Interaction between nitrate and trichloroethene bioreduction in mixed anaerobic cultures
Dong-Mei Yang, Fen-Li Min, Ying Li, Jia-Lu Ling, Hui-Xian Zhong, Yu-Chun Xia, Ying Feng, Li-Ya Zhao, Zhao-Hua Li, Li-Lian Wen · 2025
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Description
Dong-Mei Yang and colleagues study how nitrate and a solvent pollutant affect each other's cleanup by microbes. Their study from twenty twenty-five uses mixed anaerobic cultures. Trichloroethene and nitrate often pollute the same groundwater sites. Each cleanup process shifts water acidity in opposite directions.
Bottle experiments tracked both reductions under controlled conditions. Modest pollutant levels actually sped nitrate removal. Nitrate effects on solvent breakdown were more mixed by stage. It slowed the first breakdown step but sped the last one. Heat-of-reaction logic explains part of that pattern. Microbial community shifts likely explain the rest. Site managers must plan for both pollutants together, not separately.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dong-Mei Yang, Fen-Li Min, Ying Li, Jia-Lu Ling, Hui-Xian Zhong, Yu-Chun Xia, Ying Feng, Li-Ya Zhao, Zhao-Hua Li, Li-Lian Wen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |