Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 357, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127355
Keywords
Biorefinery; Wastewater; Aerobic granular sludge (AGS); Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Alginate-like exopolymers (ALE); Tryptophan (Trp)
Funding
- CNPq
- Capes
- Fapemig
- INCT Sustainable Sewage Treatment Plants
- Microscopy Analytical Center, Bioinorganic Laboratory (LABIO)
- CeGenBio of UFC
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This study evaluated the influence of carbon sources on the biosynthesis of alginate-like exopolymers (ALE) and tryptophan (Trp) in aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Acetate proved to be the best substrate for producing both ALE and Trp, while propionate and glycerol also showed potential. Glucose yielded the poorest results compared to other substrates.
This study evaluated the influence of carbon sources on alginate-like exopolymers (ALE) and tryptophan (Trp) biosynthesis in the aerobic granular sludge (AGS). With acetate, the highest biopolymers levels, per gram of volatile suspended solids (VSS) (418.7 mgALE.g(-1) and 4.1 mgTrp.VSS-1), were found likely due to biomass loss throughout the operation, which resulted in lower sludge age (4-7 days) and shorter famine period. During granulation, encouraging results on ALE production were obtained with propionate (> 250 mgALE.VSS-1), significantly higher than those found with glycerol, glucose, and sucrose. Regarding tryptophan production, propionate and glycerol proved to be good substrates, although the content was still lower than acetate (1.6 mgTrp.gVSS(-1)). Granules fed with glucose showed the worst results compared to the other substrates (38.5 mgALE.VSS-1 and 0.6 mgTrp.gVSS(-1)) due to the filamentous microorganisms' abundance found. Therefore, this study provides insights to value the production of compounds of industrial interest in AGS systems.
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