Granulation and stability of microalgal–bacterial granular sludge under single and combined exposure to polycaprolactone microplastics and sulfamethoxazole
Alfonz Kedves; Máté Balogh; Jamsheed Abbas Dar; Ilia Mehrizi; Zoltán Kónya · 2026 · Bioresource Technology
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Abstract
The increasing occurrence of microplastics and antibiotics in wastewater poses emerging challenges for biological treatment processes. Microalgal-bacterial granular sludge (MBGS) has emerged as an efficient algae-based biotechnology for wastewater treatment; however, its response to simultaneous exposure to these contaminants remains largely unexplored. Here, the effects of degradable polycaprolactone microplastics (PCL MPs) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) were evaluated at 1 mg/L during granulation and long-term operation. PCL alone caused only minor changes, whereas SMX impaired granule stability
Abstract by Alfonz Kedves; Máté Balogh; Jamsheed Abbas Dar; Ilia Mehrizi; Zoltán Kónya, Bioresource Technology (2026) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2026.134820