Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.

Autores
Farías, Alejandro Rubén; Panigatti, Maria Cecilia; Vullo, Diana Lia
Año de publicación
2025
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Furfural is a relevant industrial product, but its presence in water and soil generates contamination and health risks. Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) are an increasingly used alternative to eliminate contaminants with the advantage of occupying small spaces, despite their high dependence on support and the microorganisms involved in the process. This work proposes furfural elimination through a laboratory-scale MBBR using Bacillus licheniformis GTQ1, Microbacterium sp. GISTAQ2, and Brevundimonas sp. GISTAQ1 isolated from an industrial effluent and agroforestry waste (rice husks, pine sawdust, and quebracho chips) as supports. The biofilm development was tested with both axenic and mixed cultures, confirming high coverage by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, especially in triple-mixed cultures. Biodegradation tests were carried out in the MBBR with 15 g rice husks or quebracho chips as supports and a 4000 mg L−1 initial furfural concentration for 72 h. The mixed culture achieved almost a 100% furfural removal in three days with a rate of 3.97% per hour with rice husks and 2.61% per hour with quebracho chips. This laboratory-scale MBBR development is a promising first step ready for a scale-up for its implementation in industries to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the discharge of this type of effluent.
Fil: Farías, Alejandro Rubén. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Resistencia. Grupo de Investigación Sobre Temas Ambientales y Químicos; Argentina.
Fil: Panigatti, Maria Cecilia. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Rafaela; Argentina.
Fil: Vullo, Diana Lia. Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencias. Área de Química; Argentina.
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Materia
furfural biodegradation
MBBR
agroforestry waste
circular economy
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spelling Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.Farías, Alejandro RubénPanigatti, Maria CeciliaVullo, Diana Liafurfural biodegradationMBBRagroforestry wastecircular economyFurfural is a relevant industrial product, but its presence in water and soil generates contamination and health risks. Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) are an increasingly used alternative to eliminate contaminants with the advantage of occupying small spaces, despite their high dependence on support and the microorganisms involved in the process. This work proposes furfural elimination through a laboratory-scale MBBR using Bacillus licheniformis GTQ1, Microbacterium sp. GISTAQ2, and Brevundimonas sp. GISTAQ1 isolated from an industrial effluent and agroforestry waste (rice husks, pine sawdust, and quebracho chips) as supports. The biofilm development was tested with both axenic and mixed cultures, confirming high coverage by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, especially in triple-mixed cultures. Biodegradation tests were carried out in the MBBR with 15 g rice husks or quebracho chips as supports and a 4000 mg L−1 initial furfural concentration for 72 h. The mixed culture achieved almost a 100% furfural removal in three days with a rate of 3.97% per hour with rice husks and 2.61% per hour with quebracho chips. This laboratory-scale MBBR development is a promising first step ready for a scale-up for its implementation in industries to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the discharge of this type of effluent.Fil: Farías, Alejandro Rubén. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Resistencia. Grupo de Investigación Sobre Temas Ambientales y Químicos; Argentina.Fil: Panigatti, Maria Cecilia. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Rafaela; Argentina.Fil: Vullo, Diana Lia. Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencias. Área de Química; Argentina.Peer ReviewedMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute MDPI2025-05-27T20:22:08Z2025-04-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articulopdfapplication/pdfProcesses. 2025; 13(5):1337https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12272/13046https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13051337engMSUTIRE 4023TCTratamiento de efluentes líquidos por lecho fluidizado con consorcios bacterianos autóctonosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Acceso abiertoreponame:Repositorio Institucional Abierto (UTN)instname:Universidad Tecnológica Nacional2026-10-01T11:57:07Zoai:ria.utn.edu.ar:20.500.12272/13046instacron:UTNInstitucionalhttp://ria.utn.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://ria.utn.edu.ar/oaigestionria@rec.utn.edu.ar; fsuarez@rec.utn.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:a2026-10-01 11:57:07.955Repositorio Institucional Abierto (UTN) - Universidad Tecnológica Nacionalfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
title Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
spellingShingle Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
Farías, Alejandro Rubén
furfural biodegradation
MBBR
agroforestry waste
circular economy
title_short Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
title_full Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
title_fullStr Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
title_full_unstemmed Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
title_sort Furfural biodegradation in a moving bed biofilm reactor using native bacteria and agroforestry waste as supports.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Farías, Alejandro Rubén
Panigatti, Maria Cecilia
Vullo, Diana Lia
author Farías, Alejandro Rubén
author_facet Farías, Alejandro Rubén
Panigatti, Maria Cecilia
Vullo, Diana Lia
author_role author
author2 Panigatti, Maria Cecilia
Vullo, Diana Lia
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv furfural biodegradation
MBBR
agroforestry waste
circular economy
topic furfural biodegradation
MBBR
agroforestry waste
circular economy
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Furfural is a relevant industrial product, but its presence in water and soil generates contamination and health risks. Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) are an increasingly used alternative to eliminate contaminants with the advantage of occupying small spaces, despite their high dependence on support and the microorganisms involved in the process. This work proposes furfural elimination through a laboratory-scale MBBR using Bacillus licheniformis GTQ1, Microbacterium sp. GISTAQ2, and Brevundimonas sp. GISTAQ1 isolated from an industrial effluent and agroforestry waste (rice husks, pine sawdust, and quebracho chips) as supports. The biofilm development was tested with both axenic and mixed cultures, confirming high coverage by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, especially in triple-mixed cultures. Biodegradation tests were carried out in the MBBR with 15 g rice husks or quebracho chips as supports and a 4000 mg L−1 initial furfural concentration for 72 h. The mixed culture achieved almost a 100% furfural removal in three days with a rate of 3.97% per hour with rice husks and 2.61% per hour with quebracho chips. This laboratory-scale MBBR development is a promising first step ready for a scale-up for its implementation in industries to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the discharge of this type of effluent.
Fil: Farías, Alejandro Rubén. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Resistencia. Grupo de Investigación Sobre Temas Ambientales y Químicos; Argentina.
Fil: Panigatti, Maria Cecilia. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Rafaela; Argentina.
Fil: Vullo, Diana Lia. Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencias. Área de Química; Argentina.
Peer Reviewed
description Furfural is a relevant industrial product, but its presence in water and soil generates contamination and health risks. Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) are an increasingly used alternative to eliminate contaminants with the advantage of occupying small spaces, despite their high dependence on support and the microorganisms involved in the process. This work proposes furfural elimination through a laboratory-scale MBBR using Bacillus licheniformis GTQ1, Microbacterium sp. GISTAQ2, and Brevundimonas sp. GISTAQ1 isolated from an industrial effluent and agroforestry waste (rice husks, pine sawdust, and quebracho chips) as supports. The biofilm development was tested with both axenic and mixed cultures, confirming high coverage by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, especially in triple-mixed cultures. Biodegradation tests were carried out in the MBBR with 15 g rice husks or quebracho chips as supports and a 4000 mg L−1 initial furfural concentration for 72 h. The mixed culture achieved almost a 100% furfural removal in three days with a rate of 3.97% per hour with rice husks and 2.61% per hour with quebracho chips. This laboratory-scale MBBR development is a promising first step ready for a scale-up for its implementation in industries to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the discharge of this type of effluent.
publishDate 2025
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2025-04-27
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Tratamiento de efluentes líquidos por lecho fluidizado con consorcios bacterianos autóctonos
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