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High-performance biological treatment of tuna wash processing wastewater using Yarrowia lipolytica

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It is well known that the lack of an effective treatment of tuna wash processing wastewater may pose substantial environmental and public health hazards. The present work investigates the performance of biological treatment of tuna wash processing wastewater (TWPW) by using Yarrowia lipolytica. Under optimized experimental conditions (pH “6.40–6.50” and 29 °C), Y. lipolytica reduced the pollution level of the crude and the diluted TWPW after only 7 days of incubation. The Yarrowia treatment leaded to a reduction of 66% chemical oxygen demand, 69.8% total organic carbon, 66% salinity, and phosphorus total (100%) removal of the crude TWPW, while the treated-diluted TWPW revealed significant reductions in chemical oxygen demand and total organic carbon (75% and 74%, respectively), as well as salinity (68%). Interestingly, a total removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from the diluted TWPW was obtained. Under high salinity, an important Y. lipolytica biomass of 5 g L−1 is produced with high levels of lipids and protein contents at around 336 ± 12.2 mg g−1 and 302.15 ± 5.44 mg g−1, respectively. The phytotoxicity assessment of the treated TWPW on fenugreek seeds shows promising results, which reveals the good performance of Yarrowia treatment in reducing the toxicity of this wastewater.

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This work was supported by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte-Biology Department.

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  1. Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, CP 7021, Jarzouna, Tunisia

    Selma Hamimed, Taha Barkaoui, Ahmed Landoulsi & Abdelwaheb Chatti

  2. Laboratory of Treatment and Valorization of Water Rejects Water Researches and Technologies Center, Borj-Cedria Technopark, CP 8020, Soliman, Tunisia

    Ismail Trabelsi

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Hamimed, S., Barkaoui, T., Trabelsi, I. et al. High-performance biological treatment of tuna wash processing wastewater using Yarrowia lipolytica. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 1545–1554 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10586-6

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