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Biodegradabilities of ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (EDDS) and other chelating agents
R Takahashi1, N Fujimoto, M Suzuki
1Department of Brewing and Fermentation, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
Biodegradabilities of chelating agents were tested with activated sludge. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) remained intact in the effluent even after acclimation for 100 days, but propanediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (PDDS) and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) were biodegraded after acclimation for 5 and 23 days, respectively. Optical isomers of ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (EDDS) had different biodegradabilities: SS- and RS-isomers were susceptible to biodegradation, but the RR-isomer was resistant. SS-isomer was degraded even by activated sludge without acclimation.