Biodegradation of olive washing wastewater pollutants by highly efficient phenol-degrading strains selected from adapted bacterial community Maza Márquez, Paula Martínez-Toledo, María Victoria González López, Jesús Juan Rodelas González, María Belén Juárez-Jiménez, Belén Fenice, Massimiliano Olive washing wastewater PCR-TGGE characterization Phenol-degrading bacteria Biological treatment The bacterial community of an olive washing water (OWW) storage basin was characterized, by both cultivation and cultivation-independent methods. PCR-TGGE fingerprints analysis of different samples, taken along the olive harvesting season, revealed important variations of the bacterial community structure showing rapid establishment of prevalent bacterial populations. Several bacteria, isolated from OWW, were cultivated, in media containing increasing amounts of polyphenols, in order to select high phenol-degrading strains for the effluent pollutants reduction. Strains PM3 and PM15, affiliated to Raoultella terrigena and Pantoea agglomerans by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, were selected and used for OWW biological treatment under batch conditions in shake flasks cultures. The OWW content of phenols, BOD5, COD and colour, was reduced by 93, 91, 89 and 62%, respectively, permitting effluent disposal and/or reuse with no additional treatments. 2013-04-24T07:29:33Z 2013-04-24T07:29:33Z 2013 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Maza-Márquez, P.; et al. Biodegradation of olive washing wastewater pollutants by highly efficient phenol-degrading strains selected from adapted bacterial community. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 82: 192-198 (2013). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/24759] 0964-8305 doi: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.03.025 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/24759 eng http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.03.025 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/SME/2008/1/232331 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier