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The effects of three commonly used extraction methods on the redox properties of extracellular polymeric substances from activated sludge

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作者: Lu, Qin 1 ; Chang, Ming 2 ; Yu, Zhen 1 ; Zhou, Shungui 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Guangdong Inst Ecoenvironm & Soil Sci, Guangdong Key Lab Agr Environm Pollut Integrated, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Res Inst Environm Sci, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China

关键词: activated sludge;electrochemical methods;extracellular polymeric substances;extraction method;redox property

期刊名称:ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY ( 影响因子:3.247; 五年影响因子:2.699 )

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摘要: Recently, the redox properties of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) have attracted the attention of scientists due to their associated environmental significance, such as organic pollutant (e.g. nitroaromatics and substituted nitrobenzenes) degradation and heavy metal (e.g. Cr(VI) and U(VI)) detoxification. Although the separation of EPS from bacterial cells is more often the first step in studies on EPS, and studies have demonstrated that extraction procedures can influence the sorption properties of EPS, few attempts have been made to investigate how separation methods affect the redox properties of the obtained EPS. In this study, three common extraction approaches, that is, centrifugation, formaldehyde+NaOH and ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), were employed to extract EPS from activated sludge, and the obtained EPS were evaluated for their redox properties using electrochemical means, including cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. In addition, spectroscopic techniques were utilized to explore the structural characteristics and composition of EPS. The results indicated that EPS extracted by EDTA clearly displayed reversible oxidation-reduction peaks in cyclic voltammograms and significantly higher electron-accepting capacity compared with EPS extracted using the other two approaches. Fourier transform infrared spectra and three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix spectra suggested that the EPS extracted with EDTA presented better redox properties because of the effective and efficient extraction of the humic substances, which are important components of the EPS of activated sludge. Therefore, extraction method has an impact on the composition and redox properties of EPS and should be chosen according to research purpose and EPS source.

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