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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1665-1456</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biotecnia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biotecnia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-1456</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Sonora, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1665-14562025000100201</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18633/biotecnia.v27.2452</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Simultaneous degradation of phenolic compounds under denitrifying conditions in a UASB reactor provided with granular activated carbon]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Degradación simultánea de compuestos fenólicos bajo condiciones desnitrificantes en un reactor UASB provisto con carbón activado granular]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meza-Escalante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edna R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Navarro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luz M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Serrano-Palacios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Denisse]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Refugio B.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis H.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora Departamento de Ciencias del Agua y Medio Ambiente ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Ciencias Químicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nuevo León ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-14562025000100201&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-14562025000100201&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-14562025000100201&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This work studied the removal capacity of a mixture of phenolic compounds (phenol, p-cresol, o-cresol) by denitrification; in addition, the effect of granular activated carbon (GAC) in the process carried out in UASB (up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket) reactors. The organic load was increased from 450 to 3250 mg C L-1d-1 by adjusting the HRT from 2 to 0.25 d in the reactor with GAC and the control reactor without GAC. The removal efficiencies of phenolic compounds increased as the organic load increased, obtaining values from 89.7 % to 95.5 % in the reactor without GAC and 95.8 % to 99.1 % in the reactor with GAC. The nitrate removal in the reactor with GAC reached 79.3 % to 98.0 % efficiencies, while the control obtained 64.8 % to 96.9 %. Finally, the maximum capacities of GAC were evaluated by adsorption isotherms, obtaining the following values (mg g-1): 164.6 for o-cresol, 134.5 for p-cresol, 110.7 for phenol, and 44.4 for nitrate. The results show the capacity of a denitrification process to remove a mixture of phenolic compounds. In addition, the reactor with GAC increased the removal efficiency of all compounds.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente trabajo, estudió la capacidad de eliminación de una mezcla de compuestos fenólicos (fenol, p-cresol, o-cresol) por vía desnitrificante; además, el efecto del carbón activado granular (CAG) en el proceso realizado en reactores UASB (up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket). La carga orgánica se fue incrementando de 450 a 3250 mg C L-1d-1, mediante el ajuste del TRH de 2 to 0.25 d en el reactor con CAG y en el reactor control sin CAG. Las eficiencias de eliminación de los compuestos fenólicos aumentaron a medida que se incrementó la carga orgánica, obteniéndose valores del 89.7 % al 95.5 % en el reactor sin CAG, y del 95.8 al 99.1 % en el reactor con CAG. Para la eliminación de nitrato, el reactor con CAG alcanzó eficiencias de 79.3 % a 98.0 %, mientras que el control obtuvo 64.8 % a 96.9 %. Finalmente, se evaluaron las capacidades máximas del CAG mediante isotermas de adsorción, obteniéndose los siguientes valores (mg g-1): 164.6 para o-cresol, 134.5 para p-cresol, 110.7 para fenol y 44.4 para nitrato. Los resultados muestran la capacidad de un proceso desnitrificante de eliminar simultáneamente una mezcla de compuestos fenólicos, además, se observó que el CAG incrementó la eficiencia eliminación de todos los compuestos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[phenolic compounds]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[activated carbon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[adsorption isotherms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[UASB reactor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[compuestos fenólicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[carbón activado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[isotermas de adsorción]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reactor UASB]]></kwd>
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