Aguilera Flores Miguel Mauricio, Sánchez Castro Manuel Alexis, Ávila Vázquez Verónica, Correa Aguado Hans Christian, García Torres Jésica
Environmental Engineering, Interdisciplinary Professional Unit of Engineering Campus Zacatecas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Blvd. del Bote 202 Cerro del Gato Ejido La Escondida, Col. Ciudad Administrativa, 98160 Zacatecas, Zac Mexico.
J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2022 Jul 18;20(2):657-673. doi: 10.1007/s40201-022-00806-1. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Bioremediation of hydrocarbons-contaminated soils, using enzymes, is considered an alternative technology for soil remediation, obtaining shorter remediation times, greater removal efficiencies, and less waste generation. The lipases from invasive plants such as castor bean ( L.) could represent an opportunity for its application in this purpose. This paper reports the results of evaluating enzymatic treatment at different conditions for the remediation of used lubricating oil-contaminated soils. Four assays were performed for the removal of the contaminant in a soil sample: (1) natural attenuation and (2) biostimulation with urea (10% w/v), both used as blanks, (3) enzymatic treatment with lipases at ambient conditions (room temperature, soil pH) and (4) enzymatic treatment with lipases at ideal conditions (temperature 37 °C, pH 4.5). After seven weeks of treatment, removal percentages of 14.23 ± 1.92%, 35.71 ± 5.17%, 14.11 ± 6.71%, and 94.26 ± 1.91%, respectively, were obtained. The degradation of the contaminant was analyzed by Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for each assay. Results show the potential of the lipases for catalyzing the degradation of this contaminant in the soil at ideal conditions, representing an alternative technology to be applied as treatment ex-situ. This paper is the first study known to show the utilization of castor bean lipase for the remediation of hydrocarbons-contaminated soils.
利用酶对受碳氢化合物污染的土壤进行生物修复被认为是一种土壤修复的替代技术,它能缩短修复时间、提高去除效率并减少废物产生。来自蓖麻等入侵植物的脂肪酶可能为其在此用途中的应用提供契机。本文报道了在不同条件下评估酶处理对用过的润滑油污染土壤进行修复的结果。对一个土壤样品中的污染物去除进行了四项试验:(1)自然衰减和(2)用尿素(10% w/v)进行生物刺激,两者均用作空白对照,(3)在环境条件(室温、土壤pH值)下用脂肪酶进行酶处理,以及(4)在理想条件(温度37°C,pH值4.5)下用脂肪酶进行酶处理。处理七周后,分别获得了14.23±1.92%、35.71±5.17%、14.11±6.71%和94.26±1.91%的去除率。通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)对每项试验中污染物的降解情况进行了分析。结果表明脂肪酶在理想条件下催化土壤中这种污染物降解的潜力,代表了一种可作为异位处理应用的替代技术。本文是已知的第一项展示利用蓖麻脂肪酶修复碳氢化合物污染土壤的研究。