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Bioaugmentation process of secondary effluents for reduction of pathogens, heavy metals and antibiotics
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J Water Health. 2016 Oct;14(5):780-795. Bioaugmentation process of secondary effluents for reduction of pathogens, heavy metals and antibiotics. Al-Gheethi AA1, Mohamed RM1, Efaq AN2, Norli I2, Abd Halid A3, Amir HK1, Ab Kadir MO2.
The study probed into reducing faecal indicators and pathogenic bacteria, heavy metals and β-lactam antibiotics, from four types of secondary effluents by bioaugmentation process, which was conducted with Bacillus subtilis strain at 45 °C.
As a result, faecal indicators and pathogenic bacteria were reduced due to the effect of thermal treatment process (45 °C), while the removal of heavy metals and β-lactam antibiotics was performed through the functions of bioaccumulation and biodegradation processes of B. subtilis.
Faecal coliform met the guidelines outlined by WHO and US EPA standards after 4 and 16 days, respectively. Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus were reduced to below the detection limits without renewed growth in the final effluents determined by using a culture-based method. Furthermore, 13.5% and 56.1% of cephalexin had been removed, respectively, from secondary effluents containing 1 g of cephalexin L-1 (secondary effluent 3), as well as 1 g of cephalexin L-1 and 10 mg of Ni2+ L-1 (secondary effluent 4) after 16 days.
The treatment process, eventually, successfully removed 96.6% and 66.3% of Ni2+ ions from the secondary effluents containing 10 mg of Ni2+ L-1 (secondary effluent 2) and E4, respectively. The bioaugmentation process improved the quality of secondary effluents.
PMID: 27740544
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AntibioticsBacillus infection
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Nickel poisoning
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