Hospital wastewater treatment by fungal bioreactor: Removal efficiency for pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptor compounds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 365-376

  Cruz Morató, Carles ^a   Lucas, Daniel ^b   Llorca, Marta ^b   Rodriguez Mozaz, Sara ^b   Gorga, Marina ^c   Petrovic, Mira ^b,d   Barceló, Damià ^b,c   Vicent, Teresa ^a   Sarrà, Montserrat ^a   Marco Urrea, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Endocrine disruptors; Hospital wastewater; Pharmaceuticals; Trametes versicolor

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HOSPITALS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR COMPOUNDS; FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTORS; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; NON-STERILE CONDITION; PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS;

4 OCTYLPHENOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; COSMETIC; DICLOFENAC; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; IOPROMIDE; KETOPROFEN; LACCASE; LORAZEPAM; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENAZONE; PRAVASTATIN; SALICYLIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG METABOLITE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; DRUG;

AIR FLUIDIZED BED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HOSPITAL WASTE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WHITE ROT FUNGUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG DEGRADATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

BIOREACTORS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FUNGI; HOSPITALS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902593764     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.117     Document Type: Article

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