Abstract:
The effects of six metal ions including Fe
3+, Ni
2+, Zn
2+, Al3+, Cr(Ⅵ), Cu
2+, and salinity on anaerobic degradation of nitrobenzene were investigated in batch reactors. Nitrobenzene degradation bacteria were obtained from a reactor for nitrobenzene wastewater. The results showed that preferable mass concentrations of Fe
3+, Ni
2+, Zn
2+, Al
3+ and Cr(Ⅵ) had accelerated nitrobenzene degradation. When their mass concentrations were 5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 and 0.5 mg/L respectively, the nitrobenzene degradation rate increased by 5%-23%. However, nitrobenzene degradation bacteria wereinhibited when their mass concentrations exceeded 50, 10.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0 and 0.25 mg/L respectively. Toxicity order in mass was Cu
2+>Cr(Ⅵ)>Al
3+>Zn
2+>Ni
2+>Fe
3+. Optimal salinity for nitrobenzene degradation bacteria was between 0.25% and 1.00%.