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Biodegradation of p-chlorophenol by a microalgae consortium

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An aquatic communitywas recovered from a waste discharge container fed with several aromatic pollutants. After 3 months of selective enrichment with p-chlorophenol and p-nitrophenol, two microalgae species, Chlorella vulgaris and Coenochloris pyrenoidosa, were recovered from the microbial consortium. As an axenic culture, this microalgae consortium was able to remove p-chlorophenol under different photo-regimes. Cultures grown under a 24 h light regime were capable of biodegrading 50mg l 1 of p-chlorophenol within 5 days. Addition of zeolite, an adsorbing material, did not improve the p-chlorophenol removal. However, when p-chlorophenol at 150mg l 1 was fed to the culture supplemented with zeolite, the growth rate of the consortium improved, but the lag phase was longer (16 against 14 days in the absence of zeolite).

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Adsorption Biodegradation P-chlorophenol Microalgae Zeolite

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LIMA, Sofia A.C...[et al.] - Biodegradation of p-chlorophenol by a microalgae consortium. Water Research. ISSN 0043-1354. Vol. 38, n.º 1 (2004), p. 97-102

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