Biodegradabil­ity assessment

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Persistent organic chemicals remain in the environment for a longtime after release, can travel long distances and contaminate remote regions, often breakthrough natural and anthropogenic barriers (e.g. wastewater treatment or drinking water treatment plants) in water cycle and can have long-term effects on ecosystems and humans.

The aim of the project is to investigate the (bio)degradability of organic compounds in natural (e.g. surface waters) and urban (e.g. wastewater treatment plants) environments to:

• understand if these compounds will persist or not,
• what makes organic compounds susceptible or resistant to biodegradation
• can degradation capacity be developed by microbial communities after prolonged exposure (contact) with organic pollutants
• are other processes important for the removal of these compounds from water/wastewater, etc.

Publications:

G. Çelik, S. Stolte, S. Müller, F. Schattenberg, M. Markiewicz, Environmental persistence assessment of heterocyclic polyaromatic hydrocarbons-Ultimate and primary biodegradability using adapted and non-adapted microbial communities,  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 460.

M. Markiewicz, Biodegradability of Ionic Liquids (ILs) Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions, in Encyclopedia of ionic liquids (ILs), 2023.

S. Beil, M. Markiewicz, C. Silva Pereira, P. Stepnowski, J. Thöming, S. Stolte Toward the Proactive Design of Sustainable Chemicals: Ionic Liquids as a Prime Example,  Chemical Reviews, 2021, 121 (21).

M. Lykaki, Y.-Q. Zhang, M. Markiewicz, S. Brandt, S. Kolbe, J. Schrick, M. Rabe, S. Stolte, The influence of textile finishing agents on the biodegradability of shed fibres, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23 (14).

M. Markiewicz, P. Lewandowski, M. Spychalski, R. Kukawka, J. Feder-Kubis, S. Beil, M. Smiglak, S. Stolte, New bifunctional ionic liquid-based plant systemic acquired resistance (SAR) inducers with an improved environmental hazard profile, Green Chemistry 2021, 23 (14).

 F. Kerkel, M. Markiewicz, S. Stolte, E. Müller, W. Kunz, The green platform molecule gamma-valerolactone–ecotoxicity, biodegradability, solvent properties, and potential applications, Green Chemistry 2021, 23 (8).