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Development of Sulfidogenic Sludge from Marine Sediments and Trichloroethylene Reduction in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor
Published on: October 15, 2015
Identifying microbial community evolution in membrane bioreactors coupled with anaerobic side-stream reactor, packing
Yue Zheng1, Zhen Zhou2, Xiaofang Ye1
1Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Energy - Saving in Heat Exchange Systems, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China.
Abstract:
An anoxic/oxic membrane bioreactor (AO-MBR), an anaerobic side-stream reactor (ASSR) coupled MBRs (A-MBRs), an A-MBR with carriers packed in ASSR (AP-MBR) and an AP-MBR with sludge ultrasonicated before ASSR (AUP-MBR) were operated for 261 d to investigate effects of ASSR, packing carriers and ultrasonication on sludge reduction and microbial population. Sludge reduction efficiencies of A-MBR, AP-MBR and AUP-MBR were 36.2%, 46.4% and 51.4%, respectively. Packing carriers and ultrasonication both enhanced hydrolysis by stimulating activities of α-glucosidase and protease, while uncoupling metabolism was enhanced greatly by packing carriers but slightly by ultrasonication. Linear discriminant analysis of effect size (LEfSe) results showed that packing carriers promoted the growth of hydrolytic and fermentative bacteria in bulk sludge, and enriched anaerobes and fermentative bacteria on the surface of carriers. Ultrasonication screened ultrasonication-resistant bacteria, and created an anaerobic environment beneficial to hydrolytic and fermentative bacteria.
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