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Removal of low molecular weight phenols from olive oil mill wastewater using microalgae

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The treatment of olive oil mill wastewater (OMW) with two phenol resistant algae, Ankistrodesmus braunii and Scenedesmus quadricauda, showed a limited reduction of phenol content after 5 d of treatment, irrespective of algal concentration. Otherwise, cultures of both algae, grown in the dark, degraded over 50% of the low molecular weight phenols contained in OMW, but they were not completely removed, but were biotransformed into other non-identified, aromatic compounds.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università Federico II, Via Foria 223, I-80139, Napoli, Italy

    Gabriele Pinto, Antonino Pollio & Maria Stanzione

  2. Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università Federico II, Via Cynthia 4, I-80126, Napoli, Italy

    Lucio Previtera & Fabio Temussi

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Pinto, G., Pollio, A., Previtera, L. et al. Removal of low molecular weight phenols from olive oil mill wastewater using microalgae. Biotechnology Letters 25, 1657–1659 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025667429222

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