Notice of RetractionBiodegradation of Phenol and Nitrobenzene in the Interactional Inhibitory System through the Selective Bioaugmentation

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This work studies the feasibility of combining selective adsorption and bioaugmentation to treat the interactional inhibitory wastewater containing nitrobenzene and phenol. Through adjusting the pH value of mixed wastewater and the adsorption flow rate, nitrobenzene could be separated from the mixed wastewater. Nitrobenzene adsorbed into resin could be desorbed by the driving force of concentration difference and be biodegraded through bioaugmentation. At the same time the adsorption capacity of resin HU-03 was recovered partly. Without the toxic inhibition of nitrobenzene, the residual phenol in adsorption effluent could be degraded effectively through bioaugmentaiton. After the recycle experiments of 60 days, the adsorption selectivity of the resin HU-03 to nitrobenzene decreased to some extent and then kept at a constant level. This method not only reduces the interactional toxic inhibition of two compounds, but also realizes the respective biodegradation to different pollutants.