Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor
Abstract Background Hospital wastewater is commonly polluted with high loads of pharmaceutically active compounds, which pass through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and end up in water bodies, posing ecological and health risks. White-rot fungal treatments can cope with the elimination of a wid...
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doaj-94315493b5f44a17809c6820e0fd58e22020-11-25T03:02:14ZengBMCJournal of Biological Engineering1754-16112019-05-0113111310.1186/s13036-019-0179-yLong-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolorJosep Anton Mir-Tutusaus0Eloi Parladé1Marta Villagrasa2Damià Barceló3Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz4Maira Martínez-Alonso5Núria Gaju6Montserrat Sarrà7Glòria Caminal8Departament d’Enginyeria Química Biològica i Ambiental, Escola d’Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDepartament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCatalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of GironaCatalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of GironaCatalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of GironaDepartament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDepartament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDepartament d’Enginyeria Química Biològica i Ambiental, Escola d’Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInstitut de Química Avançada de Catalunya (IQAC) CSICAbstract Background Hospital wastewater is commonly polluted with high loads of pharmaceutically active compounds, which pass through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and end up in water bodies, posing ecological and health risks. White-rot fungal treatments can cope with the elimination of a wide variety of micropollutants while remaining ecologically and economically attractive. Unfortunately, bacterial contamination has impeded so far a successful implementation of fungal treatment for real applications. Results This work embodied a 91-day long-term robust continuous fungal operation treating real non-sterile hospital wastewater in an air pulsed fluidized bed bioreactor retaining the biomass. The hydraulic retention time was 3 days and the ageing of the biomass was avoided through partial periodic biomass renovation resulting in a cellular retention time of 21 days. Evolution of microbial community and Trametes abundance were evaluated. Conclusions The operation was able to maintain an average pharmaceutical load removal of over 70% while keeping the white-rot fungus active and predominant through the operation.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13036-019-0179-yFungal bioreactorPharmaceutical active compoundsMicrobial communityHospital wastewaterPretreatment |
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Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor |
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Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor |
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Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor |
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Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor |
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Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor |
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long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by trametes versicolor |
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Journal of Biological Engineering |
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Abstract Background Hospital wastewater is commonly polluted with high loads of pharmaceutically active compounds, which pass through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and end up in water bodies, posing ecological and health risks. White-rot fungal treatments can cope with the elimination of a wide variety of micropollutants while remaining ecologically and economically attractive. Unfortunately, bacterial contamination has impeded so far a successful implementation of fungal treatment for real applications. Results This work embodied a 91-day long-term robust continuous fungal operation treating real non-sterile hospital wastewater in an air pulsed fluidized bed bioreactor retaining the biomass. The hydraulic retention time was 3 days and the ageing of the biomass was avoided through partial periodic biomass renovation resulting in a cellular retention time of 21 days. Evolution of microbial community and Trametes abundance were evaluated. Conclusions The operation was able to maintain an average pharmaceutical load removal of over 70% while keeping the white-rot fungus active and predominant through the operation. |
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Fungal bioreactor Pharmaceutical active compounds Microbial community Hospital wastewater Pretreatment |
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