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Bioaugmentation-Enhanced Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Water in Pilot-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands

Rehman, Khadeeja; Arslan, Muhammad; Müller, Jochen A.; Saeed, Muhammad; Imran, Asma; Amin, Imran; Mustafa, Tanveer; Iqbal, Samina; Afzal, Muhammad

Abstract:

Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) are cost-effective systems for the remediation of polluted water. In FTWs, the metabolic activity of microorganisms associated with plants is fundamental to treatment efficiency. Bioaugmentation, the addition of microorganisms with pollutant-degrading capabilities, appears to be a promising means to enhance the treatment efficiency of FTWs. Here, we quantified the effect of bioaugmentation with a four-membered bacterial consortium on the remediation of water contaminated with crude oil in pilot-scale FTWs planted with Phragmites australis or Typha domingensis. The bacteria had been isolated from the endosphere and rhizosphere of various plants and carry the alkane hydroxylase gene, alkB, involved in aerobic hydrocarbon degradation. During a treatment period of 36 days, FTWs planted with P. australis achieved a reduction in hydrocarbon concentration from 300 mg/L to 16 mg/L with and 56 mg/L without bioaugmentation. In the FTWs planted with T. domingensis, respective hydrocarbon concentrations were 46 mg/L and 84 mg/L. The inoculated bacteria proliferated in the rhizoplane and in the plant interior. Copy numbers of the alkB gene and its mRNA increased over time in plant-associated samples, suggesting increased bacterial hydrocarbon degradation. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000139026
Veröffentlicht am 18.10.2021
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.3390/w13202882
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Zitationen: 13
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Biologische Grenzflächen (IBG)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2073-4441
KITopen-ID: 1000139026
HGF-Programm 43.33.11 (POF IV, LK 01) Adaptive and Bioinstructive Materials Systems
Erschienen in Water
Verlag MDPI
Band 13
Heft 20
Seiten Art.-Nr.: 2882
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 14.10.2021
Schlagwörter nature-based solutions; water pollution and treatment; plant-bacteria interaction; Phragmites australis; Typha domingensis
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