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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 621, Issue -, Pages 453-464Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.280
Keywords
Biological nitrogen removal; Denitrification; N2O emission; Intra-aerobic pathway; NO dismutase
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41701274, U1503281, U1403181]
- Scientific Starting Foundation of Zhejiang University of Technology [2017129004529]
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Nitrogen pollution is a worldwide problem and has been extensively treated by canonical denitrification (CDN) process. However, the CDN process generates several issues such as intensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the past years, a novel biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process of oxygenic denitrification (O2DN) has been proposed as a promising alternative to the CDN process. The classic denitrification four steps are simplified to three steps by O2DN bacteria without producing and releasing the intermediate nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent GHG. In this article, we summarized the findings in previous literatures as well as our results, including involved microorganisms and metabolic mechanisms, functional genes and microbial detection, kinetics and influencing factors and their potential applications in wastewater treatment. Based on our knowledge and experience, the benefits and limitations of the current O2DN process were analyzed. Since O2DN is a new field in wastewater treatment, more research and application is required, especially the development of integrated processes and the quantitative assessment of the contribution of O2DN process in natural habitats and engineered systems. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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