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Chen C, Zhang X, Liu C, Wu Y, Zheng G, Chen Y. Advances in downstream processes and applications of biological carboxylic acids derived from organic wastes. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 346:126609. [PMID: 34954356 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Recovering carboxylic acids derived from organic wastes from fermentation broth is challenging. To provide a reference for future study and industrial application, this review summarized recent advances in recovery technologies of carboxylic acids including precipitation, extraction, adsorption, membrane-based processes, etc. Meanwhile, applications of recovered carboxylic acids are summarized as well to help choose suitable downstream processes according to purity requirement. Integrated processes are required to remove the impurities from the complicated fermentation broth, at the cost of loss and expense. Compared with chemical processes, biological synthesis is better options due to low requirements for the substrates. Generally, the use of toxic agents, consumption of acid/alkaline and membrane fouling hamper the sustainability and scale-up of the downstream processes. Future research on novel solvents and materials will facilitate the sustainable recovery and reduce the cost of the downstream processes.
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- Chuang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Li J, Chen X, Yang Z, Liu Z, Chen Y, Wang YE, Xie H. Denitrification performance and mechanism of sequencing batch reactor with a novel iron-polyurethane foam composite carrier. Biochem Eng J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2021.108209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Li D, Xi H. Layered Extraction and Adsorption Performance of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Activated Sludge in the Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Process. Molecules 2019; 24:E3358. [PMID: 31527388 PMCID: PMC6767238 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24183358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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A large amount of phosphorus was found in the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of activated sludge used in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR), so the role of EPS and extracellular phosphorus in EBPR should not be neglected. The composition and properties of tightly bound EPS (TB-EPS) and loosely bound EPS (LB-EPS) were significantly different, and it was necessary to study the adsorption performance of EPS through the fractionating of activated sludge into LB-EPS, TB-EPS and microbial cells. In this study, the adsorption performance of LB-EPS and TB-EPS for phosphate was explored by extracting LB-EPS and TB-EPS via sonication and cation exchange resin (CER), respectively. The results indicated that the sonication-CER method was an efficient and reliable extraction method for EPS with a synergistic effect. The performance of EPS in the adsorption/complexing of phosphate was excellent because of its abundant functional groups. Specifically, the type and content of metal elements and functional groups in TB-EPS were much greater than those in LB-EPS, which led to the key role of TB-EPS in the adsorption/complexing of phosphate. Finally, a metabolic model for EBPR with consideration of the adsorption performance of LB-EPS and TB-EPS was proposed.
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- Daxue Li
- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
- Department of Military Installations, Army Logistic University of PLA, Chongqing 401331, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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Ghazani MT, Taghdisian A. Performance evaluation of a hybrid sequencing batch reactor under saline and hyper saline conditions. J Biol Eng 2019; 13:64. [PMID: 31384295 PMCID: PMC6664778 DOI: 10.1186/s13036-019-0192-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Significant rise in concentration of saline wastewater entering the treatment plants has been resulting in many problems in the biological treatment processes. On the other hand, the specific conditions of physicochemical treatment methods for saline and hyper saline wastewater have limited their application on a large-scale. Over the past few decades, Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) process has been widely used as an efficient, well-designed and practical approach for treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater due to its cost-effectiveness and simplicity. SBR Performance can enhance by providing simultaneous suspended and attached growth of microorganisms which act as a hybrid growth. In this study, a lab-scale Hybrid Sequencing Batch Reactor (HSBR) with 6.4 l working volume was used to examine the effect of salinity (NaCl), increased from 0 to 6.7% (g NaCl/ L wastewater), on the biological treatment. Therefore, COD, MLSS, MLVSS and SVI parameters have been measured over a period of 7 months of operation. The operational parameters namely pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature were 7.5–8.5, 1.5–6.8 mg /L and 20–25 °C respectively during whole experiment. Influent COD of synthetic wastewater was maintained at 650 ± 25 mg/L. The HSBR Cycle time including, influent feeding, React, Settling and effluent discharge were 1/20/1/1 h respectively. Results indicated that by increasing salt concentration from 0 to 67.7 g NaCl/L, the COD removal efficiency reduced from 94.22 to 53.69%. Moreover, as the NaCl concentration increased, MLSS rose up to 69%, while MLVSS almost stayed constant and SVI dropped by 83%. The results indicated that the simultaneous use of suspended and attached growth of microorganisms and gradual increasing of salt content of wastewater could lead to greater biomass concentration and ultimately improvement in the degradation of organic matter. Besides, settling performance and its velocity were noticeably improved by increasing salinity.
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Chen Y, Wang L, Dai F, Tao M, Li X, Tan Z. Biostimulants application for bacterial metabolic activity promotion and sodium dodecyl sulfate degradation under copper stress. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 226:736-743. [PMID: 30965244 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this study, the metabolic activity (adenosine triphosphate, ATP; electron transfer system, ETS; and dehydrogenase activity, DHA) response of a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) degrading bacterium Pseudomonas sp. SDS-N2 to copper stress conditions were investigated. Results showed that the ATP content, ETS activity, and DHA activity of strain SDS-N2 were significantly correlated with substrate removal efficiency and bacterial growth under copper stress conditions. Based on the metabolic response patterns of strain SDS-N2, biostimulants citric acid, proline as well as FeSO4 were used to promote the metabolic activity of strain SDS-N2 at 0.8 mg L-1 copper stress condition. Plackett-Burman design and analysis proved that citric acid and FeSO4 were significant factors for enhanced SDS removal; and the optimum biostimulation conditions (FeSO4 72 mg L-1 and citric acid 100 mg L-1) for SDS removal were obtained by using steepest ascent experiment and central composite design. Under the optimum biostimulation conditions, ATP, ETS, DHA activity as well as bacterial growth were 14.1, 45.5, 0.5 and 2.3-fold higher than that of the control (without FeSO4 and citric acid addition) after 12.5 h biodegradation, and the substrate removal efficiency was increase by 37.6%.
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- Yangwu Chen
- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China; Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, PR China
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- BYD (Shangluo) Co., Ltd, 726000, Shangluo, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China; Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China; Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China; Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China; Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610041, Chengdu, PR China.
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Costa RHR, Villafranca BM, Voltolini CA, Guimarães LB, Hoffmann H, Velho VF, Mohedano RA. EFFECTIVENESS OF PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL IN AN SBR USING CO-PRECIPITATION WITH FERRIC CHLORIDE, AND ITS EFFECTS ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITY. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/0104-6632.20190362s20180378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Catarinense, Brazil
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Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification and microbial community profile in an oxygen-limiting intermittent aeration SBBR with biodegradable carriers. Biodegradation 2018; 29:473-486. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-018-9845-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Yang G, Wang D, Yang Q, Zhao J, Liu Y, Wang Q, Zeng G, Li X, Li H. Effect of acetate to glycerol ratio on enhanced biological phosphorus removal. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 196:78-86. [PMID: 29291517 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a sustainable and promising technology for phosphorus removal from wastewater. The efficiency of this technology, however, is often discounted due to the insufficient carbon sources in influent. In this work, the effect of acetate to glycerol ratio on the EBPR performance was evaluated. The experimental results showed when the ratio of acetate to glycerol decreased from 100/0% to 50/50%, the EBPR efficiency increased from 90.2% to 96.2%. Further decrease of acetate to glycerol ratio to 0/100% decreased the efficiency of EBPR to 30.5%. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis demonstrated appropriate increase of glycerol benefited to increase the relative abundance of phosphate accumulating organisms. Further investigation revealed the proper addition of glycerol increased the amount of polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis, and then produced sufficient energy for oxic luxury phosphorus in the subsequent oxic phase.
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- Guojing Yang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China; College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China.
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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Zhai S, Ji M, Zhao Y, Pavlostathis SG, Zhao Q. Effects of salinity and COD/N on denitrification and bacterial community in dicyclic-type electrode based biofilm reactor. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 192:328-336. [PMID: 29117591 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A dicyclic-type electrode based biofilm electrode reactor (BER) was developed for advanced nitrate removal from saline municipal wastewater. The denitrification efficiency was evaluated with a synthetic feed (NO3--N, 20 mg L-1) under different salinity and COD to nitrogen ratios (COD/N). As the salinity increased from 0% to 1.0%, the denitrification performance of both the traditional biofilm reactor (BR) and BER was inhibited; however, the BER showed better adaptation and ability to recover. The BER achieved a high nitrate removal efficiency (≥90%) at a salinity of 1.0% and a low COD/N of 2.5 (theoretical stoichiometric 2.86 ignoring microbial growth). The abundance of Methylotenera mobilis in BR and Clostridium sticklandii in BER was higher than in the initial sludge sample used as inoculum. Likewise, the abundance of napA, nirS and nosZ genes increased as the COD/N further decreased. Under high salinity stress, the BER had a higher denitrification efficiency and the consumption of the organic carbon source (i.e., methanol) was reduced compared to BR. The cooperation between heterotrophic and autotrophic denitrifiers in the BER system provides a more efficient and feasible solution for nitrate removal from saline municipal wastewater.
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- Siyuan Zhai
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0512, United States
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Tianjin Engineering Center of Urban River Eco-Purification Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Tianjin Engineering Center of Urban River Eco-Purification Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0512, United States
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Long X, Tang R, Fang Z, Xie C, Li Y, Xian G. The roles of loosely-bound and tightly-bound extracellular polymer substances in enhanced biological phosphorus removal. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 189:679-688. [PMID: 28965063 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) have be founded to participate in the process of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR), but the exact role of EPS in EBPR process is unclear. In this work, the roles of loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS), tightly-bound EPS (TB-EPS) and microbial cell in EBPR were explored, taking the activated sludge from 4 lab-scale A/O-SBR reactors with different temperatures and organic substrates as objects. It was founded that the P of EBPR activated sludge was mainly stored in TB-EPS, but the P of non-EBPR activated sludge was primarily located in microbial cell. The P release and uptake of EBPR activated sludge was attributed to the combined action of TB-EPS and microbial cell. Furthermore, TB-EPS played an more important role than microbial cell in EBPR process. With the analysis of 31P NMR spectroscopy, both polyP and orthoP were the main phosphorus species of TB-EPS in EBPR sludge, but only orthoP was the main phosphorus species of LB-EPS and microbial cell. During the anaerobic-aerobic cycle, the roles of LB-EPS, TB-EPS and microbial cell in transfer and transformation of P in EBPR sludge were obviously different. LB-EPS transported and retained orthoP, and microbial cell directly anaerobically released or aerobically absorbed orthoP. Importantly, TB-EPS not only transported and retained orthoP, but also participated in biological phosphorus accumulation. The EBPR performance of sludge was closely related with the polyp in TB-EPS, which might be synthesized and decomposed by extracellular enzyme.
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- Xiangyu Long
- Department of National Defense Architectural Planning & Environmental Engineering, Logistic Engineering University, Chongqing, 401311, China
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- Department of National Defense Architectural Planning & Environmental Engineering, Logistic Engineering University, Chongqing, 401311, China.
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- Department of National Defense Architectural Planning & Environmental Engineering, Logistic Engineering University, Chongqing, 401311, China
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- Department of National Defense Architectural Planning & Environmental Engineering, Logistic Engineering University, Chongqing, 401311, China
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- Department of National Defense Architectural Planning & Environmental Engineering, Logistic Engineering University, Chongqing, 401311, China
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- Department of National Defense Architectural Planning & Environmental Engineering, Logistic Engineering University, Chongqing, 401311, China
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Mielcarek A, Rodziewicz J, Janczukowicz W, Dabrowska D, Ciesielski S, Thornton A, Struk-Sokołowska J. Citric acid application for denitrification process support in biofilm reactor. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 171:512-519. [PMID: 28038423 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The study demonstrated that citric acid, as an organic carbon source, can improve denitrification in Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor (AnSBBR). The consumption rate of the organic substrate and the denitrification rate were lower during the period of the reactor's acclimatization (cycles 1-60; 71.5 mgCOD L-1 h-1 and 17.81 mgN L-1 h-1, respectively) than under the steady state conditions (cycles 61-180; 143.8 mgCOD L-1 h-1 and 24.38 mgN L-1 h-1). The biomass yield coefficient reached 0.04 ± 0.02 mgTSS· mgCODre-1 (0.22 ± 0.09 mgTSS mgNre-1). Observations revealed the diversified microbiological ecology of the denitrifying bacteria. Citric acid was used mainly by bacteria representing the Trichoccocus genus, which represented above 40% of the sample during the first phase of the process (cycles 1-60). In the second phase (cycles 61-180) the microorganisms the genera that consumed the acetate and formate, as the result of citric acid decomposition were Propionibacterium (5.74%), Agrobacterium (5.23%), Flavobacterium (1.32%), Sphaerotilus (1.35%), Erysipelothrix (1.08%).
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- Artur Mielcarek
- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, Warszawska St. 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland.
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, Warszawska St. 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland.
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, Warszawska St. 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland.
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Słoneczna St. 45g, Olsztyn 10-709, Poland.
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Słoneczna St. 45g, Olsztyn 10-709, Poland.
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- Atkins, Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom KT18, United Kingdom.
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- Bialystok University of Technology, Department of Technology in Engineering and Environmental Protection, Wiejska St. 45a, Białystok 15-351, Poland.
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Production of itaconate by whole-cell bioconversion of citrate mediated by expression of multiple cis-aconitate decarboxylase (cadA) genes in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39768. [PMID: 28051098 PMCID: PMC5209708 DOI: 10.1038/srep39768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Itaconate, a C5 unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, is an important chemical building block that is used in manufacturing high-value products, such as latex and superabsorbent polymers. Itaconate is produced by fermentation of sugars by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus. However, fermentation by A. terreus involves a long fermentation period and the formation of various byproducts, resulting in high production costs. E. coli has been developed as an alternative for producing itaconate. However, fermentation of glucose gives low conversion yields and low productivity. Here, we report the whole-cell bioconversion of citrate to itaconate with enhanced aconitase and cis-aconitate decarboxylase activities by controlling the expression of multiple cadA genes. In addition, this bioconversion system does not require the use of buffers, which reduces the production cost and the byproducts released during purification. Using this whole-cell bioconversion system, we were able to catalyze the conversion of 319.8 mM of itaconate (41.6 g/L) from 500 mM citrate without any buffer system or additional cofactors, with 64.0% conversion in 19 h and a productivity of 2.19 g/L/h. Our bioconversion system suggests very high productivity for itaconate production.
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Wang Z, Gao M, Wei J, Ma K, Pei J, Zhang J, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Yu S. Long-term effects of salinity on extracellular polymeric substances, microbial activity and microbial community from biofilm and suspended sludge in an anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zou H, Wang Y. Phosphorus removal and recovery from domestic wastewater in a novel process of enhanced biological phosphorus removal coupled with crystallization. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 211:87-92. [PMID: 27003794 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A new process of enhanced biological phosphorus removal coupled with crystallization recovery of phosphorus was developed here, where the feasibility of nutrients removal and potential for phosphorus recovery from domestic wastewater was further assessed. Results showed that an excellent nutrients removal and phosphorus recovery performance was achieved, in which the averaged COD, PO4(3-)-P and NO3(-)-N removal efficiencies were 82.6%, 87.5% and 91.6%, respectively and a total of 59.3% of phosphorus was recovered as hydroxyapatite. What's more, crystallization recovery of phosphorus greatly enhanced the biological phosphorus removal efficiency. After the incorporation of the phosphorus recovery column via side-stream, the phosphorus concentration of effluent was significantly decreased ranging from 1.24mg/L to 0.85mg/L, 0.52mg/L and 0.41mg/L at the lateral flow ratios of 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3, respectively. The results obtained here would be beneficial to provide a prospective alternative for phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater.
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- Haiming Zou
- Department of Resource and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Donghua Road, Fengyang 233100, China; Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Fertilizer Creation, Ministry of Agriculture, Bengbu 234000, China.
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- Department of Resource and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Donghua Road, Fengyang 233100, China; Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Fertilizer Creation, Ministry of Agriculture, Bengbu 234000, China
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Wang Z, Gao M, Wei J, Ma K, Zhang J, Yang Y, Yu S. Extracellular polymeric substances, microbial activity and microbial community of biofilm and suspended sludge at different divalent cadmium concentrations. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 205:213-221. [PMID: 26829529 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The differences between biofilm and suspended sludge (S-sludge) in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), microbial activity, and microbial community in an anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) at different concentrations of divalent cadmium (Cd(II)) were investigated. As the increase of Cd(II) concentration from 0 to 50mgL(-1), the specific ammonium oxidation rate (SAOR), specific nitrite oxidation rate (SNOR), and specific nitrate reduction rate (SNRR) of biofilm decreased from 4.85, 5.22 and 45mgNg(-1) VSSh(-1) to 1.54, 2.38 and 26mgNg(-1)VSSh(-1), respectively, and the SAOR, SNOR and SNRR of S-sludge decreased from 4.80, 5.02 and 34mgNg(-1)VSSh(-1) to 1.46, 2.20 and 17mgNg(-1)VSSh(-1), respectively. Biofilm had higher protein (PN) content in EPS than S-sludge. Contrast to S-sludge, biofilm could provide Nitrobacter vulgaris, beta proteobacterium INBAF015, and Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana with the favorable conditions of growth and reproduction.
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- Zichao Wang
- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, China; Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, China
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- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, China
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- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, China
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- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, China
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- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, China
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Mielcarek A, Rodziewicz J, Janczukowicz W, Thornton AJ, Jóźwiak T, Szymczyk P. Effect of the C:N:P ratio on the denitrifying dephosphatation in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR). J Environ Sci (China) 2015; 38:119-125. [PMID: 26702975 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
A series of investigations were conducted using sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) to explore the influence of C:N:P ratio on biological dephosphatation including the denitrifying dephosphatation and the denitrification process. Biomass in the reactor occurred mainly in the form of a biofilm attached to completely submerged disks. Acetic acid was used as the source of organic carbon. C:N:P ratios have had a significant effect on the profiles of phosphate release and phosphate uptake and nitrogen removal. The highest rates of phosphate release and phosphate uptake were recorded at the C:N:P ratio of 140:70:7. The C:N ratio of 2.5:1 ensured complete denitrification. The highest rate of denitrification was achieved at the C:N:P ratio of 140:35:7. The increase of nitrogen load caused an increase in phosphates removal until a ratio C:N:P of 140:140:7. Bacteria of the biofilm exposed to alternate conditions of mixing and aeration exhibited enhanced intracellular accumulation of polyphosphates. Also, the structure of the biofilm encouraged anaerobic-aerobic as well as anoxic-anaerobic and absolutely anaerobic conditions in a SBBR. These heterogeneous conditions in the presence of nitrates may be a significant factor determining the promotion of denitrifying polyphosphate accumulating organism (DNPAO) development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Artur Mielcarek
- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, ul. Warszawska 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, ul. Warszawska 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland.
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, ul. Warszawska 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, ul. Warszawska 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Environment Engineering, ul. Warszawska 117a, Olsztyn 10-719, Poland
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