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- Title
Ability of filamentous fungi to degrade four emergent water priority pollutants.
- Authors
Bouchiat, R.; Veignie, E.; Grizard, D.; Soebert, C.; Vigier, M.; Rafin, C.
- Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate biodegradation of four emergent water priority pollutants, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), fluoranthene, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and estrone (EST), by filamentous fungi (Fusarium oxysporum,Geotrichum galactomyces, Trichoderma harzianum, andFusarium solani). These pollutants are commonly found at high occurrence in French wastewater treatment plants. In acute toxicity tests, a weak sensitivity of fungal growth to the pollutants was observed withF. oxysporumshowing the greatest growth inhibition (19.3%) in the presence of DEHP after four days of incubation. In addition, degradation experiments were conducted in mineral medium for each pollutant incubated with each filamentous fungus for 10 d. With the exception of EST, which was not degraded by any fungal isolate tested, the fungi degraded these emergent water priority pollutants, withF. solaniandT. harzianumdegrading 100% of DEHP and 69% of AMPA, respectively.
- Subjects
FRANCE; WATER pollution; FILAMENTOUS fungi; BIODEGRADATION of sewage sludge; SEWAGE disposal plants; TOXICITY testing
- Publication
Desalination & Water Treatment, 2016, Vol 57, Issue 15, p6740
- ISSN
1944-3994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/19443994.2015.1013508