The plasticity of indigenous microbial community in a full-scale heavy oil produced water treatment plant
The plasticity of indigenous microbial community in a full-scale heavy oil produced water treatment plant
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大型重油采出水处理厂本土微生物群落的可塑性
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.06.049
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
13.6
通讯作者:
Xu Ping
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作者:
Wang Xiaoyu;Jiang Limin;Gai Zhonghui;Tao Fei;Tang Hongzhi;Xu Ping
Indigenous microbial communities are main and promising performers for bioremediation due to their excellent adaptability, degradation capability, and inherent plasticity. Treating heavy oil-produced water (HOPW) is a challenge owing to the high recalcitrance and heterogeneity of chemicals it contains. A full-scale HOPW treatment plant was built at a capacity of 10,000 m3/d with the indigenous microbial community. After the treatment, the outlet water reached the design standard. The microbial community structures in all treatment stages were analyzed by using Illumina MiSeq 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The composition of microbial community changed greatly with the changes in environmental conditions, especially with the only artificially regulated parameter of dissolved oxygen. In the anaerobic stage, the community converted the recalcitrant chemical oxygen demand to biological oxygen demand (BOD), and played a major role in enhancing the biodegradability of HOPW. During the aerobic stage, the community mainly mineralized BOD. These results suggest that the structures of indigenous microbial community differed in different treatment stages to accomplish the corresponding functions. Based on these findings, it is proposed that exploiting the plasticity of microbial communities for bioremediation is feasible, especially treating wastewater with varied components.