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Removal of Methylmercury and Tributyltin (TBT) Using Marine Microorganisms
- Issue Date
- Feb-2012
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Keywords
- Methylmercury; TBT; Shewanella putrefaciens; Pseudomonas balearica
- Citation
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v.88, no.2, pp.239 - 244
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Volume
- 88
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 239
- End Page
- 244
- ISSN
- 0007-4861
- Abstract
- Two marine species of bacteria were isolated that are capable of degrading organometallic contaminants: Pseudomonas balearica, which decomposes methylmercury; and Shewanella putrefaciens, which decomposes tributyltin. P. balearica decomposed 97% of methylmercury (20.0 mu g/L) into inorganic mercury after 3 h, while S. putrefaciens decomposed 88% of tributyltin (55.3 mu g Sn/L) in real wastewater after 36 h. These data indicate that the two bacteria efficiently decomposed the targeted substances and may be applied to real wastewater.
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- LEE, YONG WOO
- COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ENGINEERING)