Development of Engineered Natural Organic Sorbents for Environmental Applications. 4. Effects on Biodegradation and Distribution of Pyrene in Soils

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• 作者：Jixin Tang ; Elijah Petersen ; Walter J. Weber Jr.
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：February 15, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：42
• 期：4
• 页码：1283 - 1289
• 全文大小：1291K
• 年卷期：v.42,no.4(February 15, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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The effects of engineered natural organic amendments on the biodegradation and distribution of pyrene in soils were assessed. Pyrene was aged for 105 days in soils amended with either raw or superheated water (SHW)-processed MI peat or soybean stalks, and then subjected to biodegradation with specifically selected microorganisms for 130 days. Initial rates of pyrene mineralization in the soils were increased by addition of raw MI peat, but markedly decreased by additions of SHW-processed MI peat and both processed and raw soybean stalks. Pyrene sorbed by the processed organic sorbents was, however, slowly but steadily degraded by microorganisms over a greater than 4-month test period. Pyrene distributions in the soils were examined by sequential extractions of samples before and after biodegradation. Fractions of pyrene extracted readily with water or water/methanol mixtures were decreased substantially in both soils by the addition of processed amendments, while the nonextractable fractions associated with humic and fulvic acids and humin were increased markedly. The results demonstrate that SHW-processed amendments effectively reduce the ecological and human availability and aqueous phase extractability of organic contaminants while facilitating their steady microbial degradation and eventually complete remediation.