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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2018, Volume 12, Issue 6 doi: 10.1007/s11783-018-1048-5

Removal of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim from reclaimed water and the biodegradation mechanism

1. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2. The Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100085, China
3. The College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
4. Appraisal Center for Environment & Engineering Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100012, China
5. State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Beijing 100038, China
6. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China

Available online: 2018-08-19

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Abstract

The artificial composite soil treatment system could efficiently remove SMX and TMP by biodegradation mechanism.

Bacillus subtilis from column reactors degraded SMX and TMP efficiently.

Bacillus subtilis biodegrades TMP to NH4+, and then converts NH4+ to NO3.

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