Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 125-133.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2018-0879

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Study on the Degradation of PAHs by Bacillus thuringiensis

LUO Xiao-fang1, CHEN Li-hua2, XIA Miao-miao2, XU Shu-juan3, XIONG Mei3   

  1. 1. Experimental Teaching Department,Northwest University for Nationality,Lanzhou 730030;
    2. School of Chemical Engineering,Northwest Minzu University,Lanzhou 730030;
    3.College of Life Science and Engineering,Northwest University For Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030
  • Received:2018-10-13 Online:2019-09-26 Published:2019-09-16

Abstract: In order to study the performance of Bacillus thuringiensis degrading anthracene,pyrene and fluorene at different temperatures,pH and qualities of PAHs,a single factor experiment and a response surface analysis were combined,Soxhlet extraction method was applied to determine the degradation absorbance value using PAHs as the sole carbon source and activated carbon as an adsorption carrier. The experimental results were analyzed via Box-Behnken design in software Design Expert 8.0.6.1. The results showed that the interaction between temperature and pH presented significant effects on the degradation of anthracene and pyrene,and the interaction between temperature and PAHs quality significantly affected the degradation of fluorene. In the optimized experiments,the predicted degradation rates of anthracene,pyrene,and fluorene under respective optimized conditions were 92.13%,87.08%,and 83.56% respectively,the relative error between the predicted value and the actual value 91.60%,86.62%,and 82.95% were ±0.58%,±0.53%,and ±0.73%.The relative error of the three optimization models were all within 2%,indicating that the three experimental models could be used to analyze and predict the degradation effect of B. thuringiensis for anthracene,pyrene,and fluorene.

Key words: Bacillus thuringiensis, degradation performance, response surface analysis, anthracene, fluorene, pyrene