title: A novel biological sulfate reduction method using hydrogenogenic carboxydotrophic mesophilic bacteria.
abstract: Sulfate reduction by carbon monoxide (CO) utilizing anaerobic biomass from a large scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor was studied. Anaerobic mixed microbial consortia from five different sources were initially examined for their biological CO conversion potential. Among the different biomass, the biomass from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating domestic wastewater, located in Kavoor, Karnataka, India, showed a maximum CO conversion efficiency. The effect of three main culture parameters, i.e. inoculum volume, initial CO concentration and temperature on simultaneous CO conversion and sulfate reduction was assessed employing the Taguchi experimental design technique. A maximum CO conversion of 85.62% and a maximum sulfate reduction of 50.65% were achieved. Furthermore, the experimental data was fitted to substrate inhibition models reported in the literature. Among the different models, Monods and Haldane kinetic models were found most suitable to describe the kinetics of biomass growth and CO removal by the anaerobic biomass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.
authors.forename: Arindam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinharoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.
authors.forename: N Arul
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Manikandan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India. Electronic address: pakshi@iitg.ernet.in.
authors.forename: Kannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pakshirajan
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008954:Models, Biological; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D013431:Sulfates / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D013431:Sulfates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002248:Carbon Monoxide
keywords: Acinetobacter sp.; Bio-kinetic modeling; Biological sulfate reduction; Carbon monoxide conversion; Taguchi design of experiment