Aerobic biodegradation of diethyl phthalate by Acinetobacter sp. JDC-16 isolated from river sludge

A gram negative bacterium,named JDC-16,which can grow well on the substrate of phthalic acid esters(PAEs) as the sole source of carbon and energy,was isolated from river sludge.Based on the morphology,physiological and biochemical properties and analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence,it was preliminarily identified belonging to the genus Acinetobacter.The result of substrates utilization range indicates that strain JDC-16 can utilize a variety of phthalates except for diisononyl phthalate(DINP) .The degradation tests using diethyl phthalate(DEP) as the model compound show that the optimal pH and temperature for DEP degradation by Acinetobacter sp.JDC-16 is 8.0 and 35℃,respectively.Meanwhile,degradation kinetics under various initial concentrations of DEP reveals that substrate depletion curves fit well with the modified Gompertz model with high correlation coefficient(R 2 >0.99) .Furthermore,the substrate induction test indicates that DEP-induction can apparently shorten the lag phase and enhance the degradation rate.This work highlights the potential of this isolate for bioremediation of phthalates-contaminated environments.

STUDY ON THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADSORPTION OF ETHYL BENZOATE AND DIETHYL PHTHALATE BY PHENOLIC RESIN ADSORBENTS

This paper presents experimental observations on the adsorption of individual solutes by a simple thermodynamic framework, and the equilibrium adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on phenolic resin adsorbent in hexane solutions within the temperature range of 293-313 K. The experimental results show that the Freundlich adsorption law is applicable to the adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on the adsorbent, since all the correlative factors R' are larger than 0.99. The negative values of all the isosteric adsorption enthalpies for ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate indicate that they undergo exothermic processes, while their magnitudes (19-28 kJ/mol) manifest a hydrogen bonding sorption process. Other thermodynamic properties: the free energy changes and the entropy change associated with the adsorption have been calculated from the Gibbs adsorption equation and the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation

Photocatalytic Degradation of Diethyl Phthalate with Surfactant Addition

This paper studies the adsorption of diethyl phthalate （DEP,an environmental hormone） on the surface of nanoscale TiO2, effects of pH value of solutions, initial concentrations of DEP and additive surfactant on photocatalytic degradation and dynamics of DEP. Under ultra violet illumination, the interaction between DEP and surfactants including DBS （sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate）, CTAB （cetyltrimethylammonium bromide）, and OP-10 （nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether） was exploited from the perspective of degradation speed calculated by the data of high pressure liquid chromatography （HPLC） and UV-Vis spectra, respectively. Photocatalytic degradation of DEP followed pseudo first-order reaction kinetics. DEP as substrate degraded fast when its initial concentration was 130 mg/L. TiO2 had certain adsorption ability of DEP. TiO2 could adsorb the most DEP at the approximately neutral pH of 6.91. Degradation of DEP was not affected obviously by additives OP-10 and DBS. Degradation rate of DEP was not enhanced greatly in the presence of surfactants, but degradation of DBS was sped up. Degradation rate of DEP was depressed in the presence of additive CTAB. The more CTAB was added, the less DEP was degraded. Degradation rate of CTAB became slow with the increase of initial CTAB concentration. The possible adsorption models among TiO2, DEP and surfactants were given.