hkr.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Effects of fungal-assisted algal harvesting through biopellet formation on pesticides in water
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Kristianstad University, Faculty of Natural Science, Research environment Man & Biosphere Health (MABH). Kristianstad University, Faculty of Natural Science, Avdelningen för miljö- och biovetenskap. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6188-0449
2018 (English)In: Biodegradation, ISSN 0923-9820, E-ISSN 1572-9729, Vol. 29, no 6, p. 557-565Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Recent research has demonstrated the potential of using filamentous fungi to form pellets with microalgae (biopellets), in order to facilitate harvesting of microalgae from water following algae-based treatment of wastewater. In parallel, there is a need to develop techniques for removing organic pollutants such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals from wastewater. In experiments using the microalga Chlorella vulgaris, the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger and biopellets composed of these microorganisms, this study investigated whether fungal-assisted algal harvesting can also remove pesticides from contaminated water. A mixture of 38 pesticides was tested and the concentrations of 17 of these were found to be reduced significantly in the biopellet treatment, compared with the control. After harvesting, the concentration of total pesticides in the algal treatment did not differ significantly from that in the control. However, in the fungal treatment and biopellet treatment, the concentration was significantly lower (59.6 ± 2.0 µg/L and 56.1 ± 2.8 µg/L, respectively) than in the control (66.6 ± 1.0 µg/L). Thus fungal-assisted algal harvesting through biopellet formation can also provide scope for removing organic pollutants from wastewater, with removal mainly being performed by the fungus.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. Vol. 29, no 6, p. 557-565
Keywords [en]
Aspergillus niger, Bioremediation, Chlorella vulgaris, Emerging pollutants, Water quality
National Category
Environmental Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-18705DOI: 10.1007/s10532-018-9852-yISI: 000449938600004PubMedID: 30171388OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-18705DiVA, id: diva2:1249079
Available from: 2018-09-18 Created: 2018-09-18 Last updated: 2018-11-30Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(594 kB)188 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 594 kBChecksum SHA-512
79781179dc798bafa362ea63aa97b837826dcc35d311da9955b60370d5dcaa10f36842175526cf391548c52a7d128290230a77d264af59ead0cb88ed7fe554f3
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full textPubMed

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Bodin, Hristina
By organisation
Research environment Man & Biosphere Health (MABH)Avdelningen för miljö- och biovetenskap
In the same journal
Biodegradation
Environmental Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 188 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn
Total: 223 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf