TY - JOUR KW - Aerobic granules; GC-MS; Haldane model; O-nitrophenol; Sequencing batch reactors KW - Activated sludge process; Glucose; Granular materials; Microbiology; Phenols; Wastewater treatment KW - Biodegradation KW - 2 nitrophenol; catechol; glucose; nitrobenzene KW - activated sludge; biodegradation; bioreactor; gas chromatography; glucose; mass spectrometry; oxic conditions; phenol; substrate; waste treatment; wastewater KW - activated sludge; aerobic granule; article; biodegradation; cell granule; inoculation; kinetics; mass fragmentography; sequencing batch reactor; waste water management KW - Aerobiosis; Biomass; Bioreactors; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Glucose; Kinetics; Nitrophenols EP - 2139 AV - none N2 - Aerobic granules to treat wastewater containing o-nitrophenol were successfully developed in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) using activated sludge as inoculum. Stable aerobic granules were obtained with a clearly defined shape and diameters ranging from 2 to 6 mm after 122 days of operation. The integrity coefficient (IC) and granules density was found to be 98 and 1,054 kg m -3 respectively. After development of aerobic granules, o-nitrophenols were successfully degraded to an efficiency of 78 at a concentration of 70 mg L -1. GC-MS study revealed that the biodegradation of o-nitrophenol occured via catechol via nitrobenzene pathway. Specific o-nitrophenol biodegradation rates followed the Haldane model and the associated kinetic parameters were found as follows: V max = 3.96 g o-nitrophenol g -1VSS -1d -1, K s = 198.12 mg L -1, and K i = 31.16 mg L -1. The aerobic granules proved to be a feasible and effective way to degrade o-nitrophenol containing wastewater. © IWA Publishing 2012. JF - Water Science and Technology VL - 65 N1 - cited By 12 IS - 12 SP - 2132 ID - scholars2964 TI - Biodegradation of o-nitrophenol by aerobic granules with glucose as co-substrate SN - 02731223 Y1 - 2012/// A1 - Basheer, F. A1 - Isa, M.H. A1 - Farooqi, I.H. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84862231533&doi=10.2166%2fwst.2012.123&partnerID=40&md5=457c2a740c1b9a9d8a24b2119618ae0c ER -