WAYS TO HAVE BIOGENIC SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFICIAL TO XENOBIOTIC DEGRADATION

Abstract

Activated sludge acclimated to 2,4-D was used to degrade 2,4-D in batch reactions. Biogenic substrates of sucrose and peptone, in varying concentrations, separately and combined, were supplemented to the degradation reactions to find if, how and why biogenic supplementations were beneficial to the degradation of the xenobiotic. With biogenic supplement as the variable and other reaction conditions constant, optimal supplementation schemes were found which suit as feasible ways for  enhancing the degradation rate of 2,4-D. Among the number of supplementation combinations, the ones having optimal advantage were 50 mg/L of sucrose, 80 mg/L of peptone, each separately, and 20 mg/L sucrose and 40 mg/L peptone combined.