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DOI 10.1007/s11157-010-9215-6
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recent advances genetic engineering and nanotechnology have had in improving bioremediation. Case
studies have also been extensively revisited to support
the discussions on biosorption of heavy metals, gene
probes used in molecular diagnostics, bioremediation
studies of contaminants in vadose soils, bioremediation of oil contaminated soils, bioremediation of
contaminants from mining sites, air sparging, slurry
phase bioremediation, phytoremediation studies for
pollutants and heavy metal hyperaccumulators, and
vermicomposting.
Keywords Bioremediation Green technology
Environmental contaminants Anaerobic
biotechnology Composting Phytoremediation
Biosorption
1 Introduction
The global environment is under great stress due to
urbanization and industrialization as well as population pressure on the limited natural resources. The
problems are compounded by drastic changes that
have been taking place in the lifestyle and habits of
people. The environmental problems are diverse and
sometimes specific with reference to time and space.
The nature and the magnitude of the problems are ever
changing, bringing new challenges and creating a
constant need for developing newer and more appropriate technologies. In this context, biotechnology has
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reviewed the biotechnological approaches for enhancing the capability of microorganisms and plants
through the characterization and transfer of pesticide-degrading genes, induction of catabolic pathways, and display of cell surface enzymes, while
Theron et al. (2008) have performed a thorough review
of nanotechnology, the engineering and art of manipulating matter at the nanoscale (1100 nm), and have
highlighted the potential of novel nanomaterials for
treatment of surface water, groundwater, and wastewater contaminated by toxic metal ions, organic and
inorganic solutes, and microorganisms. Husain et al.
(2009) have analyzed the role of peroxidases in
the remediation and treatment of a wide spectrum
of aromatic pollutants. Peroxidases can catalyze
degradation/transformation of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), PCBs, organochlorines, 2,4,6trinitrotoluene, phenolic compounds and dyes. These
enzymes are also capable of treating various types of
recalcitrant aromatic compounds in the presence of
redox mediators.
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Biological
Approximate cost
(()/tonne soil)
5170
Chemical
12600
Physical
20170
Solidification/stabilization
17171
Thermal
30750
with alternative methods. Treatment periods generally last from 2 to 48 months, about the same for
chemical or thermal methods. Physical processes
(soil washing and soil vapour extraction) are faster,
rarely lasting more than 1 year. Solidification is
almost instantaneous.
Bioremediation (when used in solution) doses not
require environmentally damaging processes such as
chemicals or heat treatment. It has beneficial effects
upon soil structure and fertility, but with limitation on
its effectiveness. These limitations may be summarized as follows:
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Chemical class
Examples
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Benzene, toluene
Acetone, MEK
Fuel oil
Chlorinated solvents
TCE, PCE
Polyaromatic
hydrocarbons
Anthracene, benzo
(a)pyrene, creosote
Aerobic
PCBs
Arochlors
Organic cyanides
Aerobic
Metals
Cadmium
Radioactive materials
Corrosives
Uranium, plutonium
Inorganic acids, caustics
Not biodegradable
Not biodegradable
Asbestos
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Biodegradability
Not biodegradable
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4 Bioremediation technologies
Bioremediation technologies can be broadly classified
as ex situ or in situ (Hatzinger et al. 2002; Talley and
Sleeper 2006). Table 3 summarizes the most commonly used bioremediation technologies. Ex situ
technologies are those treatment modalities which
involve the physical removal of the contaminated to
another area (possibly within the site) for treatment.
Bioreactors, landfarming, anaerobic digestion, composting, biosorption and some forms of solid-phase
treatment are all examples of ex situ treatment techniques. In contrast, in situ techniques involve treatment of the contaminated material in place. Bioventing
for the treatment of the contaminated soil and biostimulation of indigenous aquifer microorganisms are
examples of these treatment techniques. Although
some sites may be more easily controlled and maintained with ex situ configurations (Talley and Sleeper
2006), others are more effective with in situ treatment.
Biostimulation
Bioreactors
Bioventing
Composting
Landfarming
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heterotrophic bacterial population density, pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature and available mineral
nutrient concentrations.
Quarterly: perform a series of soil boring and
analysis for the following parameters: contaminant
concentration, aerobic heterophic bacterial population density, pH, soil moisture and available mineral
nutrient concentrations. Subsequently, any adjustment in the bioremediation technique will be made
accordingly to the treatment system based on the
results from these analyses so as to enhance the
bioremediation performance.
All the more, through the advances in gene technology, bioremediation is now in a position to take
advantage of genomic-driven strategies to analyze,
monitor and assess its course by considering multiple
microorganisms with various genomes, expressed transcripts and proteins (Stenuit et al. 2009). High-throughput methodologies, including microarrays, fingerprinting
(Karpouzas and Singh 2010), real-time polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) (Baek et al. 2009), genotypic profiling,
ultrafast genome pyrosequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics and metabolomics
(Desai et al. 2010; Jerez 2009), show great promise in
environmental interventions against recalcitrant contaminants such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) that have been
studying for many years. The emerging genomic and
metagenomic methodologies now allow environmental
researchers and engineers to promote and restore environmental health in impacted sites, monitor remediation
activities, identify key microbial players and processes,
and finally compile an intelligent, site-specific and
pollutant(s)-specific database of genes for targeted use
in bioremediation (Stenuit et al. 2009).
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Soil sample
Addition of
bioluminescent
reporter strains
Measurement of
light production
BIOAVAILABILITY
OF SUBSTRATE
Purification
of DNA
Hybridization with
gene probes
BIODEGRADATIVE
POTENTIAL
Purification
of RNA
Hybridization with
gene probes
IN SITU
ACTIVITY
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Target enzyme
Target gene
Host strain
Reference
Toluene, TCE
Toluene-4-monoxygenase
Tom A
Burkholderia cepacia G4
Toluene, TCE
Toluene, TCE
Toluene dioxygenase
Toluene-2-monoxygenase
TodC1C2BA
tmoABCDE
Pseudomonas putida F1
Pseudomonas mendocina KR1
BTEX compounds
xylE
TCE
Soluble methane
monooxygenase
mmoB
Methylosinus trichsporium
0B3b
Naphthalene
Naphthalene dioxygenase
nahAcd
Pseudomonas putida G7
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Technology/technique employed
Bioremediation performance
Reference
Perchlorate
Experiments performed in soil slurries With no external carbon source added to Gal et al. (2008)
with sediments taken from the
the slurry of soil from land surface, all
contaminated site with native
perchlorate was removed after 134 days
microbial communities along
of incubation
the contaminated vadose zone
Average perchlorate-reduction rate using
natural organic matter as a carbon
source was 0.45 mg/day, while the
average rate using acetate as an external
carbon source was 7.2 mg/day
Chromate
Naphthalene at a creosotecontaminated
Toluene
Radiation-resistant bacterium
Deinococcus radiodurans was
engineered for toluene degradation
by cloned expression of tod and xyl
genes of Pseudomonas putida
shoreline. About 1520% was lost by initial weathering due to volatilization. Mostly aliphatic hydrocarbons of less than 12 carbon atoms, aromatic
hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, xylene and
methyl-substituted naphthalenes were lost this way.
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Waria et al.
(2009)
Efficacy of Candida catenulata CM1, was evaluated After 13 days of composting, 84% of the initial petroleum
Joo et al. (2008)
during composting of a mixture containing food
hydrocarbon was degraded in composting mixes containing
waste and diesel-contaminated soil
a powdered form of CM1 (CM1-solid), compared with 48%
of removal ratio in control reactor without inoculum
Diesel-contaminated soil
Of the 300 isolates cultured, Pseudomonas strain ST41 grew on Stallwood et al. (2005)
the widest range of hydrocarbons at 4C. Microcosm
experiments showed that at 4C the levels of oil degradation
increased, relative to the controls, with (i) the addition
of ST41 to the existing soil microbial population, (ii) the
addition of nutrients and to the greatest extent with (iii)
a combination of both treatments
Reference
Crude petroleum-oil
hydrocarbons
Bioremediation performance
Technique employed
Oil/Oil fraction
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6 In situ bioremediation
6.1 Bioventing
In bioventing, the aerobic biodegradation of soil
contamination is stimulated by delivery of oxygen to
the subsurface. This is accomplished by injecting or
extracting air through unsaturated soil in a passive
system. This technology is designed primarily to treat
soil contamination by fuels, non-halogenated volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic
compounds (SVOCs), pesticides and herbicides. The
process may be applied to halogeneted organics, but is
less effective. Bioventing typically costs around $15
per cubic yard of soil and uses simple, inexpensive,
low-maintenance equipment that can be left unattended for long periods of time. Also, the technology
tends to enjoy good public acceptance.
The technology requires the presence of indigenous organisms capable of degrading the contaminants of interest, as well as nutrients necessary for
growth. Also, it is necessary that the contaminants be
available to the organisms, and not tightly sorbed to
soil particles. Bioventing is not as effective in treating
areas where the water table is high, and soils with
very low moisture content. Lastly, the technology is
not applicable in sites where high concentrations of
inorganic salts, heavy metals, or organic compounds
are present, as these hinder microbial growth. However, some studies have demonstrated the merits of
bioventing as a bioremediation technique. Mller
et al. (1996) have investigated the effects of
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Technique employed
Bioremediation performance
Reference
Fuel oil
contaminated
mixtures of soil
and sawdust
Godoy-Faundez
et al. (2008)
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2.
3.
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6.5 Landfarming
This technology involves the application of contaminated material that has been excavated onto the soil
surface and periodically tilled to mix and aerate the
material (Maciel et al. 2009; Harmsen et al. 2007).
The contaminants are degraded, transformed and
immobilized by means of biotic and abiotic reactions
(Rubinos et al. 2007). Sometimes, in cases of very
shallow contamination, the top layer of the site may
simply be tilled without requiring any excavation.
Liners or other methods may be used to control
leachate. This technology is designed primarily to
treat soil contamination by fuels, PAHs, non-halogenated VOCs, SVOCs, pesticides, and herbicides. The
process may be applied to halogenated organics, but
is less effective. Although the technology is very
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Laboratory and numerical investigations
using a pulsed air sparging system
Reference
Sparging air at ambient temperature through the contaminated Mohamed et al. (2007)
soil could remove NAPLs, but employing hot air sparging
could provide higher contaminant removal efficiency, by
about 9%
Aqueous concentrations for TCE were still much higher than Kim et al. (2007)
the maximum contaminant level in spite of successful
removal of 95% of residual TCE, implying that it would be
more appropriate to apply air sparging combined with other
remediation technologies such as bioremediation for
remediation of TCE-contaminated groundwater
Bioremediation performance
In the air sparged control zone, TCE was removed at only two
monitoring locations nearest the sparge-well, to
concentrations of 15 and 60 lg/l
Air sparging assisted stirred tank reactors. SDS removed more than 80% crude oil from non-weathered Urum et al. (2005)
Two surfactants (rhamnolipid and
soil samples, whilst rhamnolipid showed similar oil removal
sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) were
at the third and fourth levels of the parameters tested
tested and the effects of different
The approach of soil washing was noted to be effective
parameters (temperature, surfactant
in reducing the amount of oil in soil
concentrations, washing time, volume/
mass ratio) were investigated under
varying washing modes namely, stirring
only, air sparging only and the
combination of stirring and air sparging
Removal of volatile contaminant from Laboratory-scale surfactant-enhanced air SEAS was significantly more efficient than conventional air Kim et al. (2009)
an aquifer model and mass removal sparging (SEAS) was evaluated versus
sparging for removing perchloroethene. For SEAS, about 78
of dense non-aqueous phase liquid
conventional air sparging. Surfactant
and 75% of total perchloroethene mass was depleted from the
(DNAPL); Perchloroethene was the
used was sodium dodecylbenzene
flow chamber at 350 and 150 mg/l SDBS
test contaminant
sulfonate (SDBS)
Contaminated media
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6.6 Phytoremediation
3.
4.
1.
2.
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Reference
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Paulownia tomentosa
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
Phenol
2,6-dinitrotoluene
Arsenic
Recalcitrant PAHs
Dibenzofuran-contaminated soil
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Cd-hyperaccumulator Rorippa
globosa (Turcz.)
Maize (Gold Dent), soybean (Enrei After 2 months cultivation, the Gold Dent maize and Milyang 23 rice shoots
and Suzuyutaka), and rice
took up 20.229.5 and 18.520.2% of the 0.1 mol/l HCl-extractable Cu,
(Nipponbare and Milyang 23)
10.037.3 and 8.534.3% of the DTPA-extractable Cu, and 2.46.5 and
were pot-grown under aerobic
2.15.9% of the total Cu, respectively, in the two soils analyzed
soil with low to moderate Cu
contamination
Cadmium-contaminated soils
Nickel-contaminated soils
Copper
Arsenic
Murakami and Ae
(2009)
Ni concentration in shoot of A. corsicum and A. murale was significantly higher Qiu et al. (2008)
than radish or mustard in all tested soils. A. corsicum and A. murale removed
much more Ni from Mojiang soil (total Ni 1,062 mg/kg) than common
vegetables, but mustard extracted most Ni from Xinyi soil (total Ni 107 mg/kg)
107.0 and 150.1 mg/kg of the Cd accumulated in stems and leaves, respectively, Wei and Zhou (2006)
when soil Cd added was concentrated to 25.0 mg/kg. The Cd-removing ratio
by shoots of R. globosa harvested at the flowering phase was up to 71.4% of
that at the mature phase
Arundo donax for phytoextraction Increasing As concentration in nutrient solution caused an increase in shoot and Mirza et al. (2010)
of arsenic from synthetic
root biomass without toxicity symptoms in A. donax growing under a range of
wastewater
As concentration from 50 to 600 lg/l. The As doses up to 600 lg/l did not
affect the growth of A. donax. It was suggested that A. donax plants may be
employed to treat contaminated waters containing arsenic concentrations up to
600 lg/l
Thlaspi caerulescens as a
phytoextraction plant
Fenugreek (Trigonella
The Cr concentration in fenugreek, spinach, and raya increased with increasing Dheri et al. (2007)
foenumgraecum L.), spinach
level of added Cr in both soils. Cr in both shoot and root was highest in raya,
(Spinacia oleracea L.), and raya followed by spinach and fenugreek. The overall mean uptake of Cr in shoot
(Brassica campestris L.)
was almost four times and in root was about two times higher in raya compared
to fenugreek. The findings indicated that family Cruciferae (raya) was most
tolerant to Cr toxicity, followed by chenopodiacea (spinach) and Leguminosae
(fenugreek)
Reference
Chromium-contaminated soils
Removal performance
Plant(s) used
Heavy metal(s)
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Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) P. americana not showed remarkable tolerance to Mn. Maximum Mn
Min et al. (2007)
concentration in the leaf dry matter was 8,000 mg/g on Xiangtan Mn tailings
wastelands. P. americana was characterized by a high translocation factor of
more than 10.76. Under nutrient solution culture conditions, manganese
concentration in the shoots increased with increasing external Mn levels, and
reached a maximum concentration of Mn in leaves at 47.06 g/kg. Pokeweed
was thus classified as a new manganese hyperaccumulator plant
Cobalt given to soybean (Glycine Results showed higher concentration (Co level (100200 mg/kg) in the soil)
Jayakumar and Jaleel
max) plants in pot culture by soil resulted in maximum accumulation in all parts of soybean plants, while the low (2009)
drenching method
concentrations of cobalt (50 mg/kg Co level) in the soil didnt show any
significant effect
Manganese
Cobalt
Cold vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy confirmed an increase of mercury Skinner et al.
within the plant root tissue and a corresponding decrease of mercury in the
(2007)
water. All species of plants appeared to reduce mercury concentrations
in the water via root uptake and accumulation. Water lettuce and water
hyacinth appeared to be the most effective, followed by taro and zebra rush,
respectively
Reference
Mercury
Removal performance
Plant(s) used
Heavy metal(s)
Table 10 continued
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Plant(s) used
The Kazakhstan maximum acceptable concentration
for DDT and HCH metabolites in plant tissue is
20 lg/kg. Species in this category included:
Artemisia annua L., Kochia sieversiana (Pall.) C.A.
Mey. Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad., and Xanthium
strumarium L
Organic pollutant(s)
Toxicity of the contaminants was the same for all the Olette et al.
aquatic plants studied and occurred in this descending (2008)
order of toxicity:
flazasulfuron [ copper [ dimethomorph. L. minor
had the most efficient uptake capacity, followed by
E. canadensis and then C. aquatica. The maximum
removal rate of copper, flazasulfuron and
dimethomorph was 30, 27 and 11 lg/g fresh weight/
day, respectively
Results showed that the strain tested had actively
Germaine
et al. (2006)
colonized inoculated plants internally (and in the
rhizosphere). Inoculated plants showed a higher
capacity for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid removal
from soil and showed no 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid accumulation in their aerial tissues
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The removal yields during the 4-day test periods varied Dosnonfrom 10 to 18% and 712% for dimethomorph and
Olette et al.
pyrimethanil, respectively. The maximum removal
(2009)
rate during the 4-day test period was 48 lg/g fresh
weight (FW) for dimethomorph and 33 lg/g FW for
pyrimethanil. L. minor and S. polyrhiza showed the
highest removal efficiency for the two fungicides
Five macrophyte speciesL. minor, S. polyrhiza,
C. aquatica, C. palustris and E. canadensis
Two fungicidesdimethomorph
and pyrimethanil
Dordio et al.
(2009)
At a concentration of 20 lg/l, Typha had removed
[50% of CA within the first 48 h, reaching a
maximum of 80% by the end of the assay.
Experimental conditions assured that
photodegradation, adsorption to vessel walls and
microbial degradation did not contribute to the
removal
Typha spp.
Clofibric acid (CA which is a metabolite
of blood lipid regulator drugs)
Reference
Plant(s) used
Removal performance
Organic pollutant(s)
Table 11 continued
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References
Arsenic
Cadmium
Zinc
Nickel
Lead
Copper
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7 Ex situ bioremediation
7.1 Composting
Composting is the biochemical degradation of organic
materials to a sanitary, nuisance-free, humus-like
material (Kulcu and Yildiz 2004). Composting has
been defined as a controlled microbial aerobic
decomposition process with the formation of stabilized organic materials that may be used as soil
conditioner (Negro et al. 1999). The main factors in
the control of a composting process include environmental parameters (temperature, moisture content, pH
and aeration) and substrate nature parameters (C/N
ratio, particle size, and nutrient content) (Diaz et al.
2002; Artola et al. 2009). Aerobic composting is the
decomposition of organic substrates in the presence of
sufficient oxygen (Agnew and Leonard 2003). The
main products of the biological metabolism are
carbon dioxide, water and considerable amounts of
heat (Ghaly et al. 2006). Various factors correlate with
each other physically, chemically and biologically in
complicated composting processes (Agnew and Leonard 2003). A slight change in a single factor may cause
a drastic avalanche of metabolic and physical changes
in the overall process. In other words, there may be
extremely strong non-linearities involved in these
processes (Seki 2000). These processes occur in
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7.1.1 Vermistabilisation
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Earthworm
species
Vermistabilizaion performnace
References
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Eisenia
fetida
Tharakan et al.
(2004)
Eisenia
fetida
Perionyx
Inoculated earthworms could maximize the decomposition and
excavatus
mineralization rate when sludge was used with appropriate
bulking material for earthworm feed
Singh et al.
(2010)
Suthar and
Singh (2008)
Eisenia
fetida
The increasing use of fossil fuels and their combustion products by human beings during the two past
centuries raises several questions about PAHs hazards for living organisms. First, apart from accidental
oil spills leading to massive pollutions, the precise
origin of trace PAHs, e.g., natural versus anthropogenic, has rarely been clear traced. Second, the
toxicity of PAHs, like other hazardous chemicals,
requires their bioavailability. And since most PAHs
are highly hydrophobic (Wild and Jones 1992), their
pathways of transfer through geological and biological media are far from being comprehensively
understood. Third, explicit correlations between
PAH sources and carcinogenic effects have been
reported only for intense exposure to PAHs such as
for coalmine workers. PAHs structure and stability
stand in the way of their biodegradation by microorganisms (fungi and bacteria). Biodegradation is
slow and is a function of environmental parameters
such as oxygen, water and nutriment contents.
Interest has continuously surrounded the occurrence
ContrerasRamos et al.
(2006)
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7.1.5 PCBs
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), that can be mixtures of up to 209 congeners, were first manufactured
in 1929 (Bhandari and Xia 2005) and these are
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among the most widely detected chemicals in wastewater residual biosolids. Although PCBs are no
longer produced in the United States because they
build up in the environment and can cause harmful
health effects, they are still in use in many other
countries. Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (dioxins) (Fu et al. 2003)
consist of 210 different compounds which have
similar chemical properties (Bhandari and Xia
2005). This class of compounds is persistent, toxic,
and bioaccumulative. They are generated as byproducts during incomplete combustion of chlorine containing wastes like municipal solid waste, sewage
sludge, and hospital and hazardous wastes (Bhandari
and Xia 2005). PCBs were widely used in the past
and now contaminate many industrial and natural
areas.
PCBs can be degraded by microorganisms via a
metacleavage pathway to yield tricarboxylic acid
cycle intermediate and (chloro)benzoate (CBA). The
initial step in the aerobic biodegradation of PCBs is
the dioxygenation of PCB congeners by the biphenyl
dioxygenase enzyme (Ang et al. 2005). In this step,
the enzyme catalyzes the incorporation of two
hydroxyl groups into the aromatic ring of a PCB
congener, which increases the reactivity of the PCBs,
rendering them more susceptible to enzymatic ring
fission reactions (Bruhlmann and Chen 1999).
Only one research has been reported in the literature
where composting has been applied for bioremediating
PCBs. Michel et al. (2001) determined the effects of
soil to amendment ratio on PCB degradation when a
PCB-contaminated soil from a former paper mill was
mixed with a yard trimmings amendment and composted in field scale piles. Temperature, oxygen
concentrations, and a number of other environmental
parameters that usually influence microbial activity
during composting were monitored. The PCBs in the
contaminated soil had a concentration of 16 mg/kg dry
weight and an average of 4 chlorines per biphenyl. The
soil was composted with five levels of yard trimmings
amendment (1482% by weight) in pilot scale compost piles of volume 25 m3 and turned once every
month. Michel et al. (2001) observed that up to a 40%
loss of PCBs with amendment levels of 60 and 82%.
Also, congener specific PCB analysis indicated that
less chlorinated PCB congeners (13 chlorines per
biphenyl) were preferentially degraded during the
composting process. On the other hand, bench-scale
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countries, particularly those in tropical regions seeking to enter the global economy by providing offseason fresh fruits and vegetables to countries in
more temperate climates (Ecobichon 2001). However, the continuous use of pesticides has caused
severe irreversible damage to the environment,
caused human ill-health, negatively impacted on
agricultural production and reduced agricultural sustainability (Wilson and Tisdell 2001).
Traditional methods of pesticide remediation
which are however relatively costly include excavation and/or chemical oxidation processes (for example, photocatalysis, ozonation and iron-catalyzed
Fentons reaction) or thermal processes (for example
low temperature themal desorption, incineration). On
the other hand, bioremediation and phytoremediation
are the biotic processes that are sometimes employed
for the remediation of pesticides contaminated sites
(Lynch and Moffat 2005). The use of phytotechnologies to remediate these more persistent pesticides is
only emerging (Chaudhry et al. 2002; Zhuang et al.
2007). Still, difficulties persist, including the potential phytotoxicity of some herbicides (Eullaffroy and
Vernet 2003; Van Eerd et al. 2003) that were
originally developed but destroyed plant material.
Typically the mechanisms involved in pesticide
phytoremediation are phytodegradation, rhizodegradation, and phytovolatilization. As a form of low cost
clean-up bioremediation option, composting and
biobeds2 are increasingly being assessed as an
approach to remediate pesticides. Some studies have
been carried out to this end and they unanimously are
in favor of composting. The fate of the widely used
lawn care herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
(2, 4-D) during the composting of yard trimmings
consisting of primarily leaves and grass is an
important unexplored question. In their study, Michel
et al. (1995) determined the extent of 2, 4-D
mineralization, incorporation into humic matter,
volatilization, and sorption during the composting
of yard trimmings. Yard trimmings (2:1 [wt/wt]
leavesgrass) were amended with 14C-ring-labeled 2,
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Venkata
Mohan et al.
(2004)
TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene)- Molasses and starch used to estimate the effect of cocontaminated soil
substrate on anaerobic slurry phase bioremediation
In et al.
(2008)
Carbofuran (20 mg/kg soil) Bioslurry phase sequencing batch reactor. A 2-L laboratory Bioaugmentation treatment (addition of PCL3) gave the highest
Plangklang
percentage of carbofuran removal (96.97%), followed by
contaminated soil
glass bottle was used as a bioreactor with a working
and
bioaugmentation together with biostimulation (addition of molasses) Reungsang
volume of 1.5 l at room temperature (27 2C). One
total cycle period of the SBR was comprised of 1 h of fill treatment (88.23%), suggesting that bioremediation was an effective (2010)
technology for removing carbofuran in contaminated soil
phase, 82 h of react phase, and 1 h of decant phase
Bioslurry reactor adopting sequencing batch mode (anoxic At 3,000 lg/g of chlorpyrifos concentration, 91% was degraded
aerobicanoxic) operation
after 72 h of the cycle period, whereas in the case of 6,000 lg/g
Reactor operation was monitored for a total cycle period of of chlorpyrifos, 82.5% was degraded. However, for 12,000 lg/g
of chlorpyrifos, only 14.5% degradation was observed
72 h consisting of 3 h of FILL, 64 h REACT, 2 h of
Chlorpyrifos contaminated
soil using native mixed
microflora
Bio-slurry phase reactor operated in the sequencing batch Control reactor (without ETP micro-flora) showed 23% of substrate Rama Krishna
mode under anoxicaerobicanoxic micro-environment
removal efficiency. The reactor augmented with mixed ETP micro- et al. (2006)
Effect of augmentation with effluent treatment plant (ETP) flora showed enhanced performance with more than 90% of
micro-flora on the process performance of the reactor was substrate removal efficiency within 72 h of the cycle period
Pendimethalin
contaminated soil
also evaluated
Reference
Bioremediation performance
Bioprocess feature(s)
Contaminated media/
contaminants
Table 14 Example of slurry phase bioremediation: Process features and remediation potential
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contaminants
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At 1:20 soilwater ratio, the slurry phase system showed enhanced Venkata
degradation of substrate (629 lg pendimethalin/g soil). The removal Mohan et al.
efficiency of pendimethalin in the reactors was dependent on the
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groups of methanogenic bacteria (Narihiro and Sekiguchi 2007): the first group splits acetate into methane
and carbon dioxide and the second group uses hydrogen as electron donor and carbon dioxide as acceptor to
produce methane. The bacteria involved in the methanogenesis stage are sensitive to low as well as to high
pH, which must be kept within a range of 6.58.
8.2 Sludge digestion
Sludge treatment has long become the one of the most
challenging problems in wastewater treatment plants
(Zhang et al. 2007; Yu et al. 2008). As a result of the
wide application and utilization of the waste activated
sludge process, excess sludge presents a serious
disposal problem (Neyens and Baeyens 2003; Hao
et al. 2007). The management of excess activated
sludge also imposes great economic costs on the
operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment
plants and hence represents in itself significant
technical challenges (Li et al. 2008) as a results of
environmental, economic, social and legal factors
(Chu et al. 2009). Many efforts have been devoted to
reduce the excess sludge burden (Naddeo et al. 2009)
by treatments such as digestion and dewatering. Some
sludge treatment technologies include pre-treatment
and sludge minimization, anaerobic digestion, aerobic
digestion, alkaline stabilization, composting, dewatering, drying and innovative technologies (Fitzmorris
et al. 2009). Anaerobic digestion has now become a
commonly applied biological process for stabilization
of sewage sludges (Arnaiz et al. 2006; Aitken et al.
2005). The process is more beneficial among several
sludge stabilization methods by reason of it having be
able to produce a net energy gain (Mao et al. 2004; Lu
et al. 2008; Bohn et al. 2007) in the form of methane
gas leading to cost-effectiveness (Mao et al. 2004).
The biodegradability of waste sludge can be
improved by using thermal energy (Bougrier et al.
2008), enzymes and bacteria (Li et al. 2009), ozonation
(Zhang et al. 2009; Dytczak et al. 2007), acidification,
alkaline addition (Lopez Torres and Espinosa Llorens
2008), high pressure homogenization (Kidak et al.
2009), mechanical disintegration and ultrasound (Chu
et al. 2001) pre-treatments. Some investigations have
discussed the combined treatment of alkaline addition
and ultrasound. Among these processes of physical
pre-treatments, ultrasonication is viewed as an environmentally and economically sound pretreatment
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Among them less expensive non-conventional adsorbents like apple waste (Maranon and Sastre 1991),
peanut hull carbon (Periasamy and Namasivayam
1995), agricultural wastes (Azab and Peterson 1989)
and red mud (Apak et al. 1998) are being investigated
for the removal of ions like the Cd and Ni ions. Sud
et al. (2008) propose the use of agricultural waste
materials as bioadsorbents of heavy metals as a low
cost and highly efficient technology, because the
functional groups present in agricultural waste biomass (acetamido, alcoholic, carbonyl, phenolic,
amido, amino and sulphydryl groups) have affinity
for heavy metals ions to form metal complexes or
chelates that immobilize the contaminants through
reactions of chemisorption, complexation, adsorption
on surface, diffusion through pores and ion exchange.
As a result, researchers and engineers, all alike, have
been oriented toward the practical use of adsorbents
for the treatment of wastewater polluted by heavy
metals (Kocasoy and Guvener 2009).
Many agricultural wastes, including barks,
manures, and composts, contain high levels of lignocellulosic materials. Harman et al. (2007) have
hypothesized that the lignin fraction, which contains
numerous reactive groups, would be highly effective
in binding and removing heavy metals ions from
contaminated water, and, further, that the absorptive
capabilities of the materials would be strongly affected
by the pH of the solution. A series of materials have
been tested by Harman et al. (2007), and, at pH levels
above about 5.5, these materials were highly effective
in removing heavy metals ions, generally as large or
larger than nickel, but ineffective in removal of lighter
ions such as sodium or magnesium. Various barks
were generally observed to be the most effective and
were capable of removing more than 90% of iron,
copper, or lead from solutions in simple shake flask
experiments. Harman et al. (2007) also highlighted
that materials that retain cellular structures and that
have high lignin contents were highly effective with
barks possessing these properties. At alkaline pH
levels, many heavy metals ions precipitate, but three
separate lines of evidence from the extensive study of
Harman et al. (2007) indicate that ions were removed
from aqueous solutions by absorption to barks rather
than by precipitation. At acidic pH levels, they also
were partially effective in removal of the oxyanion
chromate. The study of Harman et al. (2007) hence
underpinned that biosorption is becoming a promising
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particular solution chemistry of the solutes. Mechanistic models can often be characterized by the
different degrees of complexity or accuracy in a
system description to account for the surface heterogeneity and other factors that contribute to non-ideal
adsorption phenomena. Mechanistic modeling of biosorption has been attempted in several investigations,
with significant success.
Mathematical models that can describe the behaviour of a batch biosorption process operated under
different experimental conditions are very useful for
scale up studies or process optimization (Loukidou
et al. 2004). Over 20 models have been reported in
the literature, all of which have attempted to quantitatively describe the kinetic behavior during the
adsorption process. Each adsorption kinetic model
has its own limitations, which are derived according
to specific experimental and theoretical assumptions.
Even though they violate the fundamental assumptions, many adsorption models have been used to
successfully test experimental biosorption data. Of
these, pseudo-first and pseudo-second order models
(Eqs. 1, 2, respectively) have often been used to
describe biosorption kinetic data.
Qt Qe 1 eKt
1
1
Qt Qe 1
2
1 Qe Pt
where Qe is the amount of solute sorbed at equilibrium (mg/g); Qt the amount of solute sorbed at time
t (mg/g); K the first order equilibrium rate constant
(min-1) and P the second order equilibrium rate
constant (g/mg/min). In most published cases involving biosorption, the pseudo-first order equation was
found to not fit well over the entire contact time
range, but was generally applicable over the initial
periods of the sorption process.
9.5 Mechanisms of biosorption
Different metal-binding mechanisms have been postulated to be active in biosorption metal uptake such
as chemisorption by ion-exchange, complexation,
coordination, chelation; physical adsorption and
microprecipitation (Volesky 2001). There are also
possible oxidationreduction reactions taking place
in the biosorbent. Due to the complexity of biomaterials and biosorbents, it is also plausible that at
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least some of these mechanisms are acting simultaneously to varying extents depending on the biosorbent
composition, surface properties and functional chemical groups, and the solution environment (Volesky
2001). Biomass materials offer several molecular
groups that are known to offer ion exchange sites,
carboxyl, sulphate, phosphate, and amine, could be the
main ones (Volesky 2001). Ion-exchange is an important concept in biosorption, because it explains many
of the observations made during heavy metal uptake
experiments (Davis et al. 2003). It should be pointed
out that the term ion-exchange does not explicitly
identify the binding mechanism, rather it is used here
as an umbrella term to describe the experimental
observations (Davis et al. 2003). The precise binding
mechanism(s) may range from physical (i.e., electrostatic or Londonvan der Waals forces) to chemical
binding (i.e., ionic and covalent).
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10.3 Metals
Metals can inhibit various cellular processes and their
effects are often concentration-dependent (Salanitro
et al. 1997; Sani et al. 2001; Alisi et al. 2009). Metal
toxicity for microbes will usually involve specific
chemical reactivity. Metals such as copper, silver,
and mercury are typically very toxic particularly as
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have investigated the effect of phosphorus concentration on PAH dissipation in the rhizosphere of
mycorrhizal plants in a pot experiment using two
plant species, alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and tall fescue
(Festuca arundinacea), The major finding was the
significant positive impact of mycorrhizal plants on
the dissipation of high molecular weight PAH in highwater low-phosphorus treatment. Earlier, El-Bestawy
and Albrechtsen (2007) investigated the mineralization and/or degradation of the phenoxy herbicide
mecoprop (MCPP) by a group of soil bacteria under
the effects of nutrient amendments. Five different
species of Pseudomonas (P. paucimobilis, P. aeruginosa, P. mallei, P. pseudomallei, and P. pickettii)
were isolated for the MCPP mineralization and/or
removal. Significant variations in the removal percentages of MCPP by either mineralization or biodegradation were observed. Also, the highest MCPP
mineralization and degradation by the selected Pseudomonas spp. were achieved by their inactive (dead)
followed by active-rich cultures with both inoculated
in nutrient-rich medium, confirming the positive
effects of nutrient amendments and sterilization on
MCPP decontamination. Brresen and Rike (2007)
have studied the effects of increased salinity (ionic
strength) and varying concentrations of nutrient and
soil moisture on hexadecane mineralization in a
hydrocarbon contaminated and nutrient deficient high
Arctic soil were assessed. Ammonium chloride
(NH4Cl) was added to give nitrogen concentrations
ranging from 0 to 1,000 mg NH4-N/kg soil, corresponding to molar cation concentrations of NH4?
from 0 to 71 mmol/kg soil. Soil samples with
combinations of NH4? and Na? were also included,
and the soil moisture content varied from 10 to 20%. It
was found that the fertilizing with NH4-N had
increased the total hexadecane mineralization compared to unfertilized soil at all concentrations investigated, and that the highest mineralization rates were
found in soil samples added 50200 mg NH4-N/kg at
10% moisture, where 5058 mg hexadecane/kg/day
had been mineralized.
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acceptor, complex anaerobic communities were maintained with lactate as electron donor (with or without
methanol), which achieved complete dehalogenation
of tetra- and tri-chloroethenes (PCE and TCE) to
ethene and ethane. A few weeks after sulphate
addition, production of sulphide had increased, indicating an increasing activity of sulphate-reducing
bacteria. Hence, it may be deduced that microbial
activity stimulated under sulphate-reducing conditions
can have a beneficial effect on both the precipitation of
heavy metals and the complete dechlorination of
organochlorines as a result of the strongly negative
redox potential created by the activity of sulphatereducing bacteria. Regarding nitrate as a stimulant in
bioremediation, Lee et al. (2007) reported that triethyl
phosphate (TEP) treated along with NO3-, was most
effective for the biodegradation of diesel, this being
possible since TEP could be delivered more efficiently
to the target zones and with less phosphorus loss than
KH2PO4.
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10.11 Bioaugmentation
Where degradative microbes do not exit or where the
process is too slow, microbial inoculates may be added
to enhance bioremediation rates. This technique is
known as bioaugmentation (Lima et al. 2009) and may
involve (a) an addition of natural isolates of bacteria or
(b) genetically engineered organisms (GEMs). There
are rigid rules governing the release of GEMs as there
is concern about their potential negative impacts on the
environment. The genetic patterns have evolved over
several decades and they are relatively stable. It is
believed that altered genomes have greater instability
and increase the chances of mutations, some of which
may not be safe. Bioaugmentation has met with
varying degrees of success. Gertler et al. (2009) have
applied an experimental prototype oil boom including
oil sorbents, slow-release fertilizers and biomass of the
Marne oil-degrading bacterium, Alcanivorax borkumensis, for sorption and degradation of heavy fuel
oil in a 500-L mesocosm experiment, and it was found
that growth of this obligate oil-degrading bacterium on
immobilized oil coincided with a 30-fold increase in
total respiration. Earlier, Bento et al. (2005) evaluated
the effect of bioaugmentation on the degradation of
TPH in soil. It was reported that bioaugmentation of
the contaminated soil showed the greatest degradation
in the light (72.7%) and heavy (75.2%) fractions of
TPH since the greatest microbial activity (dehydrogenase activity) had occurred with bioaugmentation up
to 3.3-fold. Jacques et al. (2008) have evaluated the
capacity of a defined microbial consortium (five
bacteria: Mycobacterium fortuitum, Bacillus cereus,
Microbacterium sp., Gordonia polyisoprenivorans,
Microbacteriaceae bacterium, Naphthalene-utilizing
bacterium; and a fungus identified as Fusarium
oxysporum) isolated from a PAHs contaminated
landfarm site to degrade and mineralize different
concentrations (0, 250, 500 and 1,000 mg/kg) of
anthracene, phenanthrene and pyrene in soil, and it
was found that the microbial consortium had degraded
on average, 99, 99 and 96% of the different concentrations of anthracene, phenanthrene and pyrene in the
soil, in 70 days, respectively. Domde et al. (2007)
equally reported a 52.2% removal of chemical oxygen
demand (COD) in a bioaugmented reactor while only
15.1% reduction of COD was observed in the reactor
without bioaugmentation. Domde et al. (2007) have
suggested that the gene pool of the bioaugmented
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reactor had catabolic loci that could degrade accumulated intermediates, thereby improving the efficiency
of the oevrall system. Much recently, Teng et al.
(2010) have conducted a microcosm study to test the
bioremediation potential of Paracoccus sp. strain
HPD-2 on an aged PAH-contaminated soil. The
bioaugmented microcosms showed (a) a 23.2%
decrease in soil total PAH concentrations after
28 days, with a decline in average concentration from
9,942 to 7,638 lg/kg dry soil, and (b) higher counts of
culturable PAH-degrading bacteria, microbial biomass and enzyme activities were observed in bioaugmented soil.
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detoxification of xenobiotics such as trichloro ethylene, pentachlorophenol, trinitro toluene, glycerol trinitrate, atrazine, ethylene dibromide, metolachlor and
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine are a few successful examples of utilization of transgenic technology (Eapen et al. 2007). Trees are already being used
for wastewater clean-up, for site stabilization, and as
barriers to subsurface flow of contaminated groundwater. Clonal propagation and the genetic tools of both
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12 Concluding remarks
Anthropogenic activities have caused widespread
pollution of the natural environment. A number of
organic pollutants, such as PAHs, PCBs and pesticides,
and inorganic pollutants (heavy metals like arsenic,
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