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Evaluation of Residual Yeast from Brewery Industry for Inactive Biosorption of Selenium from Industrial Wastewater: a Case Study

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In this study, the second-life application of Saccharomyces cerevisiae obtained from brewery wastewater was evaluated in the biosorption of Se(IV) (Na2SeO3) sorbate in residue generated from a fine chemical industry. Biosorption experiments were carried out with different Se(IV) concentrations (A = 7.5 to 30.0 mg L-1 dissolved in deionized water or industrial effluent) and different biosorbent concentrations (B = 2.0 to 52.5 g L-1, dry mass). Inactive microbial biomass was evaluated in a wet and dehydrated state. The highest selenium removal efficiency (biosorption efficiency—R = 97.5%) was achieved with the same concentrations of sorbate in deionized water, using 24.0 g L-1 of wet cells. In contrast, the industrial effluent treatment showed lower biosorption efficiency (R = 83.3%) due to a large amount of other salts in the medium, mainly sulphur. Overall, the use of smaller amounts of biosorbent had a biosorption capacity of approximately five times greater than when 24.0 g L-1 in industrial effluent treatment was used. However, as reducing the concentration of the contaminant contained in the wastewater is the primary goal of this study, a more significant amount of biosorbent is recommended.

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Data from measurements were generated at the University of the Region of Joinville, Brazil. Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author Elisabeth Wisbeck on request.

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The authors thank the coordination for the Improvement of College Education Personnel – CAPES, Ministry of Education of Brazil, for the assistance with the scholarship, and to the INCASA S.A. Industry for the selenium analysis. The authors appreciate the support of the financiers and thank the Fund (FAP) from UNIVILLE.

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  1. Program of Process Engineering, University of the Region of Joinville (UNIVILLE), Joinville, Brazil

    Aieska Alves Gonçalves, Elisabeth Wisbeck & Ozair Souza

  2. Chemical Engineering Department, University of New South Wales (UNSW), High Street, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Haira Gabriela Hackbarth

  3. Chemical Engineering Department, University of the Region of Joinville (UNIVILLE), Joinville, Brazil

    Elisabeth Wisbeck & Ozair Souza

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All authors contributed to the study’s conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Aieska Alves Gonçalves, Haira Gabriela Hackbarth, and Elisabeth Wisbeck. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Aieska Alves Gonçalves and Ozair Souza, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. The authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Currently, there is a need to develop effective methods capable of reducing or removing toxic components from residual waters, especially from activities that manipulate selenium compounds with different oxidation states. Biosorption can be a promising alternative for reduced selenium ions, using microbial biosorbents. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has received significant attention recently due to facile manipulation at the molecular level and safe classification as nonpathogenic. It has been verified that bakery commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae demonstrates the possible application for the removal of selenium ions from aqueous solution in biosorption systems. However, in this study, the potential use of residual inactive Saccharomyces cerevisiae from the brewing industry was evaluated to remove Se(IV) ions present in chemical industry effluent. For instance, there is a reuse of problematic waste from the industry. The residual S. cerevisiae biomass becomes the biomass to carry out the selenium sorption. The biomass was employed in a wet state (without pre-treatment) and pre-treated in ethanol, followed by dehydration (dry biomass). The use of residual wet microbial biomass generated by the brewing industry showed potential use as a selenium biosorbent. This finding eliminates high investments for the treatment and discarded of this biomass generate. This result shows that this biomass can be used as a treatment for the residual water contaminated with Se. The importance of using biosorption concepts to treat effluents is motivated by costs lower than conventional treatments, especially those requiring large amounts of chemical products to treat large volumes of contaminated wastewater.

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Gonçalves, A.A., Hackbarth, H.G., Wisbeck, E. et al. Evaluation of Residual Yeast from Brewery Industry for Inactive Biosorption of Selenium from Industrial Wastewater: a Case Study. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 196, 314–331 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-023-04549-z

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