The cloud point extraction behavior of aluminum(III) with 8-quinolinol (HQ) or 2-methyl-8-quinolinol (HMQ) and Triton X-100 was investigated in the absence and presence of 3,5-dichlorophenol (Hdcp). Aluminum(III) was almost extracted with HQ and 4(v/v)% Triton X-100 above pH 5.0, but was not extracted with HMQ-Triton X-100. However, in the presence of Hdcp, it was almost quantitatively extracte...

Ligninolytic fungi secrete extracellular lignin-modifying enzymes (LME) that degrade plant polymers for fungal nutrition but are, because of their broad substrate specificity, also applicable the degradation many hazardous pollutants. Laccase is one most well characterized LME and involved in removal recalcitrant aromatic compounds with or without assistance laccase-mediators. The fungus Rigido...

The mycelium (or conidia) of Aspergillus awamori NRRL 3112 was investigated for its ability to degrade phenol, catechol, 2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol in high concentrations. The biodegradation studies were performed in a liquid medium with the phenolic compounds a A b o c k ©

xxiv CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION 1.1 Wastewater treatment 1 1.2 Photocatalysis in wastewater treatment 4 1.3 Problem statement 6 1.4 Research objectives 8 1.5 Scope of study 9 1.6 Organization of the thesis 10 CHAPTER TWO : LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Endocrine disrupting chemicals 12 2.1.1 Phenol 14 2.1.2 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) 17

We investigated the degradation pathways and kinetics of 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) by an endemic soil fungus, Mortierella sp. (Zygomycetes). Mortierella sp. degraded 32% of added DCP (final concentration, 250 microM) within 1 h. We identified four aromatic metabolites and found two DCP degradation pathways (a hydroxylation pathway and a dechlorination pathway). This is the first report of a dech...

Linear increments in ferulic acid concentration produce logarithmic increases in the ferulic acid-induced lag periods prior to the peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of indole-3-acetic acid in a system containing 2,4-dichlorophenol and MnCl(2) in acetate buffer at pH 5.6. Maintaining the ratio of indole-3-acetic acid to ferulic acid constant at 100 while linearly raising the ferulic acid concentrat...