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Simultaneous cadmium removal and 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation from aqueous solutions by Phanerochaete chrysosporium

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Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been recognised as an effective bioremediation agent due to its unique degradation to xenobiotic and biosorption ability to heavy metals. However, few studies have focused on the simultaneous removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants. The aim of this work was to study the feasibility of simultaneous cadmium removal and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) degradation in P. chrysosporium liquid cultures. The removal efficiencies were pH dependent and the maximum removal efficiencies were observed at pH 6.5 under an initial cadmium concentration of 5 mg/L and an initial 2,4-DCP concentration of 20 mg/L. The removal efficiencies for cadmium and 2,4-DCP reached 63.62% and 83.90%, respectively, under the optimum conditions. The high production levels of lignin peroxidase (7.35 U/mL) and manganese peroxidase (8.30 U/mL) resulted in an increase in 2,4-DCP degradation. The protein content decreased with increasing cadmium concentration. The surface characteristics and functional groups of the biomass were studied by scanning electron microscopy and a Fourier-transformed infrared spectrometer. The results showed that the use of P. chrysosporium is promising for the simultaneous removal of cadmium and 2,4-DCP from liquid media.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50908078, 50978088, 51039001), Research Fund for Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20070532058), Xiangjiang Water Environmental Pollution Control Project subjected to the National Key Science and Technology Project for Water Environmental Pollution Control (2009ZX07212-001-02 and 2009ZX07212-001-06), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT0719), the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) (2005CB724203), the Hunan Key Scientific Research Project (2009FJ1010) and the project supported by Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (10JJ7005).

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    Anwei Chen, Guangming Zeng, Guiqiu Chen, Jiaqi Fan, Zhengjun Zou, Hui Li, Xinjiang Hu & Fei Long

  2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, People’s Republic of China

    Anwei Chen, Guangming Zeng, Guiqiu Chen, Jiaqi Fan, Zhengjun Zou, Hui Li, Xinjiang Hu & Fei Long

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Chen, A., Zeng, G., Chen, G. et al. Simultaneous cadmium removal and 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation from aqueous solutions by Phanerochaete chrysosporium . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 91, 811–821 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3313-4

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