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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 70, Issue 6, Pages 982-989Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.025
Keywords
bioremediation; phenolic compounds; peroxidase isoenzymes; additives; hairy roots; PEG
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Multiple efforts have been directed towards optimized processes in which enzymes, like peroxidases, are used to remove phenolic compounds from polluted wastewater. Here we describe the use of peroxidase isoenzymes from tomato hairy roots, which were able to oxidise 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and phenol from aqueous solutions. This could be an interesting alternative for the removal of these compounds from contaminated sites. We used different enzyme fractions: total peroxidases (TP), ionically bound to cell wall peroxidases (IBP), basic (BP) and acidic peroxidases (AP). We analyzed the optimum conditions of removal, the effect of Polyethyleneglycol (PEG-3350) on the process and on the enzyme activities, to obtain the maximum efficiency. The optimal H2O2 concentrations for 2,4-DCP and phenol removal were 1 and 0.1 mM, respectively. TP, IBP and BP showed better removal efficiencies than AP, for both contaminants. The addition of different concentrations (10-100 mg l(-1)) of PEG-3350 to solutions containing 2,4-DCP showed no effect on the removal efficiencies of the isoenzymes. However, PEG (100 mg l(-1)) increased the removal efficiency of phenol by BP and IBP fractions. On the other hand, peroxidase activities from BP and IBP fractions were 3 and 13 times higher, respectively, than those detected for the same fractions in phenol treated solutions without PEG. The protective effect of PEG, which depends on the contaminant as well as of the enzyme fraction used, would be important to improve the removal efficiency of phenol by some peroxidase isoenzymes. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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