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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.109339
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Anammox; Membrane bioreactor; Microbial development; Quorum sensing
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Enriching anaerobic ammonium oxidation bacteria (anammox) in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) achieved a total nitrogen removal rate of 1.22 kg N/m3/ day over 280 days. Interactions between quorum sensing (QS) and microbial community development were observed, with Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) detected in the MBR effluent. Adding 0.1 μM C8-HSL increased the specific anammox activity (SAA) of the biomass.
The long duration required to enrich bacteria that perform anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) limits their wide application in wastewater treatments. Anammox enrichment requires extensive microbial development, but the mechanisms involved are still being studied. Here, a total nitrogen removal rate of 1.22 kg N/m3/ day was obtained over 280 days when anammox was enriched in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Interactions between quorum sensing (QS) and microbial community development were investigated. Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) were detected in the MBR effluent, with C8-HSL having the highest concentration (2.05 ng/L). The specific anammox activity (SAA) of the biomass increased from 335.8 (+/- 16.4) mg NH4+-N/g VSS/day to 382.9 (+/- 19.6) mg NH4+-N/g VSS/day with 0.1 mu M C8-HSL addition. Anammox bacteria from the genus Candidatus Brocadia were enriched in the MBR. Metagenomic analysis suggested quorum sensing dependent on AHL and cdi-GMP (bis-[3 '- 5 ']-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate) contributed to microbial development. C-diGMP-dependent quorum sensing may impact the formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and cell motility of biomass.
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