The effects of salinity on nitrification using halophilic nitrifiers in a Sequencing Batch Reactor treating hypersaline wastewater.
The effects of salinity on nitrification using halophilic nitrifiers in a Sequencing Batch Reactor treating hypersaline wastewater.
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序批式反应器处理高盐废水时盐度对嗜盐硝化菌硝化作用的影响
DOI:
10.1038/srep24825
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发表时间:
2016-04-25
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Peng YZ
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作者:
Cui YW;Zhang HY;Ding JR;Peng YZ
With annual increases in the generation and use of saline wastewater, the need to avoid environmental problems such as eutrophication is critical. A previous study identified ways to start up a halophilic sludge domesticated from estuarine sediments to remove nitrogen from wastewater with a salinity of 30 g/L. This investigation expands that work to explore the impact of salinity on nitrogen removal. This study demonstrated that the mixed halophilic consortia removed nitrogen from wastewater with a salinity of 30–85 g/L. A kinetic analysis showed that halophilic nitrifiers selected based on hypersalinity were characterized by lowKs, μmaxand specific ammonium oxidization rates. This explains the decrease in ammonium removal efficiency in the high salinity operational phases. Salinity inhibited ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) activity, as well as the number of dominant AOB, but did not significantly affect the AOB dominant species. Three most dominant AOB lineages in the halophilic sludge wereNitrosomonas marina, Nitrosomonas europaea,andNitrosococcus mobilis. Nitrosomonas europaeaandNitrosococcus mobiliswere mainly affected by salinity, while nitrite accumulation and ammonia loading played the key role in determining the abundance ofNitrosococcus mobilisandNitrosococcus europaea. The study contributes insights about shifts in halophilic nitrifying bacterial populations.