scholarly journals Propachlor Removal by Pseudomonas Strain GCH1 in an Immobilized-Cell System

2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 1190-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Martín ◽  
G. Mengs ◽  
E. Plaza ◽  
C. Garbi ◽  
M. Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Generation Time ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Organic Load ◽  
Growth Substrate ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
Washed Cell ◽  
Isolation Techniques ◽  
Ceramic Support ◽  
Bioreactor Operation

ABSTRACT A bacterial strain capable of growing on propachlor (2-chloro-N-isopropylacetanilide) was isolated from soil by using enrichment and isolation techniques. The strain isolated, designated GCH1, was classified as a member of the genusPseudomonas. Washed-cell suspensions of strain GCH1 accumulated N-isopropylacetanilide, acetanilide, acetamide, and catechol. Pseudomonas strain GCH1 grew on propachlor with a generation time of 4.2 h and a rate of substrate utilization of 1.75 ± 0.15 μmol h−1. Gene expression did not require induction but was subject to catabolite expression. Acetanilide was a growth substrate with a yield of 0.56 ± 0.02 mg of protein μmol−1. GCH1 strain cells were immobilized by adsorption onto a ceramic support and were used as biocatalysts in an immobilized cell system. Propachlor elimination reached 98%, with a retention time of 3 h and an initial organic load of 0.5 mM propachlor. The viability of immobilized cells increased 34-fold after 120 days of bioreactor operation.

scholarly journals Microbial Desulfurization of Gasoline in a Mycobacterium goodii X7B Immobilized-Cell System

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 276-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuli Li ◽  
Ping Xu ◽  
Jinhui Feng ◽  
Ling Meng ◽  
Yuan Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Content ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Organic Sulfur ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Mycobacterium Goodii

ABSTRACT Mycobacterium goodii X7B, which had been primarily isolated as a bacterial strain capable of desulfurizing dibenzothiophene to produce 2-hydroxybiphenyl via the 4S pathway, was also found to desulfurize benzothiophene. The desulfurization product was identified as o-hydroxystyrene by gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry analysis. This strain appeared to have the ability to remove organic sulfur from a broad range of sulfur species in gasoline. When Dushanzi straight-run gasoline (DSRG227) containing various organic sulfur compounds was treated with immobilized cells of strain X7B for 24 h, the total sulfur content significantly decreased, from 227 to 71 ppm at 40�C. GC flame ionization detection and GC atomic emission detection analysis were used to qualitatively evaluate the effects of M. goodii X7B treatment on the contents of gasoline. In addition, when immobilized cells were incubated at 40�C with DSRG275, the sulfur content decreased from 275 to 54 ppm in two consecutive reactions. With this excellent efficiency, strain X7B is considered a good potential candidate for industrial applications for the biodesulfurization of gasoline.

Cyanide degradation by immobilized cells of Rhodococcus UKMP-5M

Biologia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maegala Nallapan Maniyam ◽  
Fridelina Sjahrir ◽  
Abdul Ibrahim ◽  
Anthony Cass
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Alginate ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Anthropogenic Sources ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Economic Point

AbstractAnthropogenic sources contribute to the bulk presence of cyanide, which causes substantial health and environmental concerns. A petroleum-contaminated soil isolate, Rhodococcus UKMP-5M has been verified to efficiently degrade high concentration of cyanide in the form of KCN in our previous study. In order to enhance the cyanide-degrading ability of this bacterium, different encapsulation matrices were screened to immobilize cells of Rhodococcus UKMP-5M for degradation of cyanide. It was revealed that the biocatalyst activity and bead mechanical strength improved significantly when calcium alginate encapsulation technique was employed as compared to free cells. The results also indicated that the immobilized cell system could tolerate a higher level of KCN concentration and were able to support a higher biomass density. In addition, the embedded cells retained almost 96% of their initial cyanide removal efficiency during the first five batches and the entrapped cell system maintained 64% of its initial activity after eight successive batches. The encapsulated beads could be easily recovered from the production medium and reused for up to five batches without significant losses of cyanide-degrading ability, which proved to be advantageous from an economic point of view. From this study, it could be inferred that the novel Rhodococcus UKMP-5M strain demonstrated high cyanide-degrading ability and the optimized calcium alginate immobilization technique provided a promising alternative for practical application of large scale remediation of cyanide-bearing wastewaters.

Characterization of immobilized cells in biodegradation of ABS resin manufacturing waste-water

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Wen-Chin ◽  
Cheng Sheng-Shung
Keyword(s):  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Enrichment Culture ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Abs Resin ◽  
Dispersed Cells

Because of the presence of refractory and biologically inhibitory organic compounds in ABS resin wastewater, which would retard the bioactivity of the autotrophic nitrifier and make the efficiency of nitrification process unstable, the application of cell immobilization for ABS wastewater treatment has been investigated by immobilizing the enrichment culture of nitrifying bacteria with alginate. The characterization of the immobilized cells in various alignate concentrations was conducted by a series of biodegradability studies with electrolytic respirometry and compared with the differences from the dispersed cells. Results clearly indicated that immobilized cells achieved higher efficiency of COD and TKN removal than that of the dispersed cells during the period of high initial concentration of wastewater. Meanwhile, high concentration of cells were growing near the gel surface and reduced the effects of diffusional restriction. No remarkable difference was found while the concentration of alginate ranged from 3% to 5%. According to mass balance of total nitrogen, more than 25% of total nitrogen was removed in the batch system of the immobilized cell. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification could occur due to the oxygen gradient throughout the gel matrix. Compared with the complete mixing system of the dispersed cell, the approach for the immobilized-cell system provided a more effective method for treating the special wastewater with high strength of nitrogenous and inhibitory compounds.

Atrazine remediation in agricultural infiltrate by bioaugmented polyvinyl alcohol immobilized and free Agrobacterium radiobacter J14a

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 2155-2163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumana Siripattanakul ◽  
Wanpen Wirojanagud ◽  
John M. McEvoy ◽  
Francis X. M. Casey ◽  
Eakalak Khan
Keyword(s):  
Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Infiltration Rate ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
Agrobacterium Radiobacter ◽  
Cell Loading ◽  
Sand Column ◽  
Infiltration Rates ◽  
Free Cells

Bench-scale sand column breakthrough experiments were conducted to examine atrazine remediation in agricultural infiltrate by Agrobacterium radiobacter J14a (J14a) immobilized in phosphorylated-polyvinyl alcohol compared to free J14a cells. The effects of cell loading and infiltration rate on atrazine degradation and the loss of J14a were investigated. Four sets of experiments, i) tracers, ii) immobilized dead cells, iii) immobilized cells, and iv) free cells, were performed. The atrazine bioremediation at the cell loadings of 300, 600, and 900 mg dry cells l−1 and the infiltration rates of 1, 3, and 6 cm d−1 were tested for 5 column pore volumes (PV). The atrazine breakthrough results indicated that the immobilized dead cells significantly retarded atrazine transport. The atrazine removal efficiencies at the infiltration rates of 1, 3, and 6 cm d−1 were 100%, 80–97%, and 50–70% respectively. Atrazine remediation capacity for the immobilized cells was not significantly different from the free cells. Both infiltration rate and cell loading significantly affected atrazine removal for both cell systems. The bacterial loss from the immobilized cell system was 10 to 100 times less than that from the free cell system. For long-term tests at 50 PV, the immobilized cell system provided consistent atrazine removal efficiency while the atrazine removal by the free cells declined gradually because of the cell loss.

Design of a continuous flow immobilized-cell reactor for biosynthetical production of L-aspartic acid

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 2122-2133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřich Zahradník ◽  
Marie Fialová ◽  
Jan Škoda ◽  
Helena Škodová
Keyword(s):  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Packed Bed ◽  
Fixed Bed Reactor ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Immobilized Cell

An experimental study was carried out aimed at establishing a data base for an optimum design of a continuous flow fixed-bed reactor for biotransformation of ammonium fumarate to L-aspartic acid catalyzed by immobilized cells of the strain Escherichia alcalescens dispar group. The experimental program included studies of the effect of reactor geometry, catalytic particle size, and packed bed arrangement on reactor hydrodynamics and on the rate of substrate conversion. An expression for the effective reaction rate was derived including the effect of mass transfer and conditions of the safe conversion-data scale-up were defined. Suggestions for the design of a pilot plant reactor (100 t/year) were formulated and decisive design parameters of such reactor were estimated for several variants of problem formulation.

Bioethanol Production by Pichia stipitis Immobilized on Water Hyacinth and Thin-Shell Silk Cocoon

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suchata Kirdponpattara ◽  
Santi Chuetor ◽  
Malinee Sriariyanun ◽  
Muenduen Phisalaphong
Keyword(s):  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Thin Shell ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Pichia Stipitis ◽  
High Porosity ◽  
Bioethanol Production ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
Silk Cocoon ◽  
Cell Carriers

Cell immobilization technique was applied in this study in order to examine effect of immobilized Pichia stipitis TISTR5806 on bioethanol production. Water hyacinth (WH) and thin-shell silk cocoon (CC) were used as cell carriers. Characteristics of the cell carriers were examined to explain the mechanism of bioethanol production. Carrier sizes and weights were optimized to improve bioethanol production. Moreover, stabilities of immobilized cells and carriers were evaluated. Because of high porosity, high surface area and good swelling ability of WH, cell immobilized on 1 g WH with 1 cm length produced the highest ethanol concentration at 13.3 g/L. Five cycles of a repeated batch of immobilized cell (IC) system on WH showed stable performance in ethanol production (8.2–10.4 g/L) with large numbers of the immobilized cells. The interaction between the immobilized cells and the WH surface were discovered.

Phosphorus Uptake by Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Gersberg ◽  
D. W. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Klebsiella Pneumoniae ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Phosphorus Uptake ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus ◽  
P Uptake ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
Suspended Growth

The objective of our study was to show that pure cultures of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus could be Induced to accumulate large amounts of phosphorus (P), when P-starved cultures were enriched with phosphorus either in suspended growth or immobilized cell reactors. Suspended growth cultures of K. pneumoniae were more efficient than those of A. calcoaceticus, with specific uptake rates of 14.1 - 17.1 mg P1−1 hr−1 per O.D. unit, and 5.4 - 10.0 mg P1−1 hr −1 per O.D. unit, respectively. The absolute rate of P accumulation of 24.6 mg P1−1 hr−1 measured for a K. pneumoniae culture was among the highest ever reported in the literature. In an immobilized cell system, which facilitates the separation of the cells (for recycling) from the liquid phase, K. pneumoniae cells entrapped in agar gel beads, remained viable and showed rates of P uptake of 6.1 and 7.9 mg P1−1 hr−1. K. pneumoniae cultures also showed a high capacity for removing dissolved phosphate from municipal wastewater, with greater than 95% P removal in two hours. These studies suggest the important role such high-phosphate accumulating bacteria may play in wastewater treatment systems designed for enhanced biological phosphorus removal.

Production of a bacteriocin active on lactate-fermenting clostridia byLactococcus lactissubsp.lactisimmobilized in coated alginate beads

1993 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicla Zezza ◽  
Gabriella Pasini ◽  
Angiolella Lombardi ◽  
Annick Mercenier ◽  
Paolo Spettoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Surrounding Medium ◽  
Free Cell ◽  
Alginate Beads ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Indicator Strain ◽  
Lactobacillus Delbrueckii ◽  
Gel Beads

SummaryWe report the isolation and immobilization of a nisinogenic strain (NZ1) ofLactococcus lactissubsp.lactis, active on gas-forming lactate-fermenting clostridia responsible for late blowing of Asiago and Montasio cheeses. The bacteriocin (nisin) produced by strain NZ1 is pronase-sensitive and is released in culture media during the growth phase. Using the sensitive indicator strainLactobacillus delbrueckiisubsp.bulgaricusNCDO 1489, a rapid microtitre plate based assay was developed for quantitative determination of the bacteriocin produced by NZ1 cells, either free or immobilized in gel beads. Scanning electron microscopy of cells immobilized in calcium alginate coated beads and viable counts of the surrounding medium showed that no cell leakage occurred during a 24 h assay. The bacteriocin released from immobilized cells reached, after 5 and 24 h, concentrations comparable to that of the free cell system after 3–4 h incubation in culture media.

Phenol Biodegradation by Fungal Cells Immobilized in Sol-Gel Hybrids

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kolishka V. Tsekova ◽  
Georgi E. Chernev ◽  
Alexander E. Hristov ◽  
Lyudmila V. Kabaivanova
Keyword(s):  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Aspergillus Awamori ◽  
Efficient Technology ◽  
Fungal Cell ◽  
Phenol Biodegradation ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Repeated Batch

The capability of cells of the fungus Aspergillus awamori, either free or immobilized in hybrid sol-gel material cells, for phenol biodegradation was demonstrated. Phenol was present in the reaction mixture as the sole carbon and energy source, and its decomposition was followed in repeated batch degradation experiments. Atomic force microscopy provided information on the development of self-organizing structures in the materials synthesized by the sol-gel method. Phenol biodegradation was mediated only by the fungal cells, and no absorption by the hybrid matrix was observed. Ten cycles of phenol biodegradation using the immobilized cells system were conducted during which up to 2000 mg l-1 phenol was completely decomposed. Immobilized cells degraded phenol at 8.33 mg h-1, twice as fast as free cells. The good performance of the immobilized fungal cell system is promising for the development of an efficient technology for treating phenol-containing waste waters

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