title: Biodegradation of saline phenolic wastewater in a biological contact oxidation reactor with immobilized cells of Oceanimonas sp.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a method to treat saline phenolic wastewater in a biological contact oxidation reactor (BCOR) with immobilized cells of a marine microorganism, Oceanimonas sp., isolated from seawater.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cells were immobilized on fibre carriers in the BCOR. Saline wastewater with phenol at 1.5 g/l and NaCl at 6 % (w/v) was treated. In continuous assays, 99 % removal of phenol was achieved and a kinetic model for the phenol degradation is presented based on Monod's equation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BOCR system using immobilized cells of Oceanimonas efficiently treats saline phenolic wastewaters without having decrease the salinity of the wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai, 264209, China.|Department of Chemistry, Yanbian University, Yanji, 133002, China.|School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Songwen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Xuncai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yanbian University, Yanji, 133002, China.
authors.forename: Chunzhi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410000, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai, 264209, China. lwg123hit@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Weiguo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai, 264209, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D044044:Aeromonadaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D018914:Cells, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Biological contact oxidation reactor; Kinetic model; Oceanimonas sp.; Phenol; Saline phenolic wastewater