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A new alternative process for Kraft E1 effluent treatment

A combination of photochemical and biological methods

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Lentinus edodes (UEC-2019 strain) was selected after screening 51 ligninolytic strains of fungi for their ability to decolorize phenolic industrial effluent with high content of lignin peroxidases, Mn-peroxidases and beta-glucosidases. This strain removed 73 % of color in theEucalyptus Kraft E1 effluent in 5 days without any additional carbon sources. A 13% mycelial adsorption was found. Correlation between mass loss, COD, TOC and decolorization was observed. When an effluent pre-irradiated (10 min) in the presence of ZnO was treated withL. edodes, a marked enhancement of the decolorization at 48 h was obtained.L. edodes is an active fungus in this pre-treatment and biobleaching process. The combined photo-biological decolorization procedure appears to be an efficient decontamination method with great potential in industrial effluent treatment.

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Abbreviations

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

TOC:

Total organic carbon

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  1. Instituto de Quimica, Biological Chemistry Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6154, CEP 13081, Campinas, S.P. Brazil

    Nelson Durán

  2. Chemical Engineering School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

    Elisa Esposito & Lucia H. Innocentini-Mei

  3. Fundacao Tropical de Pesquisa e Tecnologia Andre Tosello, Campinas, S.P., Brazil

    Vanderlei P. Canhos

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Durán, N., Esposito, E., Innocentini-Mei, L.H. et al. A new alternative process for Kraft E1 effluent treatment. Biodegradation 5, 13–19 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00695209

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