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Evaluation of the fate of environmentally relevant micropollutants: Carbamazepine (CBZ), Iopromide (IOP), and Trimethoprim (TMP)

  • Wendell O. Khunjar
  • , Seungyun Baik
  • , Dawn Celiz
  • , Ines D.S. Henriques
  • , Nancy G. Love
  • , Diana Aga
  • , Taewoo Yi
  • , Willie F. Harper
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Auburn University

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Abstract

We conducted preliminary biotransformation experiments utilizing LC-MS/MS analysis of supernatant collected during batch cultivation of monoculture of Nitrosomonas europaea with carbamazepine (CBZ), iopromide (IOP) and trimethoprim (TMP), three environmentally relevant pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). CBZ and TMP were not transformed during batch incubation with N. europaea. IOP results indicated significant removal (65-70%) of the parent compound over 28.5 days of cultivation. Four metabolites designated IM1 (237 m/z), IM2 (279 m/z), IM3 (219 m/z) and IM4 (239 m/z) were observed over the course of the experiment with IM1 and IM2 being predominant up to 19.5 days. Between 19.5 days and 28.5 days, IM1 dropped below detection while IM3 and IM4 were detected along with IM2. Sorption data indicated that the fate of CBZ and IOP is not primarily governed by sorption to biomass. Future experiments will provide further information regarding the fate of these PPCPs under physiological conditions typical of treatment plants, while also characterizing metabolite formation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRestoring Our Natural Habitat - Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ISBN (Print)9780784409275
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

Publication series

NameRestoring Our Natural Habitat - Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress

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