged into the environment, although the removal efficiency of WWTP varies based on the techniques used. This main subject is framed within a broader environmental paradigm, such as the transition to a circular economy. The research and innovation within the WWTP will play a key role in improving the water resource management and its surrounding industrial and natural ecosystems. Even though bioremediation is a green technology, its integration into the bio-economy strategy, which improves the quality of the environment, is surprisingly rare if we compare to other corrective techniques (physical and chemical). This work carries out a bibliographic review, since the beginning of the 21st century, on the biological remediation of some PPCPs, focusing on organisms (or their by-products) used at the scale of laboratory or scale-up. PPCPs have been selected on the basics of their occurrence in water resources. The data reveal that, despite the advantages that are associated with bioremediation, it is not the first option in the case of the recovery of systems contaminated with PPCPs. The results also show that fungi and bacteria are the most frequently studied microorganisms, with the latter being more easily implanted in complex biotechnological systems (78% of bacterial manuscripts vs. 40% fungi). A total of 52 works has been published while using microalgae and only in 7% of them, these organisms were used on a large scale. Special emphasis is made on the advantages that are provided by biotechnological systems in series, as well as on the need for eco-toxicological control that is associated with any process of recovery of contaminated systems.
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Fungal biosorption is an environmental biotechnology based on the ability of the fungal cell wall to concentrate harmful water pollutants. Among its advantages are its simplicity, high efficiency, flexibility of operation, and low cost. The biosorptive performance of fungal pellets is getting growing attention since they offer process advantages over the culture of disperse mycelia, such as an enhanced biomass separation, and a high resilience in severe environmental conditions. In this review, biosorption capacity of fungal pellets towards heavy metals, dyes, phenolic compounds, humic substances, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals was reviewed. Available data about the adsorption capacity of pellets, their removal efficiency, and the operational conditions used were collected and synthesized. The studies relying on biodegradation were discarded to present only the possibilities of fungal pellets for removing these concern pollutants through biosorption. It was found that the biosorption of complex mixtures of pollutants on fungal pellets is scarcely studied, as well as the interfering effect of anions commonly found in water and wastewater. Furthermore, there is a lack of research with real wastewater and at pilot and large scale. These topics need to be further explored to take full advantage of fungal pellets on improving the quality of aquatic systems.
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Barber EA, Liu Z, Smith SR. Organic Contaminant Biodegradation by Oxidoreductase Enzymes in Wastewater Treatment. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E122. [PMID: 31963268 PMCID: PMC7022594 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Organic contaminants (OCs), such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, flame retardants, and plasticisers, are societally ubiquitous, environmentally hazardous, and structurally diverse chemical compounds whose recalcitrance to conventional wastewater treatment necessitates the development of more effective remedial alternatives. The engineered application of ligninolytic oxidoreductase fungal enzymes, principally white-rot laccase, lignin peroxidase, and manganese peroxidase, has been identified as a particularly promising approach for OC remediation due to their strong oxidative power, broad substrate specificity, low energy consumption, environmental benignity, and cultivability from lignocellulosic waste. By applying an understanding of the mechanisms by which substrate properties influence enzyme activity, a set of semi-quantitative physicochemical criteria (redox potential, hydrophobicity, steric bulk and pKa) was formulated, against which the oxidoreductase degradation susceptibility of twenty-five representative OCs was assessed. Ionisable, compact, and electron donating group (EDG) rich pharmaceuticals and antibiotics were judged the most susceptible, whilst hydrophilic, bulky, and electron withdrawing group (EWG) rich polyhalogenated compounds were judged the least susceptible. OC susceptibility scores were in general agreement with the removal rates reported for experimental oxidoreductase treatments (R2 = 0.60). Based on this fundamental knowledge, and recent developments in enzyme immobilisation techniques, microbiological enzymic treatment strategies are proposed to formulate a new generation of biological wastewater treatment processes for the biodegradation of environmentally challenging OC compounds.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK; (E.A.B.); (Z.L.)
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Bardi A, Yuan Q, Siracusa G, Becarelli S, Di Gregorio S, Tigini V, Levin DB, Petroni G, Munz G. Stability of fungal biomass continuously fed with tannic acid in a non-sterile moving-packed bed reactor. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 247:67-77. [PMID: 31234047 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A number of bacteria and fungi are known to degrade tannins. In this study, the efficiency of the white-rot fungus, Bjerkandera adusta MUT 2295, was evaluated for the treatment of a synthetic solution prepared with tannic acid. Tests were performed in continuously fed, bench-scale, packed-bed reactors, operated under non-sterile conditions with biomass immobilized within PolyUrethane Foam cubes (PUFs). The main parameters monitored to evaluate the process efficiency were: soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand (sCOD), Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal, and activities. of Tannase and Lignin Peroxidase. At the end of the process, additional parameters were evaluated, including the increase of fungal dry weight and the presence of ergosterol. The reactor was operative for 210 days, with maximum sCOD and TOC removal of 81% and 73%, respectively. The reduction of sCOD and TOC were positively correlated with the detection of Tannase and Lignin Peroxidase (LiP) activities. Increases in biomass within the PUF cubes was associated with increases in ergosterol concentrations. This study proved that the fungal-based system tested was efficient for the degradation of tannic acid over a period of time, and under non-sterile conditions.
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- A Bardi
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via S. Marta 3, 50139, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, 15 Gillson Street, R3T 5V6, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via S. Marta 3, 50139, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via S. Marta 3, 50139, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, 75A Chancellor Circle, R3T 5V6, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via S. Marta 3, 50139, Florence, Italy
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Biodegradation of NSAIDs and their effect on the activity of ligninolytic enzymes from Pleurotus djamor. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:373. [PMID: 31588397 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1904-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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In this work, the white-rot fungus Pleurotus djamor was used for the first time to determine the degradation kinetics of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs diclofenac, naproxen and, ketoprofen, either individually or in mixtures, in submerged cultures. Removal of 93% individual diclofenac and 99% diclofenac in mixtures with naproxen and ketoprofen at 6 h of incubation with the fungus was achieved. The elimination levels of naproxen and ketoprofen individually were 90% and 87%, respectively, after 48 h of incubation. However, the removal levels of these compounds in mixtures were 85% and 83%, respectively. On the other hand, during the degradation kinetics analysis, the enzymatic activities of laccases, manganese peroxidases, and lignin peroxidases were evaluated, yielding values of 3700, 270 and 31 U/L, respectively. Additionally, it was demonstrated that during degradation of diclofenac or the three drugs mixed in the submerged cultures, the enzymatic activity of extracellular laccases expressed by P. djamor increased by 200% and 300%, respectively. The activity of manganese peroxides increased by 126% with diclofenac and 138% when the mixture of drugs was added to the cultures. On the other hand, lignin peroxidase only increased activity by 123% with the drug mixture.
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de Toledo RA, Hin Chao U, Shen T, Lu Q, Li X, Shim H. Development of hybrid processes for the removal of volatile organic compounds, plasticizer, and pharmaceutically active compound using sewage sludge, waste scrap tires, and wood chips as sorbents and microbial immobilization matrices. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:11591-11604. [PMID: 30094675 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2877-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study evaluated the reutilization of waste materials (scrap tires, sewage sludge, and wood chips) to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) benzene/toluene/ethylbenzene/xylenes/trichloroethylene/cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (BTEX/TCE/cis-DCE), plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and pharmaceutically active compound carbamazepine from artificially contaminated water. Different hybrid removal processes were developed: (1) 300 mg/L BTEX + 20 mg/L TCE + 10 mg/L cis-DCE + tires + Pseudomonas sp.; (2) 250 mg/L toluene + sewage sludge biochar + Pseudomonas sp.; (3) 100 mg/L DEHP + tires + Acinetobacter sp.; and (4) 20 mg/L carbamazepine + wood chips + Phanerochaete chrysosporium. For the hybrid process (1), the removal of xylenes, TCE, and cis-DCE was enhanced, resulted from the contribution of both physical adsorption and biological immobilization removal. The hybrid process (2) was also superior for the removal of DEHP and required a shorter time (2 days) for the bioremoval. For the process (3), the biochar promoted the microbial immobilization on its surface and substantially enhanced/speed up the bioremoval of toluene. The fungal immobilization on wood chips in the hybrid process (4) also improved the carbamazepine removal considerably (removal efficiencies of 61.3 ± 0.6%) compared to the suspended system without wood chips (removal efficiencies of 34.4 ± 1.8%). These hybrid processes would not only be promising for the bioremediation of environmentally concerned contaminants but also reutilize waste materials as sorbents without any further treatment.
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- Renata Alves de Toledo
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
- Environmental Microbiome Research Center and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
- Water Environmental Research Institute, Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Science, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
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Patel M, Kumar R, Kishor K, Mlsna T, Pittman CU, Mohan D. Pharmaceuticals of Emerging Concern in Aquatic Systems: Chemistry, Occurrence, Effects, and Removal Methods. Chem Rev 2019; 119:3510-3673. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 827] [Impact Index Per Article: 165.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Manvendra Patel
- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Del Álamo AC, Pariente MI, Vasiliadou I, Padrino B, Puyol D, Molina R, Martínez F. Removal of pharmaceutical compounds from urban wastewater by an advanced bio-oxidation process based on fungi Trametes versicolor immobilized in a continuous RBC system. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:34884-34892. [PMID: 29264858 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-1053-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not able to remove completely some emerging contaminants, such as residual pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) with potential ecotoxicity to water bodies. An advanced bio-oxidation process (ABOP) using white-rot fungi (WRF) has been proposed as alternative biological treatment for degradation of non-biodegradable compounds. A synthetic and real wastewater spiked with 12 PCs at 50 μg L-1 was treated by means of ABOP based on WRF in a rotating biological contactor (RBC) at 1 day of hydraulic retention time (HRT). The ABOP achieved a remarkable biological performance in terms of TOC removal and reduction of N-NH4 + and P-PO4 3- nutrients. Likewise, 5 of the 12 PCs were eliminated with removal efficiencies ranging from 80 to 95%, whereas 6 of 12 PCs were eliminated with removal values ranging from 50 to 70%. The anaerobic digestion of the fungal sludge generated upon the treatment was also evaluated, obtaining a methane yield of 250 mL CH4 gVS -1. These results evidenced that the proposed ABOP is a promising alternative for the sustainable wastewater treatment of urban effluents, combining advanced oxidation with biological operation for the removal of emerging PCs and energy recovery.
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- Ana Cruz Del Álamo
- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical and Energy Tech., Chemical and Environmental Tech., Mechanical Tech., and Analytical Chemistry, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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Vasiliadou IA, Molina R, Martinez F, Melero JA, Stathopoulou PM, Tsiamis G. Toxicity assessment of pharmaceutical compounds on mixed culture from activated sludge using respirometric technique: The role of microbial community structure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 630:809-819. [PMID: 29494982 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Micropollutants of emerging concern such as pharmaceuticals can significantly affect the performance of secondary biological processes in wastewater treatment plants. The present study is aimed to evaluate the toxicity and inhibition of three pharmaceutical compounds (caffeine, sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine) on two cultures of microbial consortia enriched from wastewater aerobic activated sludge. One of them was acclimated to pharmaceuticals and the other was non-acclimated as control bioassay. The toxic and inhibitory effects on these cultures were assessed by respirometric tests through the oxygen uptake rate as an indicator of their capacity to degrade a readily available carbon source. Higher values of toxicity and inhibition of pharmaceutical compounds were observed for the control culture as compared to the acclimated one. Sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine exhibited higher toxicity and inhibition effects than caffeine in both acclimated and control cultures. The microbial diversity of the two cultures was also studied. The composition of microbial community of acclimated and control cultures, was determined by targeting the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. It was observed that Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum, with Gammaproteobacteria dominating both cultures. Control culture was dominated by Gammaproteobacteria and mostly by the genera Pseudomonas and Sodalis, which belong to common families present in wastewater. Results suggested that the acclimated culture to the three pharmaceuticals was mostly comprised of the extremely multiresistant genera Escherichia-Shigella (38%) of Gammaproteobacteria, resulting to higher resistance as compared to the control culture (Escherichia-Shigella, 7%). Finally, the microbial structure of the microorganisms present in a real bioreactor, which was initially seeded with the acclimated culture and fed in a continuous mode with the selected pharmaceuticals, was also analyzed. The continuous loading of pharmaceuticals in the bioreactor affected its microbial diversity, leading to the dominance of Betaproteobacteria and to the resistant genus Rhizobium of Alphaproteobacteria.
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- I A Vasiliadou
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, School of Experimental Sciences and Technology (ESCET), Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, School of Experimental Sciences and Technology (ESCET), Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, School of Experimental Sciences and Technology (ESCET), Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, School of Experimental Sciences and Technology (ESCET), Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece
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Yang J, Li W, Ng TB, Deng X, Lin J, Ye X. Laccases: Production, Expression Regulation, and Applications in Pharmaceutical Biodegradation. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:832. [PMID: 28559880 PMCID: PMC5432550 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Laccases are a family of copper-containing oxidases with important applications in bioremediation and other various industrial and biotechnological areas. There have been over two dozen reviews on laccases since 2010 covering various aspects of this group of versatile enzymes, from their occurrence, biochemical properties, and expression to immobilization and applications. This review is not intended to be all-encompassing; instead, we highlighted some of the latest developments in basic and applied laccase research with an emphasis on laccase-mediated bioremediation of pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics. Pharmaceuticals are a broad class of emerging organic contaminants that are recalcitrant and prevalent. The recent surge in the relevant literature justifies a short review on the topic. Since low laccase yields in natural and genetically modified hosts constitute a bottleneck to industrial-scale applications, we also accentuated a genus of laccase-producing white-rot fungi, Cerrena, and included a discussion with regards to regulation of laccase expression.
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- Jie Yang
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou UniversityFujian, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou UniversityFujian, China
| | - Tzi Bun Ng
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong KongShatin, Hong Kong
| | - Xiangzhen Deng
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou UniversityFujian, China
| | - Juan Lin
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou UniversityFujian, China
| | - Xiuyun Ye
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou UniversityFujian, China
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