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Zhang S, Ren Y, Zhao P, Wang X, Wang Q, Sun X. Ethanol-type anaerobic digestion enhanced methanogenic performance by stimulating direct interspecies electron transfer and interspecies hydrogen transfer. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 410:131280. [PMID: 39151565 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Revised: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
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Ethanol pre-fermentation of food waste effectively alleviates acidification; however, its effects on interspecies electron transfer remain unknown. This study configured the feed according to COD ratios of ethanol: sodium acetate: sodium propionate: sodium butyrate of 5:2:1.5:1.5 (ethanol-type anaerobic digestion) and 0:5:2.5:2.5 (control), and conducted semi-continuous anaerobic digestion (AD) experiments. The results showed that ethanol-type AD increased maximum tolerable organic loading rate (OLR) to 6.0 gCOD/L/d, and increased the methane production by 1.2-14.8 times compared to the control at OLRs of 1.0-5.0 gCOD/L/d. The abundance of the pilA gene, which was associated with direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET), increased by 5.6 times during ethanol-type AD. Hydrogenase genes related to interspecies hydrogen transfer (IHT), including hydA-B, hoxH-Y, hnd, ech, and ehb, were upregulated during ethanol-type AD. Ethanol-type AD improved methanogenic performance and enhanced microbial metabolism by stimulating DIET and IHT.
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- Shuang Zhang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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Li Y, Yang B, Kong Y, Tao Y, Zhao Z, Li Y, Zhang Y. Correlation between intracellular electron transfer and gene expression for electrically conductive pili in electroactive bacteria during anaerobic digestion with ethanol. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 265:122307. [PMID: 39180955 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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Ethanol feeding has been widely documented as an economical and effective strategy for establishing direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) during anaerobic digestion. However, the mechanisms involved are still unclear, especially on correlation between intracellular electron transfer in electroactive bacteria and their gene expression for electrically conductive pili (e-pili), the most essential electrical connection component for DIET. Upon cooling from room temperature, the conductivity of digester aggregates with ethanol exponentially increased by an order of magnitude (from 45.5 to 125.4 μS/cm), whereas which with its metabolites (acetaldehyde [from 40.5 to 54.4 μS/cm] or acetate [from 32.1 to 50.4 μS/cm]) did not increase significantly. In addition, the digester aggregates only with ethanol were observed with a strong dependence of conductivity on pH. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis showed that Desulfovibrio desulfuricans was the most dominant and metabolically active bacterium that contained and highly expressed the genes for e-pili. Abundance of genes encoding the total type IV pilus assembly proteins (6.72E-04 vs 1.24E-03, P < 0.05), PilA that determined the conductive properties (2.22E-04 vs 2.44E-04, P > 0.05), and PilB that proceeded the polymerization of pilin (1.56E-04 vs 3.52E-03, P < 0.05) with ethanol was lower than that with acetaldehyde. However, transcript abundance of these genes with ethanol was generally higher than that with acetaldehyde. In comparison to acetaldehyde, ethanol increased the transcript abundance of genes encoding the key enzymes involved in NADH/NAD+ transformation on complex I and ATP synthesis on complex V in intracellular electron transport chain. The improvement of intracellular electron transfer in D. desulfuricans suggested that electrons were intracellularly energized with high energy to activate e-pili during DIET.
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- Yuan Li
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Ocean and Life Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; School of Chemical Engineering, Ocean and Life Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China
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Guo Z, Qu F, Wang J, Geng M, Gao S, Tian J. Enhancing electron transfer in anaerobic process by supercapacitor materials: Polyaniline functionated activated carbon. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 406:131051. [PMID: 38944315 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2024] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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Strengthening the direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is an effective strategy to improve the performance of anaerobic digestion (AD) process. In this study, the polyaniline functionated activated carbon (AC-PANi) was prepared by chemical oxidative polymerization. This material possessed pseudo-capacitance properties as well as excellent charge transfer capability. The experimental results demonstrated that the incorporation of AC-PANi in AD process could efficiently increase the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal (18.6 %) and daily methane production rate (35.3 %). The AC-PANi can also act as an extracellular acceptor to promote the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and secretion of extracellular enzymes as well as cytochrome C (Cyt-C). The content of coenzyme F420 on methanogens was also shown to be increased by 60.9 % with the addition of AC-PANi in AD reactor. Overall, this work provides an easy but feasible way to enhance AD performance by promoting DIET between acetate-producing bacteria and methanogens.
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- Zijing Guo
- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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Hou Y, Qiu Q, Liu Y, Huang W, Yi X, Yang F, Lei Z, Huang W. Comparing the effects of magnetite-mediated direct interspecies electron transfer with biogas mixing-driven interspecies hydrogen transfer on anaerobic digestion. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 361:142416. [PMID: 38797218 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Although the promotive effect of direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) on methane production has been well-documented, the practical applicability of DIET in different scenarios have not yet been systematically studied. This study compared the effects of magnetite-mediated DIET with conventional biogas mixing-driven interspecies hydrogen transfer (IHT) on anaerobic digestion (AD) of swine manure (SM). Compared with control, magnetite supplementation, biogas circulation, and their integration enhanced the CH4 yield by 19.3%, 25.9%, and 26.2%, respectively. Magnetite mainly enriched DIET-related syntrophic bacteria (Anaerolineae and Synergistia) and methanogens (Methanosarcina) to accelerate acidification and establish DIET, while biogas circulation mainly enriched hydrolytic bacteria (Clostridia) and hydrogenotrophic methanogens (Methanolinea and Methanobacterium) to promote hydrolysis and accelerate IHT. Coupling magnetite addition with biogas circulation led to the enrichment of the above six microorganisms to different extents. The effectiveness of the strategies for lowering the H2 pressure followed: magnetite + biogas circulation ≈ biogas circulation > magnetite. Under stress-free environment, the enhancement effect of magnetite-induced DIET was not even as pronounced as biogas circulation-a simple and common mixing strategy in commercial AD plants, and the promotion effect of magnetite was insignificant in the well-mixed digesters. In short, the magnetite-mediated DIET is not always effective in improving AD of SM.
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- Yaoqi Hou
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570228, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570228, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570228, China.
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Zhuravleva EA, Shekhurdina SV, Laikova A, Kotova IB, Loiko NG, Popova NM, Kriukov E, Kovalev AA, Kovalev DA, Katraeva IV, Vivekanand V, Awasthi MK, Litti YV. Enhanced thermophilic high-solids anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste with spatial separation from conductive materials in a single reactor volume. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 363:121434. [PMID: 38861886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Despite benefits such as lower water and working volume requirements, thermophilic high solids anaerobic digestion (THSAD) often fails due to the rapid build-up of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and the associated drop in pH. Use of conductive materials (CM) can promote THSAD through stimulation of direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET), while the need for their constant dosing due to poor separation from effluent impairs economic feasibility. This study used an approach of spatially separating magnetite and granular activated carbon (GAC) from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) in a single reactor for THSAD. GAC and magnetite addition could both mitigate the severe inhibition of methanogenesis after VFAs build-up to ∼28-30 g/L, while negligible methane production was observed in the control group. The highest methane yield (286 mL CH4/g volatile solids (VS)) was achieved in magnetite-added reactors, while the highest maximum CH4 production rates (26.38 mL CH4/g VS/d) and lowest lag-phase (2.83 days) were obtained in GAC-added reactors. The enrichment of GAC and magnetite biofilms with various syntrophic and potentially electroactive microbial groups (Ruminiclostridium 1, Clostridia MBA03, Defluviitoga, Lentimicrobiaceae) in different relative abundances indicates the existence of specific preferences of these groups for the nature of CM. According to predicted basic metabolic functions, CM can enhance cellular processes and signals, lipid transport and metabolism, and methane metabolism, resulting in improved methane production. Rearrangement of metabolic pathways, formation of pili-like structures, enrichment of biofilms with electroactive groups and a significant improvement in THSAD performance was attributed to the enhancement of the DIET pathway. Promising results obtained in this work due to the spatial separation of the bulk OFMSW and CM can be useful for modeling larger-scale THSAD systems with better recovery of CM and cost-effectiveness.
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- Elena A Zhuravleva
- Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktjabrja pr-t, 7, bld. 2 117312 Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktjabrja pr-t, 7, bld. 2 117312 Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktjabrja pr-t, 7, bld. 2 117312 Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'jovy gory, 119899 Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktjabrja pr-t, 7, bld. 2 117312 Moscow, Russia.
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS, 31, bld.4, Leninsky prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia.
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 8-2 Trubetskaya str. 119435 Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1st Institutsky proezd, 5,109428 Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1st Institutsky proezd, 5,109428 Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Water Supply, Sanitation, Engineering Ecology and Chemistry, Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Nizhny Novgorod, 603000, Russia.
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- Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environmental, Northwest A&F University, Taicheng Road 3#, Yangling, Shaanxi, 71200, China.
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- Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktjabrja pr-t, 7, bld. 2 117312 Moscow, Russia.
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He H, Shi M, Yang X, Zhan J, Lin Y, Guo Z, Liao Z, Lai C, Ren X, Huang B, Pan X. Dissolved organic matter accelerates microbial degradation of 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol in the presence of iron mineral. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 139:364-376. [PMID: 38105062 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) and iron minerals widely existing in the natural aquatic environment can mediate the migration and transformation of organic pollutants. However, the mechanism of interaction between DOM and iron minerals in the microbial degradation of pollutants deserves further investigation. In this study, the mechanism of 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) biodegradation mediated by humic acid (HA) and three kinds of iron minerals (goethite, magnetite, and pyrite) was investigated. The results found that HA and iron minerals significantly accelerated the biodegradation process of EE2, and the highest degradation efficiency of EE2 (48%) was observed in the HA-mediated microbial system with pyrite under aerobic conditions. Furthermore, it had been demonstrated that hydroxyl radicals (HO•) was the main active substance responsible for the microbial degradation of EE2. HO• is primarily generated through the reaction between hydrogen peroxide secreted by microorganisms and Fe(II), with aerobic conditions being more conducive. The presence of iron minerals and HA could change the microbial communities in the EE2 biodegradation system. These findings provide new information for exploring the migration and transformation of pollutants by microorganisms in iron-rich environments.
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- Huan He
- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou) Tsinghua, Suzhou 215163, China.
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Provincial Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Provincial Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China
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Wang C, Chang D, Zhang Q, Yu Z. Enhanced bioethanol production by evolved Escherichia coli LGE2-H in a microbial electrolysis cell system. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2024; 11:4. [PMID: 38647898 PMCID: PMC10992536 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-023-00717-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Lignocellulose pretreated using pyrolysis can yield clean energy (such as bioethanol) via microbial fermentation, which can significantly contribute to waste recycling, environmental protection, and energy security. However, the acids, aldehydes, and phenols present in bio-oil with inhibitory effects on microorganisms compromise the downstream utilization and conversion of lignocellulosic pyrolysates. In this study, we constructed a microbial electrolysis cell system for bio-oil detoxification and efficient ethanol production using evolved Escherichia coli to overcome the bioethanol production and utilization challenges highlighted in previous studies. In electrically treated bio-oil media, the E. coli-H strain exhibited significantly higher levoglucosan consumption and ethanol production capacities compared with the control. In undetoxified bio-oil media containing 1.0% (w/v) levoglucosan, E. coli-H produced 0.54 g ethanol/g levoglucosan, reaching 94% of the theoretical yield. Our findings will contribute to developing a practical method for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic substrates, and provide a scientific basis and technical demonstration for its industrialized application.
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- Cong Wang
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
- RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
- RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
- RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
- RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China.
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Li X, Ma R, Zhu L, Zhang X, Lin C, Tang Y, Huang Z, Wang C. Effects of zero-valent iron and magnetite on ethanol and lactic acid production in the anaerobic fermentation of food waste. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118928. [PMID: 37683382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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With the increasing global concern about food waste management, finding efficient ways to convert it into valuable products is crucial. The addition of zero-valent iron and magnetite to enhance ethanol and lactic acid fermentation yields from food waste emerges as a potential solution. This study compared the effects of 50-nm and 500-nm particle sizes of zero-valent iron and magnetite on ethanol and lactic acid fermentation and analyzed the mechanism of action from the perspective of organic matter material transformation and microbiology. The experimental results showed that 500-nm particle size magnetite and zero-valent iron could promote the hydrolysis of polysaccharides and proteins. 500-nm particle size magnetite could increase ethanol production (1.4-fold of the control), while 500-nm particle size zero-valent iron could increase lactic acid production (2.8-fold of the control). Metagenomic analysis showed that 500-nm magnetite increased the abundance of genes for amino acid metabolic functions, while 500-nm zero-valent iron increased the abundance of glycoside hydrolase genes (1.3-fold of the control). It's worth noting that while these findings are promising, they are based on controlled experimental conditions, and real-world applications may vary. his research not only offers a novel approach to augmenting anaerobic fermentation yields but also contributes to sustainable food waste management practices, potentially reducing environmental impacts and creating valuable products.
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- Xiaotian Li
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China.
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Feng L, He S, Gao Z, Zhao W, Jiang J, Zhao Q, Wei L. Mechanisms, performance, and the impact on microbial structure of direct interspecies electron transfer for enhancing anaerobic digestion-A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 862:160813. [PMID: 36502975 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has been received tremendous attention, recently, due to the advantages of accelerating methane production via organics reduction during anaerobic digestion (AD) process. DIET-based syntrophic relationships not only occurred with the existence of pili and some proteins in the microorganism, but also can be conducted by conductive materials. Therefore, more researches into understanding and strengthening DIET-based syntrophy have been conducted with the aim of improving methanogenesis kinetics and further enhance methane productivity in AD systems. This study summarized the mechanisms, application and microbial structures of typical conductive materials (carbon-based materials and iron-based materials) during AD reactors operation. Meanwhile, detail analysis of studies on DIET (from substrates, dosage and effectiveness) via conductive materials was also presented in the study. Moreover, the challenges of applying conductive materials in boosting methane production were also proposed, which was supposed to provide a deep insight in DIET for full scale application.
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- Likui Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin 150090, China; School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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Hu Y, Liu S, Wang X, Zhang S, Hu T, Wang X, Wang C, Wu J, Xu L, Xu G, Hu F. Enhanced anaerobic digestion of kitchen waste at different solids content by alkali pretreatment and bentonite addition: Methane production enhancement and microbial mechanism. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 369:128369. [PMID: 36423763 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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High solid anaerobic digestion (AD) has been considered as a promising and sustainable technology for treating kitchen waste. To enhance AD of kitchen waste, alkali pretreatment and bentonite addition treatment (AP/Be) was performed on kitchen waste, and microbial community was investigated at different total solids (TS) content (10%, 13%, 19%, 22% and 25%). The results indicated that after AP/Be treatment, methane yield was as high as 198 mL CH4/g volatile solid (VS), which increased by 236% as the control. Moreover, microbial community analysis revealed that AP/Be treatment enriched bacterial microbial diversity. At TS of 10%, AP/Be treatment enhanced the hydrogenotrophic methanogens (Methanobacterium) significantly. In addition, the dominant methanogenic pathways changed at different TS content. These results demonstrated AP/Be treatment had a positive effect on methanogenesis during kitchen waste anaerobic digestion process. This study threw new insights towards enhancing kitchen waste anaerobic digestion, as well as the microbial mechanism.
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- Yuying Hu
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Jiangxi Water Science Detecting and Researching Co., Ltd., Jingdezhen 333000, China
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- Jiangxi Water Science Detecting and Researching Co., Ltd., Jingdezhen 333000, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiao Tong University, Nanchang 330013, China; State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Wang J, Xu J, Lu M, Shangguan Y, Liu X. Mechanism of dielectric barrier plasma technology to improve the quantity and quality of short chain fatty acids in anaerobic fermentation of cyanobacteria. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 155:65-76. [PMID: 36347162 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The recycling of high value carbon resources from cyanobacteria has become a research hotspot. This work investigated the possibility of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma pretreatment to improve the anaerobic fermentation performance of cyanobacteria. The maximum accumulations of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and acetic acid in DBD group were 3.30 and 1.49 times of that in control group. The physical effects of DBD plasma and the oxidative stress response of cyanobacteria cells could improve the solubilization of cyanobacteria polymer. The destruction of humus by DBD plasma can reduce the negative impact of humus on the early stage of anaerobic fermentation, thus facilitating the rapid start of anaerobic fermentation. The contents of Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Chloroflexi in DBD group were higher than those in control group, while the content of Proteobacteria was on the contrary, which was conducive to the hydrolysis and acidification process. The decrease of Methanosaeta sp. and Methanosarcina sp. abundance in DBD group might be another reason for the increase of acetic acid ratio. Under the joint action of plasma chemical oxidation and microbial degradation, the degradation effect of microcystin-LR in the anaerobic fermentation supernatant of DBD group was better than that of the control group, which was conducive to the recycling of cyanobacteria anaerobic fermentation supernatant. Therefore, DBD pretreatment was conductive to recycling valuable carbon source from cyanobacteria and can be further developed as a potential new pretreatment technology.
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- Jie Wang
- Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 63 Chifeng Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute, No. 1 Dongjing Road, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan Province, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 63 Chifeng Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Towards engineering application: Integrating current strategies of promoting direct interspecies electron transfer to enhance anaerobic digestion. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Zhang Q, Cheng X, Wang F, Fang S, Zhang L, Huang W, Fang F, Cao J, Luo J. Unveiling the behaviors and mechanisms of percarbonate on the sludge anaerobic fermentation for volatile fatty acids production. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:156054. [PMID: 35595140 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156054] [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: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Percarbonate (PC), as a cheap and environmental-friendly chemical oxidant, has been applied extensively in various fields. However, the impacts of PC on the waste activated sludge (WAS) anaerobic fermentation process are unknown. This study mainly aimed to investigate its effects on the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and disclose the underlying mechanisms. Results indicated that the maximal VFAs yield at 0.3 g PC/g TSS within 4 d was 1452.9 mg COD/L while it was only 296.4 mg COD/L in the control at the fermentation time of 6 d. The mechanistic analysis demonstrated that PC treatment substantially promoted the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) disruption and cell lysis, and meanwhile improved the biodegradability of released organics, thereby providing more bio-availability substrates for further acidogenic metabolic processes. Moreover, the abundance of fermentative microorganisms (i.e., Proteiniclasticum) and the microbial activities correlated with substrates metabolism and VFAs biosynthesis (i.e. hydrolases and metabolic genetic expression levels) were also evidently improved by the PC. This work provides a feasible method for improving the resource recovery from WAS and discloses the responses of the microbial community to chemicals stimulus for the regulations of the biochemical fermentation process in anaerobic systems.
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- Qin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; School of Energy and Environment, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, China.
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Zhu Y, Jin Z, Yu Q, Zhao Z, Zhang Y. Alleviating acid inhibition in anaerobic digestion of food waste: Coupling ethanol-type fermentation with biochar addition. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 212:113355. [PMID: 35472467 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this study, ethanol-type fermentation pretreatment and adding two types of biochar prepared at 600 °C and 1000 °C (referred to as SS600 and SS1000) were combined to alleviate acid accumulation via strengthening direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) during anaerobic digestion of food waste. Results demonstrated that ethanol production was about 11 g/L after the ethanol-type fermentation at pH of 4-5 for 4 days, accounting for 8.9% of the influent COD of the subsequent methanogenesis. After the ethanol-type fermentation pretreatment, average methane productions of digesters with SS600 and SS1000 addition increased by 86.3% and 64.9% to 618.1 ± 30.1 and 527.3 ± 25.4 mL/g VS under solid retention time (SRT) of 25 d respectively, and the conductivity of sludge increased by 95.3% and 65.3% compared to digester without biochar addition. Furthermore, adding biochar also could accelerate the recovery of acidification digester. The relative abundance of Methanothrix performing DIET were enriched with SS600. These results suggested that coupling ethanol-type fermentation with biochar addition could strengthen DIET to resist the shocks of high organic loading rate.
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- Yahui Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
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Chen Y, Qin Z, Zhang P, Li X, Feng L. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons stimulate acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis during anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and food waste. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 360:127567. [PMID: 35788387 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been reported to influence acetic acid production during anaerobic treatment. However, investigations of the impacts of PAHs on the anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and food waste are limited. Therefore, the effects of PAHs on anaerobic co-digestion were explored in this study. Four kinds of PAHs all exhibited positive contributions to methane production, especially phenanthrene. Mechanism exploration revealed that acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis were improved in the presence of phenanthrene, and acetotrophic methanogenesis had the greatest improvement with 69.4%. Dominant bacteria and archaea related to acetic acid and methane accumulation were changed by phenanthrene. Moreover, extracellular polymeric substances, coenzyme F420, and McrA gene copy number were promoted by phenanthrene, which was beneficial for the generation of acetic acid and methane. Overall, this study provides new insights into the role of organic pollutants in the anaerobic co-digestion of solid wastes.
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- Yinguang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources 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 Resources 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 Resources 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 Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Effects of Iron-Loaded Biochar on the Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Sewage Sludge and Elucidating the Mechanism Thereof. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14159442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The inhibition of volatile fatty acid (VFA) production is an important factor affecting biogas (methane) production in the anaerobic co-digestion systems comprising food waste and sewage sludge. In this study, batch experiments were conducted at medium temperature (36 ± 0.5 °C), during which the biogas production index and material–liquid characteristic parameters of the anaerobic digestion systems containing different concentrations of iron-loaded biochar (Fe-BC) were monitored. The cumulative biogas production data were analyzed using a modified Gompertz kinetic model to determine the effect of the Fe-BC on biogas production in the anaerobic co-digestion system. Studies have shown that addition of Fe-BC does not significantly influence the hydrolysis and acidification stages of anaerobic co-digestion, but does have a significant effect on promoting methanogenesis by alleviating the accumulation of VFAs and improving both the buffer capacity of the system and the efficiency of substrate-to-biogas conversion. When the Fe-BC concentration was 16 g·L−1, the cumulative biogas production reached 329.42 mL·g-VS−1, which was 49.7% higher than the blank group, and the lag period was 3.55 d, which was 42% shorter than the blank group. Mechanistic studies have shown that Fe-BC increased the concentration of coenzyme F420 and the conductivity of the digestate in the co-digestion system, which increased the activity of methanogens in the anaerobic digestion system, thereby promoting methanogenesis.
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Li D, Sun M, Xu J, Gong T, Ye M, Xiao Y, Yang T. Effect of biochar derived from biogas residue on methane production during dry anaerobic fermentation of kitchen waste. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 149:70-78. [PMID: 35724610 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Kitchen wastes (KW) dramatically increasing with population and economy enhancing, and dry anaerobic fermentation was used to treat it. However, the large amount of biogas residue severely restricted the application of dry anaerobic fermentation, because the high total solid might lead to the system failure. Therefore, it is urgent to find appropriate way to improve the efficiency of dry anaerobic fermentation and reduce the great amount of biogas residue. In this study, a tentative experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of biochar prepared from biogas residue on the performance of dry anaerobic fermentation system. The results showed that almost half of the biogas residue was reduced and converted into biochar. At the presence of biochar, methane yield was 308.6 mL/gVS, which was 10.5% higher than that of control. Compared to the system without biochar, the highest volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentration was 19.3% higher and the percentage of acetate and valerate was 25.3% and 12.8%, while it was 16.3% and 22.0% in the control, suggesting that biochar accelerated the degradation of VFA. Bacteria community diversity increased, Fastidiosipila and Proteiniphilum enriched at the presence of biochar, which might accelerate the hydrolysis and acidification of KW. Hydrogenotrophic methanogens was dominated and syntrophic acetate oxidation was the primary pathway to produce methane. This study developed a new recycle route for improving the efficiency of dry anaerobic fermentation while reducing the large amount of biogas residue generated from dry anaerobic fermentation.
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- Dongyang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China; School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- Beijing Geo Environ Engineering & Technology, Inc, Beijing 100095, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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Wang W, Liu Q, Xue H, Wang T, Fan Y, Zhang Z, Wang H, Wang Y. The feasibility and mechanism of redox-active biochar for promoting anammox performance. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 814:152813. [PMID: 34995590 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Redox-active biochar has been regarded as an effective additive to promote heterotrophic denitrification, yet little is known about the feasibility of adding biochar for promoting anammox performance. In this study, we investigated the effects of different biochar doses (3-14 g/L; 1.5-7.1 g/g VSS) on anammox performance. Results showed that, in a short term (40 days), biochar could enhance anammox nitrogen removal rate (NRR) and nitrogen removal efficiency (NRE) by 0-18.0% and 0.2%-11.6%, respectively; this enhancement effect increased at 3-10 g biochar/L assays and reached a plateau at 10-14 g biochar/L assays. The optimal biochar dosage was identified to be 10 g/L (5.1 g/g VSS), with the NRR and NRE being 5.6%-18.0% and 4.0%-11.6% higher than those of the control, respectively. The highest specific anammox activity was simultaneously obtained at 10 g biochar/L assay, being 51% higher than that of the control. It revealed that biochar promoted the secretion of extracellular polymeric substances (increased by 30%-40% compared with that of the control) and increased the ratio of extracellular proteins to polysaccharides as well, directly enhancing the extracellular electron transfer capacity (ETC) of anammox biomass. The increased ETC of anammox biomass would further accelerate the metabolic activities of anammox bacteria, and promote the relative abundance of anammox bacteria, i.e., Ca. Brocadia was enriched by 5.8-12.6 folds than that of the control. These results demonstrate that biochar is feasible to enhance anammox activity and nitrogen removal performance, facilitating to a fast startup and enhanced nitrogen removal of anammox system.
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- Weigang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China.
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Zhang H, Li W, Zhou C, Zhang J, Pei Y, Zang L. Comparison of cobalt ferrate-based nanoparticles for promoting biomethane evolution from lactic acid anaerobic digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 347:126689. [PMID: 35007730 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Some inhibition of biomethane (bioCH4) production system can be observed, which is due to the propionic acid generation from lactic acid degradation. In this work, the three cobalt ferrate-based nanoparticles (NPs) such as CoFe2O4, CoAl0.2Fe1.8O4 and CoCu0.2Fe1.8O4 were synthesized to promote the bioCH4 evolution from lactic acid. The CH4 yields from the CoAl0.2Fe1.8O4, CoCu0.2Fe1.8O4 and CoFe2O4 groups at 300 mg/L of NPs were 431.52, 392.12 and 396.6 mL/g lactic acid, respectively. Moreover, the highest CH4 yield was 34.15% higher than that of the control reactor (321.67 mL/g lactic acid) without NPs. The three NPs accelerated lactic acid biodegradation and propionic acid conversion, thus obtaining more CH4. Surprisingly, microbial structure revealed that CoAl0.2Fe1.8O4 increased the abundance of Bacteroidetes_vadinHA17 to 16.6%, promoting the conversion from propionic acid to acetic acid. Meanwhile, the abundance of Methanobacterium in archaeal community from CoAl0.2Fe1.8O4 group rose from 45.81% to 68.45%, which facilitated bioCH4 production.
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- Huiwen Zhang
- College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Jinan 250353, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Jinan 250353, PR China
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