Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 388, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129675
Keywords
BNR; Sludge fermentation; Volatile fatty acids; Candidatus Accumulibacter; Defluviicoccus
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Different ratios of VFAs as the primary feed were used in a biological nutrient reactor, which exhibited efficient removal of dissolved phosphorus and ammonium-nitrogen. The relative abundance of Candidatus Accumulibacter and Defluviicoccus genus increased and decreased, respectively, indicating the impact of VFAs on microbial communities. However, the high abundance of Defluviicoccus did not affect the stability and performance of the BNR process.
Different ratios of four volatile fatty acids (VFAs) were used as the primary feed to a laboratory scale biological nutrient reactor during four operational stages. The reactor performed efficiently over 500 days of operation with over 90% dissolved phosphorus and over 98% ammonium-nitrogen (NH4+-N) removal. Through in the first experimental phase, acetate and propionate were present in a significant proportion as carbon sources, the relative abundance of Candidatus Accumulibacter, a potential polyphosphate accumulating organism, increased from 10% to 57% and the Defluviicoccus genus, a known glycogen accumulating organism (GAO), decreased from 41% to 5%. Further tests indicated the presence of denitrifying phosphorus accumulating organisms (DPAO) belonging to Clade IIC, that could use nitrite as the electron acceptor during P-uptake. In general, VFAs favored the increase of the genus Defluviicoccus and Candidatus Accumulibacter. High relative abundance of Defluviicoccus did not affect the stability and the performance of the BNR process.
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