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Bioremediation:The current and the
futureGraeme Paton
Technical Director, RemediosDiarmuid O’Sullivan
Senior Environmental Consultant
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Bioremediation
“ The act of stimulating the metabolism or co-metabolism of contaminants in the natural environment. Can be ex-situ, in-situ or involve natural attenuation”
6 months - 3 years (ex-situ usually quicker)
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Decomposition of biopolymers
Cell
Oxidation
Endoenzyme Exoenzyme
Dimers
Monomers
Endoenzyme Exoenzyme
Extracellular enzymes
??
½ O2 H2O
CO2
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Tool Kit
3 componentsInductionConstraintsConstraintsCommunityCommunity
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Induction
Catabolic biosensors enable a prediction of the bioavailability of the target molecule in that matrix
Hence if the genes for degradation are in the matrix, degradation is very likely
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Tool Kit
3 componentsInductionInductionConstraintsCommunityCommunity
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Procedure for lux-based assay
% o
f th
e c
on
trol lu
min
escen
ce
100 %
10 %
Increasing toxicity
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Tool Kit
3 componentsInductionInductionConstraintsConstraintsCommunity
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Paton et al 2003
MPN- Tetrazolium
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Site Location- Oil spill 1
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ToxicityToxicityToxicityToxicity
mpnmpnmpnmpn
InductionInductionInductionInduction
TPHTPHTPHTPH
Tool Kit- at oil spill
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Kuwait Oil Lake- Oil spill 2
During the first Gulf war (1990-1991) 50 million tonnes of soil was contaminated
Air-borne oily material contaminated one thousand square kilometres of soil.
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Systematic Grid
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Can we predict?
Bioremediation (f) [TPH] (f) availability (f) degraders (f) constraints
BF= Induction x [TPH] mpn
x (1-EC)
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Prediction
Once all of the data have been integrated an estimation of the likely case for degradation can be made
Iroegbu et al., 2003
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TPH
Week 0 Week 15
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Prediction v Actual
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Prediction
There is a close relationship between the predicted value and the actual hydrocarbon concentration.
This could define the end-pointRegular monitoring confirmed the
progress of this workThis has been extended to over
twenty trials to assess the value of the data
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0.1
1
10
100
1000
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Max specific deg rate mg TPH/ day
Bioremediation Factor
Prediction
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0.1
1
10
100
1000
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Max specific deg rate mg TPH/ day
Bioremediation Factor
Prediction
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Gaswork Site- 10,000 tonnes
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Bulk chemical- 2,500 tonnes
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Coupling Technologies
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The Big Issues
On four occasions we have been required to seed/ augment a biological treatment process. This is a growing issue and a commercial opportunity.
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Bioaugmentation Agents
Inoc. Source Pre-condition
1, 2, 3, 4
Substrate
Remedios
Nutrients
Soil Solution
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Examples of Data
Production of CO2 in all samples and controls for both, Universal and Conical flasks experiments. Results given as the average of 4 replicates (mg l-1).
a and b letters represent significant differences (p ? 0.05)
Universal bottles
a
Control 0N:1P 5N:1P 10N:1P 20N:1P
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Day 1 0.15 0.02 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.01 0.10 0.00 0.09 0.00
Day 3 0.14 0.00 0.14 0.02 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.10 0.00 Day 7 0.22 0.02 0.19 0.04 0.20 0.04 0.15 0.04 0.15 0.01
Conical flasks
b
Control 0N:1P 10N:2P 20N:2P 40N:2P
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Day 1 1.73 0.17 5.54 2.12 6.85 1.43 3.31 1.174 2.43 0.62 Day 3 0.87 0.09 2.25 0.41 4.76 2.50 2.39 0.156 1.08 0.13 Day 7 0.82 0.13 2.26 0.21 2.40 0.55 2.67 0.612 1.65 0.70
Production of CO2 in all samples and controls for both, Universal and Conical flasks experiments. Results given as the average of 4 replicates (mg l-1).
a and b letters represent significant differences (p ? 0.05)
Universal bottles
a
Control 0N:1P 5N:1P 10N:1P 20N:1P
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Day 1 0.15 0.02 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.01 0.10 0.00 0.09 0.00
Day 3 0.14 0.00 0.14 0.02 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.10 0.00 Day 7 0.22 0.02 0.19 0.04 0.20 0.04 0.15 0.04 0.15 0.01
Conical flasks
b
Control 0N:1P 10N:2P 20N:2P 40N:2P
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Day 1 1.73 0.17 5.54 2.12 6.85 1.43 3.31 1.174 2.43 0.62 Day 3 0.87 0.09 2.25 0.41 4.76 2.50 2.39 0.156 1.08 0.13 Day 7 0.82 0.13 2.26 0.21 2.40 0.55 2.67 0.612 1.65 0.70
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What does this mean?
Oil Technics- cfu= 108; mpn- 107
Supplier 1- cfu= 106; mpn- 104
Supplier 2- cfu= 106; mpn- 105
Supplier 3- cfu= 104; mpn- 103
Oil Technics and precondition- cfu= 109; mpn- 107
Supplier 1 and precondition- cfu= 108; mpn- 105
Supplier 2 and precondition- cfu= 107; mpn- 106
Supplier 3 and precondition- cfu= 105; mpn- 103
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Respiration
Time (day)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Res
pira
tion
rate
(m
g g-1
of d
ry s
oil)
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5LSD (5%)
Time (day)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Res
pira
tion
rate
(m
g g-1
of d
ry s
oil)
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5LSD (5%)
RespirationRespiration
DaysDays
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Degradation
Time (day)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
% b
iolu
min
osce
nce
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70LSD (5 %)
Time (day)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
% b
iolu
min
osce
nce
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70LSD (5 %)
TPHTPH
DaysDays
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0.1
1
10
100
1000
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Max specific deg rate mg TPH/ day
Bioremediation Factor
Prediction
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0.1
1
10
100
1000
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Max specific deg rate mg TPH/ day
Bioremediation Factor
Prediction
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What does this mean
Augmentation is possibleSteps are required to refineImmobilisation of wood is not idealCost issues and value of application
need to be consideredNeed to focus and develop the skill-
base