%J Desalination and Water Treatment
%T Phenol removal by newly isolated Acinetobacter baumannii strain Serdang 1 in a packed-bed column reactor
%A Z.H.M. Yadzir
%A M.Y. Shukor
%A A. Ahmad
%A M.S. Nazir
%A S.M.U. Shah
%A M.A. Abdullah
%R 10.1080/19443994.2015.1063459
%X A newly isolated Acinetobacter baumannii strain Serdang 1 was explored for its potential in phenol remediation in batch and continuous system. An immobilization cell system has been successfully developed to remove phenol in a batch system as high as 2,000 mg/L in 12 d at a rate of 6.04 mg/L/h. Repeated use of immobilized cells as many as five cycles was shown without any loss of activity. The continuous system in a packed-bed reactor achieved 65�77 phenol removal at the rate of 38.4 mg/L/h for 200 mg/L influent, which was almost three fold higher than the batch system. Low influent flow rate at 1.5 mL/min and bed height-to-diameter ratio of 15.2 reached steady state faster than the higher flow rate, and the percentage of phenol removal was also higher. © 2015 Balaban Desalination Publications. All rights reserved.
%V 57
%L scholars6984
%D 2016
%N 28
%I Taylor and Francis Inc.
%P 13307-13317
%O cited By 7
%K bacterium; bioreactor; bioremediation; phenol; water treatment, Acinetobacter baumannii