期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 101, 期 -, 页码 137-146出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.077
关键词
Resource up-cycling; Nitrogen assimilation; Carbon capture; Microbial protein; Hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria; Sulfuricurvum spp.
资金
- European Commission [607492]
- Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksactie (GOA) of Ghent University [BOF15/GOA/006]
- Ghent University Multidisciplinary Partnership-Biotechnology for a sustainable economy [01 MRA 510 W]
- Dutch watercycle research institute KWR
Domestic used water treatment systems are currently predominantly based on conventional resource inefficient treatment processes. While resource recovery is gaining momentum it lacks high value end products which can be efficiently marketed. Microbial protein production offers a valid and promising alternative by upgrading low value recovered resources into high quality feed and also food. In the present study, we evaluated the potential of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria to upgrade ammonium and carbon dioxide under autotrophic growth conditions. The enrichment of a generic microbial community and the implementation of different culture conditions (sequenced batch resp. continuous reactor) revealed surprising features. At low selection pressure (i.e. under sequenced batch culture at high solid retention time), a very diverse microbiome with an important presence of predatory Bdellovibrio spp. was observed. The microbial culture which evolved under high rate selection pressure (i.e. dilution rate D = 0.1 h(-1)) under continuous reactor conditions was dominated by Sulfuricurvum spp. and a highly stable and efficient process in terms of N and C uptake, biomass yield and volumetric productivity was attained. Under continuous culture conditions the maximum yield obtained was 0.29 g cell dry weight per gram chemical oxygen demand equivalent of hydrogen, whereas the maximum volumetric loading rate peaked 0.41 g cell dry weight per litre per hour at a protein content of 71%. Finally, the microbial protein produced was of high nutritive quality in terms of essential amino acids content and can be a suitable substitute for conventional feed sources such as fishmeal or soybean meal. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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