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Role of methanogenesis on the biotransformation of organic micropollutants during anaerobic digestion

González Gil, Lorena; Mauricio Iglesias, Miguel; Serrano, Denisse; Lema Rodicio, Juan Manuel; Carballa Arcos, Marta

Abstract

Several studies showed that some organic micropollutants (OMPs) are biotransformed during anaerobic digestion (AD). Yet, most of them aim at reporting removal efficiencies instead of understanding the biotransformation process. Indeed, how each of the main AD stages (i.e., hydrolysis, acidogenesis, and methanogenesis) contribute to OMP biotransformation remains unknown. This study focuses on investigating the role of methanogenesis, the most characteristic step of AD, to OMP removal. More specifically, the sorption and the biotransformation of 20 OMPs by methanogenic biomass were analyzed determining their concentrations in both liquid and solid phases. Sorption onto methanogenic biomass displayed a similar behavior as reported for digested sludge. Most of the OMPs were biotransformed to a medium extent (35–70%) and only sulfamethoxazole was completely removed. Comparing these results with those reported for the complete AD process, methanogenesis was proven to play a key role, accounting for more than 50% of the OMP biotransformation (except for roxithromycin) during AD. An increase in the organic loading rate from 1 to 2 g COD/L d, typical loads employed in sewage sludge anaerobic digesters, did not exert a clear cometabolic effect on the OMPs biotransformation. It is hypothesized that biotransformation occurs in both liquid and solid phases because no link between the partition coefficient (Kd) and the overall biotransformation efficiency was found. These findings allow a better understanding of the OMPs fate under anaerobic conditions, which is necessary to design efficient biological mitigation strategies

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SUPPLEMENTARY DATA Role o me hanogenesis on he bio ans o ma ion o o ganic mic opollu an s du ing anae obic diges ion Lo ena Gonzalez-Gil *, a, Miguel Mau icio-Iglesias a, Denisse Se ano a, b, Juan M. Lema a, Ma a Ca balla a a Depa men o Chemical Enginee ing, School o Enginee ing, Uni e sidade de San iago de Compos ela, Rúa Lope Gómez de Ma zoa, E-15782 San iago de Compos ela, Spain b Depa men o Wa e and En i onmen al Sciences, Ins i u o Tecnológico de Sono a, 5 de eb e o 818 su , Colonia Cen o, 85000 Ciudad Ob egón, México *Co esponding Au ho E-mail add esses: [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed], ma[email p o ec ed] 1 Con en s S1. Physicochemical cha ac e is ics o selec ed OMPs ........................................... 2 S2. Pa ame e es ima ion .......................................................................................... 3 S3. Analysis o o ganic mic opollu an s .................................................................. 4 S4. Me hanogenic eac o s ope a ion ....................................................................... 5 S5. So p ion o OMPs in diges ed sludge ................................................................ 7 S6. Bio ans o ma ion kine ics ................................................................................. 7 S7. Bio ans o ma ion a e cons an s in he me hanogenic s ep ............................ 14 S8. Bio ans o ma ion phase .................................................................................. 15 S9. Remo al o OMPs du ing sewage sludge AD ................................................. 16 Re e ences .................................................................................................................. 17 2 S1. Physicochemical cha ac e is ics o selec ed OMPs Table S1. Applica ion and main physicochemical p ope ies o he selec ed OMPs. OMP Applica ion MW (g/mol) s (mg/L) H (a m m3/mol) pKa log Kow ERY An ibio ic 733.9 1.4 5.4·10-29 8.9 3.1 ROX An ibio ic 837.1 0.02 5.0·10-31 9.1 2.8 SMX An ibio ic 253.3 610 6.4·10-13 6.2 0.9 TMP An ibio ic 290.3 400 2.4·10-14 7.1 0.9 FLX An idep essan 309.3 60 8.9·10-8 9.8 4.1 CBZ An icon ulsan 236.3 112 1.1·10-10 15.9 2.5 DZP Anxioly ic 284.7 50 3.6·10-9 3.4 2.8 E1 Es ogen 270.4 30 3.8·10-10 10.3 3.1 E2 Es ogen 272.4 3.6 3.6·10-11 10.3 4.0 EE2 Con acep i e/ es ogen 296.4 11.3 7.9·10-12 10.3 3.7 ADBI F ag ance 244.4 0.22 2.1·10-4 ‒ 5.9 HHCB F ag ance 258.4 1.8 1.3·10-4 ‒ 5.9 AHTN F ag ance 258.4 0.21 2.6·10-4 ‒ 5.8 IBP An i-in lamma o y 206.3 21 1.5·10-6 4.9 4.0 NPX An i-in lamma o y 230.3 15.9 3.4·10-10 4.2 3.2 DCF An i-in lamma o y 296.2 2.4 4.7·10-12 4.2 4.2 OP Su ac an 206.3 3.1 8.5·10-6 ≈10 5.5 NP Su ac an 220.4 7.0 3.4·10-5 ≈10 5.8 TCS An isep ic 289.5 10 5.0·10-9 7.7 4.7 BPA Fungicide/plas icize 228.3 120 1.0·10-11 10.1 3.3 Molecula weigh (MW), Hen y’s law cons an (H), solubili y a 25 °C (s), acid dissocia ion cons an (pKa), oc anol- wa e coe icien (Kow). Da a ob ained om D ugBank and PhysP op da abases and om Va hanicko a e al. (1995). 3 S2. Pa ame e es ima ion The pseudo- i s o de kine ic cons an was es ima ed by leas -squa e i ing o he esul s o he kine ic expe imen s o equa ion S1. 𝑘𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑙 =a gmin ∑(𝐶𝑇(𝑡)−𝐶𝑇,𝑒𝑥𝑝)2 Equa ion S1 whe e CT was ob ained acco ding o equa ion 2 o he manusc ip : 𝐶𝑇= 𝐶0·𝑒(− 1 𝐻𝑅𝑇−𝑘𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑙·𝑋𝑉𝑆𝑆)·𝑡 To ob ain a obus es ima ion o kbiol a boo s ap p ocedu e was ollowed o de e mine he expec ed alue and he con idence in e al o he pa ame e . The p ocedu e was done as ollows: i) Es ima e he esiduals (e) o equa ion S1 by equa ion S2, which a e used o simula e he expe imen al e o in he measu emen s; 𝑒 =𝐶𝑇(𝑡)−𝐶𝑇,𝑒𝑥𝑝 Equa ion S2 ii) Simula e new expe imen al esul s (C*T,exp) by andomly adding some o he esiduals o he expe imen al da a; 𝐶∗𝑇,𝑒𝑥𝑝 =𝐶𝑇,𝑒𝑥𝑝 +𝑒𝑗 whe e ej is a andom a iable ej ∈ e Equa ion S3 iii) Ca y ou he leas squa e es ima ion o k*biol o he new simula ed da a by using equa ion S1. i ) I e a e h ough s eps ii) and iii) un il con e gence (numbe o i e a ions = 1000) on a dis ibu ion o kbiol and use his dis ibu ion o ind he expec ed alue and i s con idence in e al. 4 S3. Analysis o o ganic mic opollu an s Table S2. Limi s o quan i ica ion (LOQ) and eco e y anges (n=3) o OMPs in he liquid and solid phase o he me hanogenic sludge. LOQ Reco e y ange (%) OMP Liquid (ng/L) Solid (ng/g) Liquid Solid ERY 3 0.6 90-110 65-80 ROX 3 0.6 80-90 55-65 SMX 15 3 85-90 55-60 TMP 15 3 70-75 55-60 FLX 3 0.6 30-35 45-50 CBZ 15 3 65-75 70-80 DZP 15 3 50-60 60-70 E1 30 6 40-50 60-70 E2 30 6 60-70 60-70 EE2 30 6 60-80 60-75 ADBI 150 30 45-55 120-150 HHCB 150 30 40-60 120-150 AHTN 150 30 35-50 130-160 IBP 60 12 130-150 120-140 NPX 75 15 110-120 100-120 DCF 300 60 120-140 130-140 OP 60 12 60-70 120-140 NP 60 12 60-70 120-140 TCS 150 30 55-65 110-130 BPA 75 15 110-120 70-80 5 S4. Me hanogenic eac o s ope a ion Figu e S1. Pe o mance o he me hanogenic eac o s (MR1 le side and MR2 igh side) du ing he whole ope a ion. O ganic loading a e (OLR) and me hane p oduc ion (CH4) a e ep esen ed in he uppe g aphs, while pH, ola ile suspended solids (VSS) and in e media e/ o al alkalini y a io (IA/TA) a e depic ed in he bo om g aphs. G ey a eas highligh he pe iods when he kine ic expe imen s wi h OMPs we e conduc ed. 6 Table S3. A e age eeding cha ac e is ics o me hanogenic eac o s du ing bo h s eady- s a e ope a ional s ages (OLR=1 and 2 g COD/L d). OLR=1 g COD/L d OLR=2 g COD/L d pH 6.3 ± 0.7 6.4 ± 0.6 Ace ic acid (HAc, g/L) 4.7 ± 0.3 9.5 ± 0.4 P opionic acid (g/L) 1.7 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.1 Bu y ic acid (g/L) 1.4 ± 0.1 2.7 ± 0.1 To al VFA (g HAceq/L) 7.9 ± 0.7 15.9 ± 0.5 COD (g/L) 9.5 ± 1.0 18.8 ± 1.0 NH4Cl (g/L) 0.6 0.6 KH2PO4 (g/L) 0.4 0.4 T ace concen a ions o mic o-nu ien s (Fe, Ca, Mg, C , Co, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Se, Zn, B) we e added acco ding o Angelidaki and Sande s (2004). 7 S5. So p ion o OMPs in diges ed sludge Table S4. Pa i ioning coe icien s (log Kd) epo ed o anae obically diges ed sludge. The a e age ange ep esen s he minimum and he maximum alues om li e a u e. log Kd OMP Gonzalez-Gil e al. (2016) Ca balla e al. (2007) Na umiya e al. (2013) Cla a e al. (2011) I ashechkin e al. (2004) A e age ange TCS 3.56-4.35 3.56-4.35 AHTN 4.22-4.86 3.7-4.43 2.60-2.90 2.60-4.86 HHCB 2.58-5.14 3.45-4.3 2.58-5.14 FLX 2.44-3.44 2.44-3.44 E2 2.22-3.34 2.30-2.83 2.22-3.34 E1 1.76-2.91 2.18-2.77 1.76-2.91 BPA 2.09-2.30 2.09-2.30 TMP 1.92-2.86 1.92-2.86 ERY 1.60-3.10 1.60-3.10 ROX 2.52-3.97 1.14-1.92 1.90-3.30 1.14-3.97 EE2 1.21-1.40 2.08-2.85 1.21-2.85 DZP 1.85-1.88 1.85-1.88 DCF 1.26-2.18 1.90-2.20 1.26-2.20 CBZ 1.60-2.27 1.31-1.83 1.60-2.00 1.31-2.27 SMX 0.77-1.79 0.77-1.79 IBP 1.03-1.76 1.00-1.78 1.00-1.78 NPX 1.03-1.71 1.03-1.71 S6. Bio ans o ma ion kine ics The concen a ions measu ed in he liquid and solid phase o he me hanogenic e luen du ing he h ee kine ic expe imen s a e displayed in Figu es S2. An a e age me hanogenic kine ics ob ained om he h ee expe imen s is shown as well. Excep o NP, EE2, SMX, TMP, and NPX, he esul ing a e age alues p esen ed a low de ia ion, meaning ha he concen a ions o OMPs measu ed in h ee kine ic expe imen s we e qui e simila . Mo eo e , con inuous lines depic he concen a ion pa e ns o OMPs in bo h phases i solely washou was he esponsible o he emo al. The e o e, he di e ence be ween he washou line and he expe imen al poin co esponds o bio ans o ma ion. 8 Fig. S2a. Measu ed concen a ions in he liquid (blue diamonds) and solid (o ange squa es) phases o hyd ophobic compounds (G oup 3). Con inuous lines show he emo al o he OMP by washou in he liquid (blue) and solid phase (o ange). OLR=1 (Kine ic I) OLR=1 (Kine ic II) OLR=2 (Kine ic III) AVERAGE 15 S8. Bio ans o ma ion phase Fig. S3. Con ibu ion o each phase o he o al me hanogenic bio ans o ma ion o OMPs. The appa en bio ans o ma ions measu ed in he solid (BS) and liquid phases (BL) a e ep esen ed by he o ange, lowe ba s and by he blue, uppe ba s, espec i ely. 16 S9. Remo al o OMPs du ing sewage sludge AD Table S6. Summa y o epo ed OMPs emo al du ing AD o sewage sludge unde simila ope a ional condi ions. 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(2016) A e age SMX 80 100 100 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ 93 ± 12 NPX 100 85 ‒ 85 85 ‒ ‒ ‒ 90 89 ± 7 TMP 75 ‒ 100 ‒ 100 ‒ ‒ ‒ 90 91 ± 12 NP ‒ ‒ ‒ 35 ‒ ‒ 0/100 ‒ ‒ 45 ± 51 FLX 70 ‒ ‒ ‒ 0 ‒ ‒ 30 30 33 ± 29 EE2 65 40/95 ‒ ‒ 0 ‒ 20 ‒ ‒ 44 ± 37 TCS 15 ‒ 30 65 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ 50 40 ± 22 Musks 10 60 ‒ ‒ ‒ 0/45 ‒ ‒ ‒ 29 ± 28 BPA ‒ ‒ ‒ 80 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ 0 40 ± 40 E1+E2 0 80 ‒ ‒ 0 ‒ 50 ‒ ‒ 33 ± 39 CBZ 40 5 0 ‒ 15 ‒ ‒ ‒ 0 11 ± 15 DZP 50 30 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ 40 ± 10 ERY ‒ ‒ 45 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ 45 ROX 85 95 65 ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ 82 ± 15 DCF ‒ 0/80 25 95 25 ‒ ‒ ‒ 0 38 ± 41 IBP 30 45 ‒ 95 30 ‒ ‒ ‒ 10 42 ± 32 OP ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ ‒ Ope a ional condi ions Con inuous diges e Lab-scale Lab-scale Full-scale Lab-scale Lab-scale Full-scale Lab-scale Lab-scale Full-scale OMPs spike No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Subs a e* MixS MixS MixS MixS MixS SS MixS & PS SS PS Tempe a u e (°C) 37 37 30-55 37 37 37 35 37 35 HRT (d) 20-30 10-30 20-30 20 20 15-20 30 20 15-30 *MixS: mixed p ima y and seconda y sewage sludge; PS: p ima y sludge; SS: sewage sludge ( ype no speci ied). 17 Re e ences Be ge sen, O., Øs nes, K., Vasskog, T., 2012. 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