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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2013.23.10.1273

Isolation of a Phenol-degrading Bacterial Strain and Biological Treatment of Wastewater Containing Phenols  

Lee, Hyun Don (Department of Evironmental Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Lee, Myoung Eun (Department of Evironmental Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Hyung Gab (Department of Evironmental Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Suh, Hyun-Hyo (Department of Evironmental Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of Life Science / v.23, no.10, 2013 , pp. 1273-1279 More about this Journal
Abstract
Aromatic hydrocarbons, such as phenol, have been detected frequently in wastewater, soil, and groundwater because of the extensive use of oil products. Bacterial strains (56 isolates) that degraded phenol were isolated from soil and industrial wastewater contaminated with hydrocarbons. GN13, which showed the best cell growth and phenol degradation, was selected for further analysis. The GN13 isolate was identified as Neisseria sp. based on the results of morphological, physiological, and biochemical taxonomic analyses and designated as Neisseria sp. GN13. The optimum temperature and pH for phenol removal of Neisseria sp. GN13 was $32^{\circ}C$ and 7.0, respectively. The highest cell growth occurred after cultivation for 30 hours in a jar fermentor using optimized medium containing 1,000 mg/l of phenol as the sole carbon source. Phenol was not detected after 27 hours of cultivation. Based on the analysis of catechol dioxygenase, it seemed that catechol was degraded through the meta- and ortho-cleavage pathway. Analysis of the biodegradation of phenol by Neisseria sp. GN13 in artificial wastewater containing phenol showed that the removal rate of phenol was 97% during incubation of 30 hours. The removal rate of total organic carbon (TOC) by Neisseria sp. GN13 and activated sludge was 83% and 78%, respectively. The COD removal rate by Neisseria sp. GN13 from petrochemical wastewater was about 1.3 times higher than that of a control containing only activated sludge.
Keywords
Neisseria species; phenol degradation; aromatic compound; pilot test; petrochemical wastewater;
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