title: Accelerated anaerobic dechlorination of DDT in slurry with Hydragric Acrisols using citric acid and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS).
abstract: The application of electron donor and electron shuttle substances has a vital influence on electron transfer, thus may affect the reductive dechlorination of 1,1,1-trichoro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) in anaerobic reaction systems. To evaluate the roles of citric acid and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) in accelerating the reductive dechlorination of DDT in Hydragric Acrisols that contain abundant iron oxide, a batch anaerobic incubation experiment was conducted in a slurry system with four treatments of (1) control, (2) citric acid, (3) AQDS, and (4) citric acid+AQDS. Results showed that DDT residues decreased by 78.93%-92.11% of the initial quantities after 20days of incubation, and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDD) was the dominant metabolite. The application of citric acid accelerated DDT dechlorination slightly in the first 8days, while the methanogenesis rate increased quickly, and then the acceleration effect improved after the 8th day while the methanogenesis rate decreased. The amendment by AQDS decreased the Eh value of the reaction system and accelerated microbial reduction of Fe(III) oxides to generate Fe(II), which was an efficient electron donor, thus enhancing the reductive dechlorination rate of DDT. The addition of citric acid+AQDS was most efficient in stimulating DDT dechlorination, but no significant interaction between citric acid and AQDS on DDT dechlorination was observed. The results will be of great significance for developing an efficient in situ remediation strategy for DDT-contaminated sites.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China. Electronic address: 002263@nuist.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Cuiying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.
authors.forename: Xianghua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: Jianling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D003634:DDT / Q000737:chemistry*; D054879:Halogenation
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; C408124:anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate; D019343:Citric Acid; D003634:DDT
keywords: 1,1,1-Trichoro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT); Anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS); Electron donor; Reductive dechlorination; Soil