Screening for pentachlorophenol-degrading bacterial candidates for bioaugmentation in anaerobic bioprocesses and development of pentachlorophenol-induced toxicity bioassay.

• Main Author: Lio, Ivan Zong Long.
• Other Authors: Sze Chun Chau
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52511
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Refractory organic compounds, e.g. pentachlorophenol (PCP), have been reported to inhibit bioprocesses during anaerobic wastewater treatment. PCP-induced toxicity compromises treatment performance in these anaerobic biosystem possibly by affecting the stability of indigenous microbial commu...