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WATER RESEARCH
卷 37, 期 10, 页码 2281-2290出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00636-X
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nitrifier; FISH; cloning; DGGE; biofilm; activated sludge
This study makes a comparison between the nitrification performance of TNCU-1 (a combined activated sludge-otating biological contactor process) and A2O systems by the use of a pilot plant and batch experiments. The nitrifier abundance in both systems was determined, using cloning-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH), to investigate the role of rotating biological contactor in the TNCU-1 process. The stability of the nitrification performance and the specific nitrification rate were found to be greater in TNCU-1 system than in the A2O system. RBC biofilm promoted nitrifying activity that contributed to the nitrification performance, especially at a low SRT. By using the cloning-DGGE method, the genera Nitrosospira and Nitrospira were found to be present in all the samples, while the genus Nitrosomonas was observed only in the TNCU-I RBC biofilm. In addition, the proportions of ammonia oxidizer in the TNCU-1 RBC biofilm, the TNCU-I activated sludge and the A20 activated sludge were 11.4%, 13.2%, and 4.1%, respectively, higher than the nitrite oxidizer fractions of 3.3%, 5.7% and 2.1%, respectively, according to the cloning-DGGE method. On the other hand, the proportions of ammonia oxidizers in the afore-mention materials were 10.3%, 13.7%, and 5.2%, higher than the nitrite oxidizer fractions of 2.5%, 3.6% and 2.3%, according to the FISH experiments. This implies that the proportion of ammonia oxidizer in the TNCU-I process was 3.2 and 2.6 times that in the A20 process, determined by the cloning-DGGE and FISH methods, respectively. These amounts are also close to the ammonia oxidization rate of 2.9 times. All the data show that RBC added to the aerobic zone of TNCU-1 process would increase the nitrifier abundance and enhance the nitrification performance of the system. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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