1. Bisphenol A removal by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa immobilized on granular activated carbon and operating in a fluidized bed reactor
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Pasquale Gallo, Laura Grumiro, Damiano Gustavo Mita, Carmen Bianco, Nadia Diano, Sergio Rossi, Luigi Mita, Roberto Defez, Mita, Luigi, Grumiro, Laura, Rossi, Sergio, Bianco, Carmen, Defez, Roberto, Gallo, Pasquale, Mita, Damiano Gustavo, and Diano, Nadia
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Bisphenol A ,Environmental Engineering ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Bioreactors ,Bioremediation ,Phenols ,Bisphenol A removal ,Fluidized bed reactor ,Phenol ,Environmental Chemistry ,Water Pollutants ,Benzhydryl Compounds ,Bacterial biofilm ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Aqueous solution ,Waste management ,Granule (cell biology) ,Biofilm ,BAC proce ,Biodegradation ,Pollution ,Carbon ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesi ,bacterial biofilm BAC process Bisphenol A removal Fluidized bed reactor Bioremediation ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Fluidized bed ,Biofilms ,Charcoal ,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Adsorption - Abstract
Serratia rubidiae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli K12 have been studied for their ability of Bisphenol A removal from aqueous systems and biofilm formation on activated granule carbon. Mathematical equations for biodegradation process have been elaborated and discussed. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found the best strain to be employed in the process of Bisphenol A removal. The yield in BPA removal of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm grown on GAC and operating in a fluidized bed reactor has been evaluated. The results confirm the usefulness in using biological activated carbon (BAC process) to remove phenol compounds from aqueous systems.
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- 2015