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Kinetics of substrate biodegradation under the cumulative effects of bioavailability and self-inhibition.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 49, 5529-5537 (2015)
Microbial degradation is an important process in many environments controlling for instance the cycling of nutrients or the biodegradation of contaminants. At high substrate concentrations toxic effects may inhibit the degradation process. Bioavailability limitations of a degradable substrate can therefore either improve the overall dynamics of degradation by softening the contaminant toxicity effects to microorganisms, or slow down the biodegradation by reducing the microbial access to the substrate. Many studies on biodegradation kinetics of a self-inhibitive substrate have mainly focused on physiological responses of the bacteria to substrate concentration levels without considering the substrate bioavailability limitations rising from different geophysical and geochemical dynamics at pore-scale. In this regard, the role of bioavailability effects on the kinetics of self-inhibiting substrates is poorly understood. In this study, we theoretically analyze this role and assess the interactions between self-inhibition and mass transfer-limitations using analytical/numerical solutions, and show the findings practical relevance for a simple model scenario. Although individually self-inhibition and mass-transfer limitations negatively impact biodegradation, their combined effect may enhance biodegradation rates above a concentration threshold. To our knowledge, this is the first theoretical study describing the cumulative effects of the two mechanisms together.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Mass-transfer; Subsurface Environments; Product Inhibition; Bacterial-growth; Monod Kinetics; Pore-scale; Degradation; Transport; Phenol; Phase
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2015
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0013-936X
e-ISSN
1520-5851
Zeitschrift
Environmental Science & Technology
Quellenangaben
Band: 49,
Heft: 9,
Seiten: 5529-5537
Verlag
ACS
Verlagsort
Washington, DC
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)
POF Topic(s)
20403 - Sustainable Water Management
Forschungsfeld(er)
Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e)
G-504390-001
WOS ID
WOS:000354155800034
Scopus ID
84928905370
Erfassungsdatum
2015-05-17