Environmental Engineering Research

Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (대한환경공학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Phenolic compounds removal by grasses and soil bacteria after land application of treated palm oil mill effluent: A pot study

  • Phonepaseuth, Phongphayboun (Microbial Technology for Marine Pollution Treatment Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University) ;
  • Rakkiatsakul, Viroj (Microbial Technology for Marine Pollution Treatment Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University) ;
  • Kachenchart, Boonlue (Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University) ;
  • Suttinun, Oramas (Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University) ;
  • Luepromchai, Ekawan (Microbial Technology for Marine Pollution Treatment Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University)
  • Received : 2018.04.12
  • Accepted : 2018.06.23
  • Published : 2019.03.31
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Land application of treated palm oil mill effluent (TPOME) could be used as an alternative tertiary wastewater treatment process. However, phenolic compounds in TPOME might be leached to the environment. This study investigated the ability of grasses on reducing phenolic compounds in the leachate after TPOME application. Several pasture grasses in soil pots were compared after irrigating with TPOME from stabilization ponds, which contained 360-630 mg/L phenolic compounds. The number of soil bacteria in planted pots increased over time with the average of $10^8CFU/g$ for mature grasses, while only $10^4-10^6CFU/g$ were found in the unplanted control pots. The leachates from TPOME irrigated grass pots contained lower amounts of phenolic compounds and had lower phytotoxicity than that of control pots. The phenol removal efficiency of grass pots was ranged 67-93% and depended on grass cultivars, initial concentration of phenolic compounds and frequency of irrigations. When compared to water irrigation, TPOME led to an increased phenolic compounds accumulation in grass tissues and decreased biomass of Brachiaria hybrid and Brachiaria humidicola but not Panicum maximum. Consequently, the application of TPOME could be conducted on grassland and the grass species should be selected based on the utilization of grass biomass afterward.

Keywords

References

  1. Singh RP, Ibrahim MH, Esa N, Iliyana MS. Composting of waste from palm oil mill: A sustainable waste management practice. Rev. Environ. Sci. Biotechnol. 2010;9:331-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-010-9199-2
  2. Khongkhaem P, Suttinun O, Intasiri A, Pinyakong O, Luepromchai E. Degradation of phenolic compounds in palm oil mill effluent by silica-immobilized bacteria in internal loop airlift bioreactors. Clean-Soil Air Water 2016;44:383-392. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201300853
  3. Kietkwanboot A, Tran HTY, Suttinun O. Simultaneous dephenolization and decolorization of treated palm oil mill effluent by oil palm fiber-immobilized Trametes hirsuta strain AK 04. Water Air Soil Pollut. 2015;226:345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2599-8
  4. Limkhuansuwan V, Chaiprasert P. Decolorization of molasses melanoidins and palm oil mill effluent phenolic compounds by fermentative lactic acid bacteria. J. Environ. Sci. 2010;22:1209-1217. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60240-0
  5. Polprasert C, Liamlaem W. A Transdisciplinary Approach for Water Pollution Control: Case Studies on Application of Natural Systems. Environ. Eng. Res. 2014;19:185-195. https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2014.S1.010
  6. Arienzo M, Christen EW, Quayle W, Kumar A. A review of the fate of potassium in the soil-plant system after land application of wastewaters. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009;164:415-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.095
  7. Steinmetz Z, Kurtz MP, Dag A, Zipori I, Schaumann GE. The seasonal influence of olive mill wastewater applications on an orchard soil under semi-arid conditions. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 2015;178:641-648. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201400658
  8. Di Bene C, Pellegrino E, Debolini M, Silvestri N, Bonari E. Short- and long-term effects of olive mill wastewater land spreading on soil chemical and biological properties. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2013;56:21-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.02.019
  9. Szuba A, Lorenc-Plucinska G. Utilization of proteomics in experimental field conditions - A case study of poplars growing on grassland affected by long-term starch wastewater irrigation. J. Proteomics. 2015;126:200-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2015.06.002
  10. Liu YY, Haynes RJ. Influence of land application of dairy factory effluent on soil nutrient status and the size, activity, composition and catabolic capability of the soil microbial community. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2011;48:133-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.03.014
  11. Bodini SF, Cicalini AR, Santori F. Rhizosphere dynamics during phytoremediation of olive mill wastewater. Bioresour. Technol. 2011;102:4383-4389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.12.091
  12. Phenrat T, Teeratitayangkul P, Prasertsung I, Parichatprecha R, Jitsangiam P, Chomchalow N, Wichai S. Vetiver plantlets in aerated system degrade phenol in illegally dumped industrial wastewater by phytochemical and rhizomicrobial degradation. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2017;24:13235-13246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7707-9
  13. Hare M, Tatsapong P, Phengphet S. Herbage yield and quality of Brachiaria cultivars, Paspalum atratum and Panicum maximum in north-east Thailand. Trop. Grassl. 2009;43:65-72.
  14. Rohrbacher F, St-Arnaud M. Root exudation: The ecological driver of hydrocarbon rhizoremediation. Agronomy 2016;6:19. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy6010019
  15. Martin BC, George SJ, Price CA, Ryan MH, Tibbett M. The role of root exuded low molecular weight organic anions in facilitating petroleum hydrocarbon degradation: current knowledge and future directions. Sci. Total Environ. 2014;472:642-653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.050
  16. Barlocher F, Graca MS. Total phenolics. In: Graca MS, Barlocher F, Gessner M, eds. Methods to study litter decomposition. Springer Netherlands; 2005. p. 97-100.
  17. Hancock P, Dean JR. Extraction and fate of phenols in soil. Anal. Commun. 1997;34:377-379. https://doi.org/10.1039/a707009h
  18. Klankeo P, Nopcharoenkul W, Pinyakong O. Two novel pyrene-degrading Diaphorobacter sp. and Pseudoxanthomonas sp. isolated from soil. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 2009;108:488-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.05.016
  19. Lin D, Xing B. Phytotoxicity of nanoparticles: Inhibition of seed germination and root growth. Environ. Pollut. 2007;150:243-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.016
  20. Nisha P, Sreedevi S. Phytotoxicity of mercury on seed germination in Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek. In: Binoj Kumar MS, Gopalakrishnan PK, eds. Biodiversity conservation. Scientific Publishers; 2008. p. 227-234.
  21. Anastasi A, Parato B, Spina F, Tigini V, Prigione V, Varese GCA. Decolourisation and detoxification in the fungal treatment of textile wastewaters from dyeing processes. New Biotechnol. 2011;29:38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2011.08.006
  22. Fletcher JS, Hegde RS. Release of phenols by perennial plant roots and their potential importance in bioremediation. Chemosphere 1995;31:3009-3016. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(95)00161-Z
  23. Gopalakrishnan S, Watanabe T, Pearse SJ, Ito O, Hossain ZAKM, Subbarao GV. Biological nitrification inhibition by Brachiaria humidicola roots varies with soil type and inhibits nitrifying bacteria, but not other major soil microorganisms. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 2009;55:725-733. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00398.x
  24. Chitindingu K, Ndhlala AR, Chapano C, Benhura MA, Muchuweti M. Phenolic compound content, profiles and antioxidant activities of Amaranthus hybrids (pigweed), Brachiaria brizantha (Upright Brachiaria) and Panicum maximum (Guinea grass). J. Food Biochem. 2007;31:206-216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4514.2007.00108.x
  25. Chavan BL, VP Dhulap. Sewage treatment with constructed wetland using Panicum maximum forage grass. J. Environ. Sci. Water Resour. 2012:1:223-230.
  26. Embrandiri A, Singh RP, Ibrahim HM, Ramli AA. Land application of biomass residue generated from palm oil processing: Its potential benefits and threats. Environmentalist 2011;32:111-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-011-9367-0
  27. Tosu P, Luepromchai E, Suttinun O. Activation and immobilization of phenol-degrading bacteria on oil palm residues for enhancing phenols degradation in treated palm oil mill effluent. Environ. Eng. Res. 2015;20:141-148. https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2014.039
  28. Justino C, Marques AG, Duarte KR, et al. Degradation of phenols in olive oil mill wastewater by biological, enzymatic, and photo-Fenton oxidation. Environ. Sci. Poll. Res. 2010;17:650-656. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-009-0256-8

Cited by

  1. Bioaugmentation coupled with phytoremediation for the removal of phenolic compounds and color from treated palm oil mill effluent vol.26, pp.31, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06332-2
  2. Glycerol-Mediated Facile Synthesis of Colored Titania Nanoparticles for Visible Light Photodegradation of Phenolic Compounds vol.9, pp.11, 2019, https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9111586
  3. Peroxidases from an invasive Mesquite species for management and restoration of fertility of phenolic-contaminated soil vol.256, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109908
  4. Degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in unsaturated soil and effects on subsequent biodegradation by potassium permanganate vol.42, pp.6, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00346-y
  5. Removal of Phenol from Oil Mill Effluent Using Activated Carbon Prepared from Kernel Shell in Thailand’s Palm Industry vol.53, pp.11, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1252/jcej.20we052