Decolorization of reactive brilliant red K-2BP by white rot fungus under sterile and non-sterile conditions

Almost all the studies both domestic and international using white rot fungus for dye wastewater treatment are performed under sterile conditions. However, it is obviously unpractical that wastewater with dyes is treated under sterile conditions. A feasible study was made for using white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium to degrade reactive brilliant red K-2BP dye under non-sterile conditions. The results showed that there was no decolorizing effect under non-sterile condition if white rot fungus was incubated under non-sterile condition, and the decolorization was always near to 0% during decolorizing test for 3 d; in the meantime, a lot of yeast funguses were found in liquid medium when white rot fungus was incubated under non-sterile conditions; however, if white rot fungus was incubated under sterile condition firstly, its decolorization was above 90% under non-sterile condition, which was similar to that of sterile condition. So we point out that the treating process for wastewater with dyes should be divided into two stages. The first stage is that white rot fungus should be incubated under sterile conditions, and the second stage is that reactive brilliant red K-2BP is decolorized under non-sterile conditions. The method not only save the operation cost which decolorizing reactive brilliant red K-2BP under sterile condition, but also provide the feasibility for using white rot fungus to degrade wastewater with dyes under non-sterile conditions.

Variation of peroxidase isoenzyme and biofilm of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in continuous membrane bioreactor for Reactive Brilliant Red X3-B treatment

The influence of a Reactive Brilliant Red X-3B （RBR X-3B） dye on the peroxidase isoenzyme ofPhanerochaete chrysosporium was determined, and the biofilm structure in a white rot fungal continuous membrane bioreactor （MBR） was also investigated by scanning electron microscope （SEM）. The variation of peroxidase isoenzyme and the decolorization rate in the continuous MBR were evaluated. The results showed that the 100 mg/L RBR X-3B could stimulate the production of the peroxidase isoenzyme in the shaking-flask culture. In addition, two new peroxidase isoenzyme bands with relative mobility （Rf） value of 0.27 and 0.28 appeared, but the activity was lower than the blank control of 11 d. In the continuous MBR, the system worked stably during the first 60 d, the main peroxidase isoenzyme bands existed and three new bands with Rf value of 0.10, 0.27, and 0.28 appeared. Meanwhile, the biofilm grew well and the average decolorization rate could reach 90.6%. But the bands of peroxidase isoenzyme decreased rapidly at day 65, only two bands with Rf value 0.24 and 0.26 existed, and the decolorization rate decreased to 78.3%. Therefore, 5 bottles of P. chrysosporium mycelial pellet were added into the MBR, and then the activity of the peroxidase isoenzyme and the decolorization rate had a slight recovery. Finally, the decolorization rate finally decreased to 75.2%. These results contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the variation of peroxidase isoenzyme and biofilm in continuous MBR by white rot fungi.

Electrochemical degradation of reactive brilliant red X-3B with the(CeO_2/C)-β-PbO_2-PTFE composite electrode

The（CeO2/C）-β-PbO2-PTFE composite electrodes modified by graphite powder,cerium oxide powder,polytetrafluoroethylene（PTFE）and the homemade β-PbO2 powder were prepared by the high pressure molding technique.The X-ray diffraction（XRD）was used to test the purity of the homemade β-PbO2 powder.The surface structure and electrical property of electrodes were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy（SEM）and the cyclic voltammetry curves（CV）.Those images indicated that in electrolysis the（CeO2/C）-β-PbO2-PTFE composite electrodes had higher activity than the β-PbO2-PTFE electrodes,as good as the excellent catalytic performance.In the electrode system the composite electrodes were applied to treat reactive brilliant red（RBR）X-3B solution and we studied the degradation influence factors and the reaction mechanism.The results showed that the electrode system was well in treating RBR X-3B solution with the 20%（CeO2/C）-β-PbO2-PTFE composite electrodes at the initial 100 mg/L RBR X-3B concentration,Na2SO4 concentration of 0.35 mol/L,the constant current density of 30 mA/cm~!2 and electrolyte pH =2.After electrolytic time of 90 min,the maximum decolorization and chemical oxygen demand（COD）removal rates reached 88.92% and 54.54%.And the decolorization rate of RBR X-3B was in conformity with pseudo-first-order kinetics equation.The RBR X-3B degradation mechanism in the electrochemical oxidation system was used with LC-MS to analyze the possible intermediates and degradation pathway.