A Coupled Adsorption-Biodegradation (CAB) Process Employing a Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)-Biochar Mini Pilot-Scale Reactor for Trichloroethylene-Contaminated Groundwater Remediation.

Laura Lorini, Marta Maria Rossi, Maria Letizia Di Franca, Marianna Villano, Bruna Matturro, Marco Petrangeli Papini

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Laura LoriniDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9638-4859

Marta Maria RossiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Maria Letizia Di FrancaWater Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.

Marianna VillanoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4517-1148

Bruna MatturroWater Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9250-5633

Marco Petrangeli PapiniDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8698-675X

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Fund for the National Research Program and Projects of National Relevance (PRIN) 2022AXYMKYNational Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) PE00000005

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Abstract

Actions for improving water quality are critical and include the remediation of polluted groundwater. The effectiveness of the remediation strategy to remove contamination by chlorinated solvents may be increased by combining physicochemical treatments (i.e., adsorption) and biological degradation (i.e., biological reductive dechlorination (BRD)). Recent studies have shown the potentialities of bio-based materials for bioremediation purposes, including polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable microbial polyester tested as a fermentable source of slow-release electron donors. Further, a low-cost biochar derived from the pyrolysis of pinewood waste (PWB), used as sorbent material, has recently been proposed to accelerate reductive microbial dehalogenation. Here, we propose a coupled adsorption and biodegradation (CAB) process for trichloroethylene (TCE) removal in a mini pilot-scale reactor composed of two reactive zones, the first one filled with PHB and the second one with PWB. This work aimed to evaluate the performance of the CAB process with particular regard to the effectiveness of the PWB in sustaining the biofilm, mostly enriched by

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adsorptionbiocharbioremediationdehalococcoidespolyhydroxyalkanoatesreductive dechlorination

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PMID40001668

DOI10.3390/bioengineering12020148

PMCPMC11851903

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