title: Influence of the origin of the inoculum and the acclimation strategy on the degradation of 4-chlorophenol.
abstract: The influence of the inoculum source and the acclimation strategy on the 4-chlorophenol (4CP) degradation in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was studied. Three different sources of inocula were obtained from the aeration tank of domestic, municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants. The acclimation was performed using two strategies, the first one fixing the reaction time, independent of the removal efficiency (fixed time) and the second one fixing a removal efficiency of 90% as 4CP (variable time). The degradative activity was followed for each condition. Bacterial identification was carried out at the beginning and at the end of the experiments. Variable time strategy produced a microbial community with higher specific activity compared with those obtained for the fixed time strategy. The microbial activity was dependent of the origin of the inoculum. Each inoculum presented different specific activity to 4CP degradation. It was observed that the use of the fixed time strategy for the acclimation reduced the bacterial community diversity.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Bioprocess Department, Institute of Engineering, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-472, 04510 Mexico DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Germán
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buitrón
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D044822:Biodiversity; D019149:Bioreactors; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; C029107:4-chlorophenol