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Article: Biodegradation and adsorption of antibiotics in the activated sludge process
Title | Biodegradation and adsorption of antibiotics in the activated sludge process | ||||||
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Issue Date | 2010 | ||||||
Publisher | American Chemical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pubs.acs.org/est | ||||||
Citation | Environmental Science And Technology, 2010, v. 44 n. 9, p. 3468-3473 How to Cite? | ||||||
Abstract | The removal of 11 antibiotics of 6 classes, that is, two β-lactams (ampicillin and cefalexin), two sulfonamides (sulfamethoxazole and sulfadiazine), three fluoroquinolones (norfloxacin, ofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin), one tetracyclines (tetracycline), two macorlides (roxithromycin and anhydro-erythromycin), and one others (trimethoprim), in activated sludge process was investigated using two series of batch reactors treating freshwater and saline sewage respectively. At environmental relevant concentrations tested in this study, biodegradation and adsorption were the major removal routes for the target antibiotics, where volatilization and hydrolysis were neglectable. Among the 11 target antibiotics, cefalexin and the two sulfonamides were predominantly removed by biodegradation in both freshwater and saline sewage systems. Ampicillin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, tetracycline, roxithromycin, and trimethoprim were mainly removed by adsorption. Divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) in saline sewage significantly decreased the adsorption of the three fluoroquinolones onto activated sludge. These three fluoroquinolones also exhibited certain biodegradability in the saline activated sludge reactor. Erythromycin-H2O was persistent in both saline and freshwater systems under the experimental conditions and could not be removed at all. Kinetics study showed that biodegradation of cefalexin, the two sulfonamides and the three fluoroquinolones followed first-order model well (R2: 0.921-0.997) with the rate constants ranging from 5.2 Å - 10-3 to 3.6 Å - 10-1 h-1. © 2010 American Chemical Society. | ||||||
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/124540 | ||||||
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 10.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.516 | ||||||
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Funding Information: We thank the Hong Kong General Research Fund (HKU7202/09E) for the financial support of this study, and B. Li thanks The University of Hong Kong for the postgraduate studentship. | ||||||
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dc.contributor.author | Li, B | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, T | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-31T10:40:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-10-31T10:40:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Environmental Science And Technology, 2010, v. 44 n. 9, p. 3468-3473 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0013-936X | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/124540 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The removal of 11 antibiotics of 6 classes, that is, two β-lactams (ampicillin and cefalexin), two sulfonamides (sulfamethoxazole and sulfadiazine), three fluoroquinolones (norfloxacin, ofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin), one tetracyclines (tetracycline), two macorlides (roxithromycin and anhydro-erythromycin), and one others (trimethoprim), in activated sludge process was investigated using two series of batch reactors treating freshwater and saline sewage respectively. At environmental relevant concentrations tested in this study, biodegradation and adsorption were the major removal routes for the target antibiotics, where volatilization and hydrolysis were neglectable. Among the 11 target antibiotics, cefalexin and the two sulfonamides were predominantly removed by biodegradation in both freshwater and saline sewage systems. Ampicillin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, tetracycline, roxithromycin, and trimethoprim were mainly removed by adsorption. Divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) in saline sewage significantly decreased the adsorption of the three fluoroquinolones onto activated sludge. These three fluoroquinolones also exhibited certain biodegradability in the saline activated sludge reactor. Erythromycin-H2O was persistent in both saline and freshwater systems under the experimental conditions and could not be removed at all. Kinetics study showed that biodegradation of cefalexin, the two sulfonamides and the three fluoroquinolones followed first-order model well (R2: 0.921-0.997) with the rate constants ranging from 5.2 Å - 10-3 to 3.6 Å - 10-1 h-1. © 2010 American Chemical Society. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pubs.acs.org/est | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Environmental Science and Technology | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Adsorption | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Biodegradation, Environmental | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Cations | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Fluoroquinolones - chemistry | - |
dc.title | Biodegradation and adsorption of antibiotics in the activated sludge process | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0013-936X&volume=44&issue=9&spage=3468–3473&epage=&date=2010&atitle=Biodegradation+and+adsorption+of+antibiotics+in+the+activated+sludge+process | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Zhang, T:zhangt@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Zhang, T=rp00211 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/es903490h | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 20384353 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-77951818480 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 175529 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951818480&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 44 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 9 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 3468 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 3473 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1520-5851 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000277067000045 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Li, B=36072052100 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Zhang, T=24470677400 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0013-936X | - |