Competitive adsorption of organic compounds by microbial biomass

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-1988

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of competitive adsorption of liquid organic compounds on inactive microbial biomass in bisolute solution systems. Phenol-nitrophenol, phenol- chlorophenol, nitrophenol-chlorophenol, and chlorobenzene-ethylbenzene systems were selected for the analysis. The experimental results suggest that although the amount of each solute adsorbed on the biomass can be reduced significantly by the presence of a second solute, the combined adsorptive capacity was greater than that for either of the individual substances from its pure solution. The octanol/water partition coefficient(Kow) indicates the relative extent of adsorption better than the aqueous solubility(S). Copyright © 1988, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Identifier

0024163769 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A Environmental Science and Engineering

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1080/10934528809375448

ISSN

03601226

First Page

729

Last Page

744

Issue

8

Volume

23

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