Journal
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2021.108002
Keywords
Microbial community succession; Trophic transfer; Filamentous organisms; Eukarya; Stable isotope ratio
Funding
- KAKENHI from JSPS [17H04590, 16K14334]
- Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16K14334, 17H04590] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study evaluated the characteristics of sludge in biological wastewater treatment systems using various methods, revealing succession and trophic transfer within bacterial and eukaryotic communities. Isotopic analysis showed a significant increase in nitrogen stable isotope ratio over time in sponge units, indicating changes in the biological processes occurring during wastewater treatment.
Although biological wastewater treatment systems use microbial consortia containing a wide diversity of organisms across several trophic levels, information related to trophic information is currently limited. This study evaluated sludge characteristics in terms of mass measurement, microscopic observation, 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequencing approaches, and assessment of the natural abundance of stable isotope ratios. Lab-scale sponge units consisting of sponge media as a supporting material for sludge retention were fed with sewage at 25 degrees C for about 300 days. Microscopic observations confirmed that biotic community succession and a drastic increase in the number of organisms occurred. Moreover, 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequencing approaches showed a change in abundance of bacterial and eukaryotic organisms, including a wide-diversity of organisms at both lower and higher trophic levels. The isotopic analysis revealed that the stable nitrogen isotope ratio increased drastically from 0.9 parts per thousand-2.7 parts per thousand on Day 83 to 5.8 parts per thousand-8.6 parts per thousand on Day 298. The nitrogen stable isotope of sludge and diversity indices of bacterial and eukaryotic communities increased from high to low loading conditions. These results indicate that succession and trophic transfer took place within the bacterial and eukaryotic community under substrate competition and predation pressure in the sponge units. Further detailed analysis of microbial consortia with an emphasis on trophic status could provide a unique indication in the wastewater treatment process.
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