Inhibitory effect of thiourea on biological nitrification process and its eliminating method
Yuan Wang1, Xibiao Jin1, Lijun He1
1State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control of Chemical Processes, Research Institute of Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Abstract:
Thiourea is a typical nitrification inhibitor that shows a strong inhibitory effect against the biological nitrification process. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of thiourea on nitrification was determined to be 0.088 mg g VSS-1, and nitrifiers recovered from the thiourea inhibition after it was completely degraded. The thiourea-degrading ability of the sludge system was improved to 3.06 mg gVSS-1 h-1 through cultivation of thiourea-degrading bacteria by stepwise increasing the influent thiourea concentration. The dominant thiourea-degrading bacteria strain that used thiourea as the sole carbon and nitrogen source in the sludge system was identified as Pseudomonas sp. NCIMB. The results of this study will facilitate further research of the biodegradation characteristics of thiourea and similar pollutants.
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