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DOI 10.1002/elsc.201900097
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Title (Primary) Increasing ibuprofen degradation in constructed wetlands by bioaugmentation with gravel containing biofilms of an ibuprofen-degrading Sphingobium yanoikuyae
Author Balciunas, E.M.; Kappelmeyer, U. ORCID logo ; Harms, H.; Heipieper, H.J. ORCID logo
Source Titel Engineering in Life Sciences
Year 2020
Department UMB; UBT
Volume 20
Issue 5-6
Page From 160
Page To 167
Language englisch
Keywords constructed wetlands; ibuprofen; Juncus effusus; Phalaris arundinacea; Sphingobium yanoikuyae
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the removal of ibuprofen in laboratory scale constructed wetlands. Four (planted and unplanted) laboratory‐scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands were supplemented with ibuprofen in order to elucidate (i) the role of plants on ibuprofen removal and (ii) to evaluate the removal performance of a bioaugmented lab scale wetland. The planted systems showed higher ibuprofen removal efficiency than an unplanted one. The system planted with Juncus effusus was found to have a higher removal rate than the system planted with Phalaris arundinacea. The highest removal rate of ibuprofen was found after inoculation of gravel previously loaded with a newly isolated ibuprofen‐degrading bacterium identified as Sphingobium yanoikuyae. This experiment showed that more than 80 days of CW community adaptation for ibuprofen treatment could be superseded by bioaugmentation with this bacterial isolate.
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Balciunas, E.M., Kappelmeyer, U., Harms, H., Heipieper, H.J. (2020):
Increasing ibuprofen degradation in constructed wetlands by bioaugmentation with gravel containing biofilms of an ibuprofen-degrading Sphingobium yanoikuyae
Eng. Life Sci. 20 (5-6), 160 - 167 10.1002/elsc.201900097