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Catalytic Scavenging of Plant Reactive Oxygen Species In Vivo by Anionic Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles
Published on: August 26, 2018
Performance evaluation, microbial enzymatic activity and microbial community of a sequencing batch reactor under
Sen Wang1, Mengchun Gao1, Zhiwei Li2
1Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Geological Engineering, Qingdao 266100, China.
Abstract:
The performance, microbial enzymatic activity and microbial community of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) were investigated under long-term exposure to cerium dioxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs). The COD removal kept a stable value at 0-5mg/L CeO2 NPs and then decreased at 10-60mg/L CeO2 NPs. The NH4(+)-N removal had no obvious changes at 0-30mg/L CeO2 NPs, and a minor decrease appeared at 60mg/L CeO2 NPs. Compared to 0mg/L CeO2 NPs, the phosphorus removal showed a decrease at 2mg/L CeO2 NPs and slightly increased at 5-60mg/L CeO2 NPs. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal rates had similar variation trends to the microbial enzymatic activities. The variations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) indicated that high CeO2 NPs concentration could result in the biotoxicity to activated sludge. The presence of CeO2 NPs had obvious effect on the microbial richness and diversity of activated sludge.
