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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 784, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147049
Keywords
Carbon nitride; Ciprofloxacin; Intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation; Total organic carbon
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC1800502]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [22025603]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21802133]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M642574]
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The combination of photocatalytic-biodegradation using polyurethane sponges modified with visible light-responsive g-C3N4 and mixed culture microbes resulted in 94% removal of ciprofloxacin. This method had a higher total organic carbon (TOC) removal rate compared to photocatalytic degradation alone. The microbial community primarily belonged to Proteobacteria, playing a major role in the efficient degradation process.
Ciprofloxacin is an extensively used fluoroquinolone antibiotic, which exists in aquatic environment, causing detrimental effects to the aquatic ecosystem and thus, indirectly to humans. Thus, an efficient and rapid removal method for ciprofloxacin is urgently needed. Intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation has proven to be highly efficient, low-cost, and eco-friendly. In this study, cube polyurethane sponges modified with visible light-responsive g-C3N4 and mixed culture microbes were used to increase the ciprofloxacin removal efficiency. Subsequently, 94% of ciprofloxacin was removed by photocatalytic-biodegradation and 12 degradation products and possible degradation pathways were analyzed. Photocatalytic-biodegradation had a 1.57 times higher total organic carbon (TOC) removal rate than photocatalytic degradation. The microbial community structure after 72 h of photocatalytic biodegradation was examined. High microbial richness, evenness, and functional dominant species belong to Proteobacteria, which were closely associated with the utilization of antibiotics, may be majorly responsible for the highly efficient removal degradation process. Additionally, microbes retarded the interaction of photogenerated electrons and holes, which may contribute to the increasing mineralization. The findings demonstrated the potential ability of photocatalytic biodegradation in degrading bio-recalcitrant compounds and provide new insights into photocatalytic coupled with biodegradation for removal of ciprofloxacin. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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