Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 234, Issue -, Pages 289-296Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.061
Keywords
Sulfate; Wastewater; Pollutants removal; Microalgae; Reactive oxygen species
Funding
- Key Scientific Development Project of Shanxi Province, China [FT-2014-01-15]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China [2015021159]
- Social Development Foundation of Shanxi Province, China [201603D321008]
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Sulfate is a primary sulfur source and can be available in wastewaters. Nevertheless, effect of sulfate ions on growth and pollutants removal of microalgae seems to be less investigated. At the present study, self-flocculating microalga Chlorococcum sp. GD was grown in synthetic municipal wastewater with different sulfate concentrations. Results indicated that Chlorococcum sp. GD grew better in synthetic municipal wastewater with 18, 45, 77, 136 and 271 mg/L SO42 than in wastewater without SO42. Chlorococcum sp. GD had also excellent removal efficiencies of nitrogen and phosphorus and effectively flocculated in sulfate wastewater. Sulfate deprivation weakened the growth, pollutants removal and self-flocculation of Chlorococcum sp. GD in wastewater. Antioxidative enzymes activity significantly increased and photosynthetic activity significantly decreased when Chlorococcum sp. GD was cultivated in sulfate-free wastewater. Sulfate deprivation probably reduced cell activity of growth, pollutants removal and flocculation via inducing the over-accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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