RSC Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(33), P. 23710 - 23719
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
novel
strategy
combining
hydrogenotrophic
methanogens'
bioaugmentation
and
biochar
biostimulation
for
simultaneous
PAH
biodegradation
bioenergy
recovery
is
proposed.
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
57(48), P. 19912 - 19920
Published: Nov. 14, 2023
Chloroform
(CF)
and
dichloromethane
(DCM)
contaminate
groundwater
sites
around
the
world
but
can
be
cleaned
up
through
bioremediation.
Although
several
strains
of
Dehalobacter
restrictus
reduce
CF
to
DCM
multiple
Peptococcaceae
ferment
DCM,
these
processes
cannot
typically
happen
simultaneously
due
sensitivity
in
known
DCM-degraders
or
electron
donor
competition.
Here,
we
present
a
mixed
microbial
culture
that
metabolize
create
an
additional
enrichment
fed
only
DCM.
Through
genus-specific
quantitative
polymerase
chain
reaction,
find
grows
while
either
alone
is
converted,
indicating
its
involvement
both
metabolic
steps.
Additionally,
was
maintained
for
over
1400
days
without
addition
exogenous
donor,
balance
calculations,
show
metabolism
would
produce
sufficient
reducing
equivalents
(likely
hydrogen)
respiration.
Together,
results
suggest
intraspecies
transfer
could
occur
continually
culture.
Minimizing
reduces
cost
bioremediation,
"self-feeding"
prolong
bioremediation
activity
long
after
ends.
Overall,
understanding
this
mechanism
informs
strategies
maintenance
scale-up
benefits
contaminated
where
employed
remediation
worldwide.
RSC Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(33), P. 23710 - 23719
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
novel
strategy
combining
hydrogenotrophic
methanogens'
bioaugmentation
and
biochar
biostimulation
for
simultaneous
PAH
biodegradation
bioenergy
recovery
is
proposed.