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Mesocosm System to Evaluate BF-MBR Efficacy in Mitigating Oily Wastewater Discharges: an Integrated Study on Mytilus galloprovincialis

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This work presents the results of recovery efficacy of the system “BioFilm Membrane BioReactor” (BF-MBR), in the treatment of oily contaminated seawaters. To this aim, we proposed a multidisciplinary approach that integrates traditional chemical-physical measures together with the assessment on biological sentinel Mytilus galloprovincialis, maintained in a medium-scale artificial system named mesocosm. The setup included: (1) a mesocosm consisting of uncontaminated seawater; (2) a mesocosm composed of an untreated oily wastewater discharge; and (3) a mesocosm receiving the same oily wastewater previously treated by a BF-MBR pilot scale plant. The multidisciplinary approach that included traditional chemical measures on mesocosms together with the evaluation of morphological organization, mRNA expression of those genes involved in cellular stress response, immunohistochemistry and metabolomic analysis on mussel tissues, was able to provide a robust and holistic evidence of how the proposed treatment is able to reduce the overall impact of oily wastewater discharges on the marine ecosystem.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Silvia Palombella and Ilaria Armenia for helping during the mussel sampling campaign. This research was supported by grants of the Italian Ministry on Systems Biology: PRIN (Prot. T7 2010ARBL001/008) and FAR (Fondo comune di Ateneo per la Ricerca 2015 to RG and GB). The authors gratefully acknowledge “Centro Grandi Attrezzature per la Ricerca Biomedica” University of Insubria for instrument availability and for hospitability. Marina Borgese is a PhD student of the Biotechnology, Biosciences and Surgical Technology course at Università degli Studi dell’Insubria.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy

    Rosalba Gornati, Cristina Pirrone, Federica Rossi, Marina Borgese & Giovanni Bernardini

  2. Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Via Ferdinando d’Alcontres, 31, 98166, Messina, Italy

    Maria Maisano, Tiziana Cappello, Alessia Giannetto & Salvatore Fasulo

  3. Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, National Research Center, Via San Raineri 86, 98122, Messina, Italy

    Simone Cappello

  4. Electric, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy

    Giuseppe Mancini

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Gornati, R., Maisano, M., Pirrone, C. et al. Mesocosm System to Evaluate BF-MBR Efficacy in Mitigating Oily Wastewater Discharges: an Integrated Study on Mytilus galloprovincialis. Mar Biotechnol 21, 773–790 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-019-09923-9

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