Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in microbial sludge, fulfils a key role in removal of micro-organic pollutants during biological wastewater treatment. In this study, the authors evaluated the removal of ciprofloxacin (CIP) by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) sludge in a sulfate-reducing up-flow sludge bed (SRUSB) reactor, and examined the role of EPS on CIP removal in an SRB sludge system. The results indicated that CIP was removed efficiently through adsorption and biodegradation by SRB sludge, with adsorption the major removal pathway. EPS also played an important role in CIP adsorption by SRB sludge, and the adsorption mechanisms of CIP by EPS were investigated using the three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy technologies combined with parallel factor analysis. The functional groups binding CIP onto EPS were identified through Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra analysis. The results suggested that the static quenching of EPS following CIP adsorption led to formation of an EPS-CIP complex, and that the CIP was mainly bound with tryptophan and tyrosine-like protein substances in EPS with the binding constants of 1.43×10 L·mol and 1.02×10 L·mol, respectively. The FTIR results suggested that hydroxyl, amino and carboxyl functional groups were mainly responsible for binding of CIP onto EPS. The results revealed the adsorption mechanisms of CIP by EPS in SRB sludge, and enhanced understanding of the role of EPS in sulfur-mediated biological processes for the removal of CIP and other organic micro-pollutants.
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