Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 49, Issue -, Pages 215-224Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.018
Keywords
Nitrification; Cold temperature; MBBR; Biofilm morphology; Biomass viability; Bacterial population analysis
Funding
- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Veolia Water
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This study aims to investigate moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) nitrification rates, nitrifying biofilm morphology, biomass viability as well as bacterial community shifts during long-term exposure to 1 degrees C. Long-term exposure to 1 degrees C is the key operational condition for potential ammonia removal upgrade units to numerous northern region treatment systems. The average laboratory MBBR ammonia removal rate after long-term exposure to 1 degrees C was measured to be 18 5.1% as compared to the average removal rate at 20 degrees C. Biofilm morphology and specifically the thickness along with biomass viability at various depths in the biofilm were investigated using variable pressure electron scanning microscope (VPSEM) imaging and confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) imaging in combination with viability live/dead staining. The biofilm thickness along with the number of viable cells showed significant increases after long-term exposure to 1 degrees C. Hence, this study observed nitrifying bacteria with higher activities at warm temperatures and a slightly greater quantity of nitrifying bacteria with lower activities at cold temperatures in nitrifying MBBR biofilms. Using DNA sequencing analysis, Nitrosomonas and Nitrosospira (ammonia oxidizers) as well as Nitrospira (nitrite oxidizer) were identified and no population shift was observed between 20 degrees C and after long-term exposure to 1 degrees C. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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