Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 338, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125553
Keywords
Bioelectrochemical system; Reductive potential; Short-cut nitrification; Biological nitrogen removal; Activities of key enzymes
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51708293, 51978328]
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This study explored the use of different reductive potentials to inhibit nitrite oxidizing bacteria and achieve short-cut nitrification in bioelectrochemical systems. The results showed that the applied potential facilitated nitrite accumulation and high ammonia oxidation rates. The study also found a correlation between the abundance of certain bacterial genera and reductive potentials, which can affect the activity of nitric oxide reductase.
Nitrogen removal based on short-cut nitrification (SCN) have attract more attentions, in which stable nitrite accumulation is prerequisite. In this study, different reductive potential was applied to inhibit nitrite oxidizing bacteria for achievement of SCN in aerobic cathode chamber of bioelectrochemical systems with dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.5 mg/L. The results demonstrated that the applied potential facilitated nitrite accumulation with high ammonia oxidation rates. The maximum nitrate accumulation rate of 87.61% was obtained at -800 mV. The abundance of Nitrosomonas and Thauera increased while Nitrospira abundance declined with more negative reductive potentials. The activity of nitric oxide reductase was also evidently inhibited. The above-mentioned three genera were the keystone taxa in co-occurrence network with high degree and closeness centrality. Interestingly, total nitrogen (TN) removal was enhanced simultaneously in the absence of external organic carbon. Reductive potential would be a promising approach for achieving SCN and simultaneously TN removal.
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