Min Pan,Ning Wang,Zhenting Weng,Xuehua Zou,Xiaoming Huang
A heterogeneous Fenton-like system comprising palygorskite/MnO2/Fe3O4 (PMM) as a superior, low-cost, and eco-friendly ternary catalyst for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) was investigated with regard to its ability to degrade Acid Scarlet GR in an aqueous solution. Under the optimum catalytic oxidation conditions of 1 g L−1 PMM, 0.7 g L−1 PMS, and an initial pH value of 5, 200 mg L−1 Acid Scarlet GR was completely degraded within 300 min. PMM exhibited outstanding magnetic recovery ability and reusability after nine cycles with a degradation efficiency of up to 95.4%. The PMM catalyst had a broad working pH range. Singlet oxygen 1O2 was considered to play the principal role in the degradation of Acid Scarlet GR in the PMM/PMS system. The synergistic effect between MnO2, Fe3O4, and PG substantially accelerated the catalytic activity of PMM, and MnO2 was identified to be the primary active site. These findings indicate that PMM is a nanocatalyst that can efficiently activate PMS for the treatment of dye-containing wastewater.
Azo dyes are huge social and environmental hazards. Selective fungi are potential degraders for azo dyes and are of great significance to cleaning up and bioremediation. In this study, a salt-tolerant yeast strain GG with the ability to aerobically degrade and detoxify various azo dyes was isolated and identified as Galactomyces geotrichum . The optimal growth and decolorization parameters of strain GG were 0.1 g/L of yeast extract, 2.0 g/L of glucose, 0.4 g/L of ammonium sulfate , ≤ 40 g/L of NaCl, and pH values of 7.0–8.0. Under the optimal condition more than 92% of 100 mg/L of Acid Scarlet GR could be decolorized within 10 h by degradation, which was further confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy . In addition, enzymatic analysis showed that the reductase NADH-DCIP and two oxidoreductases lignin peroxidase and laccase played the key roles in the degradation of Acid Scarlet GR, and the decolorization metabolites of Acid Scarlet GR exhibited much less toxicity than the parent dye by phytotoxicity assessment. The results improved the knowledge of azo-dye-decolorizing G. geotrichum species and provided efficient fungal resource for treatment of industrial wastewater containing azo dyes and salts.