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In the present study the time of adaptation of fixed biomass for biodegradation of natural organic matter was investigated. The experiments were done in columns that are usually used for rapid determination of biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC). The biomass was adapted to samples with different concentrations of organic substances before measurements by pumping water to be investigated through the columns for several days. The time of adaptation was dependent on the initial concentration of the organic matter in the water sample. The adaptation time increased from 6 to 24 h with increase of concentration of acetate solution from 2 to 10 mg/l, thus adaptation rate decreased simultaneously from 0.28 to 0.11 min−1. In natural water samples with the initial concentration in the range from 4.61–10.82 mg/l of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) the maximal adaptation time was less than 24 h. During the adaptation period the increase in reproducibility and decrease in the standard deviation was observed. The study showed that adaptation of column to the different concentration of organic matter in water sample is necessary in order to decrease the bias in BDOC measurements when using columns tests.
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This work has been partly supported by the European Social Fund within the National Programme “Support for the carrying out doctoral study program’s and post-doctoral researches” project “Support for the development of doctoral studies at Riga Technical University.” This work has been undertaken as a part of the research project “Technology enabled universal access to safe water—TECHNEAU” (Nr. 018320) which is supported by the European Union within the 6th Framework Programme. There hereby follows a disclaimer stating that the authors are solely responsible for the work. It does not represent the opinion of the Community and the Community is not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing herein.
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Tihomirova, K., Briedis, A., Rubulis, J. et al. Effect of biomass adaptation to biodegradation of dissolved organic carbon in water. Biodegradation 23, 319–324 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-011-9511-z
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