Reduction in acute ecotoxicity of paper mill effluent by sequential application of xylanase and laccase

Saurabh Sudha Dhiman, Gaurav Garg, Jitender Sharma, Vipin C. Kalia, Yun Chan Kang, Jung Kul Lee

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Abstract

In order to reduce the ecotoxicity of paper mill, four different enzymatic pretreatment strategies were investigated in comparison to conventional chemical based processes. In strategy I, xylanase-aided pretreatment of pulp was carried out, and in strategy II, xylanase and laccase-mediator systems were used sequentially. Moreover, to compare the efficiency of Bacillus stearothermophilus xylanase and Ceriporiopsis subvermispora laccase in the reduction of ecotoxicity and pollution, parallel strategies (III and IV) were implemented using commercial enzymes. Conventional CDEOPD 1D2 (CD, Cl2 with ClO2; EOP, H2O2 extraction; D1 and D 2, ClO2) and X/XLCDEOPD 1D2 (X, xylanase; L, laccase) sequences were employed with nonenzymatic and enzymatic strategies, respectively. Acute toxicity was determined by the extent of inhibition of bioluminescence of Vibrio fischeri with different dilutions of the effluent. Two-fold increase was observed in EC50 values for strategy I compared to the control process. On the other hand, sequential application of commercial enzymes resulted in higher acute toxicity compared to lab enzymes. In comparison to the control process, strategy II was the most efficient and successfully reduced 60.1 and 25.8% of biological oxygen demand (BOD) and color of effluents, respectively. We report for the first time the comparative analysis of the ecotoxicity of industrial effluents.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere102581
JournalPloS one
Volume9
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Jul 24
Externally publishedYes

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