Bioremediation of nitrate-polluted groundwater in a microbial fuel cell

Groundwater quality is threatened by nitrate accumulation in several regions around the world. Nitrate must be removed from contaminated groundwater to use it as drinking water. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) can be used for autotrophic denitrification. Thus, the use of MFCs is a potential alternative to using traditional methods for treating nitrate-polluted groundwater. This is the starting hypothesis of our study “Bioremediation of nitrate-polluted groundwater in a microbial fuel cell” published in Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.

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• Pous, N., Puig, S., Coma, M., Balaguer, M.D. and Colprim, J. 2013. Bioremediation of nitrate-polluted groundwater in a microbial fuel cell. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (in press). doi: 10.1002/jctb.4020.

This is the first paper of Mr. Narcis Pous. Congrats! 

The study was made during his master thesis. This paper is part of his PhD thesis on Bioremediation of contaminated water using bioelectrochemical systems. He is also a co-author of the paper “Biocatalysed sulphate removal in a BES cathode” published in Bioresource Technology.

• Coma, M., Puig, S., Pous, N., Balaguer, M.D. and Colprim, J. 2013. Biocatalysed sulphate removal in a BES cathode. Bioresource technology (in press). doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.050.