TY - JOUR
T1 - The influent COD/N ratio controlled the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate biodegradation and extracellular polymeric substances accumulation in an oxygen-based membrane biofilm reactor
AU - Zhou, Yun
AU - Li, Ran
AU - Guo, Bing
AU - Xia, Siqing
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Rittmann, Bruce E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was financially supported by the Startup Fund for Distinguished Professors of Huazhong Agricultural University to Yun Zhou ( 103-11042010013 ), and the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Future Water Services (Liu, Y.).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/1/15
Y1 - 2022/1/15
N2 - This work evaluated the fates of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH4+−N), and total nitrogen (TN) when treating greywater (GW) in an oxygen-based membrane biofilm reactor (O2-MBfR). An influent ratio of chemical oxygen demand to total nitrogen (COD/TN) of 20 g COD/g N gave the best removals of LAS, COD, NH4+−N and TN, and it also had the greatest EPS accumulation in the biofilm. Higher EPS and improved performance were linked to increases in the relative abundances of bacteria able to biodegrade LAS (Zoogloea, Pseudomonas, Parvibaculum, Magnetospirillum and Mycobacterium) and to nitrify (Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira), as well as to ammonia oxidation related enzyme (ammonia monooxygenase). The EPS was dominated by protein, which played a key role in adsorbing LAS, achieving short-time protection from LAS toxicity and allowed LAS biodegradation. Continuous high-efficiency removal of LAS alleviated LAS toxicity to microbial physiological functions, including nitrification, nitrate respiration, the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production, achieving the stable high-efficient simultaneous removal of organics and nitrogen in the O2-MBfR.
AB - This work evaluated the fates of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH4+−N), and total nitrogen (TN) when treating greywater (GW) in an oxygen-based membrane biofilm reactor (O2-MBfR). An influent ratio of chemical oxygen demand to total nitrogen (COD/TN) of 20 g COD/g N gave the best removals of LAS, COD, NH4+−N and TN, and it also had the greatest EPS accumulation in the biofilm. Higher EPS and improved performance were linked to increases in the relative abundances of bacteria able to biodegrade LAS (Zoogloea, Pseudomonas, Parvibaculum, Magnetospirillum and Mycobacterium) and to nitrify (Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira), as well as to ammonia oxidation related enzyme (ammonia monooxygenase). The EPS was dominated by protein, which played a key role in adsorbing LAS, achieving short-time protection from LAS toxicity and allowed LAS biodegradation. Continuous high-efficiency removal of LAS alleviated LAS toxicity to microbial physiological functions, including nitrification, nitrate respiration, the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production, achieving the stable high-efficient simultaneous removal of organics and nitrogen in the O2-MBfR.
KW - Carbon/nitrogen ratio
KW - Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
KW - Greywater
KW - Linear alkyl benzene sulfonate
KW - Oxygen-based membrane biofilm reactor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126862
DO - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126862
M3 - Article
C2 - 34416689
AN - SCOPUS:85112742018
SN - 0304-3894
VL - 422
JO - Journal of Hazardous Materials
JF - Journal of Hazardous Materials
M1 - 126862
ER -