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Sheng B, Liu S, Xiong K, Liu J, Zhu S, Zhang R. Microbial community dynamics in different floc size aggregates during nitrogen removal process upgrading in a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 413:131484. [PMID: 39277056 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2024] [Revised: 08/30/2024] [Accepted: 09/10/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Upgrading processes to reduce biodegradable organic substance addition is crucial for treating landfill leachate with high pollutant concentrations, aiding carbon emission reduction. Aggregate size in activated sludge processes impacts pollutant removal and sludge/water separation. This study investigated microbial community succession and driving mechanisms in different floc-size aggregates during nitrogen removal progress upgrade from conventional to partial nitrification-denitrification in a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant (LLTP) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The upgrade and floc sizes significantly influenced microbial diversity and composition. After upgrading, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria were enriched while nitrite-oxidizing bacteria suppressed in small flocs with homogeneity and high mass transfer efficiency. Larger flocs enriched Defluviicoccus, Thauera, and Truepera, while smaller flocs enriched Nitrosomonas, suggesting their potential as biomarkers. Multi-network analyses revealed microbial interactions. A deep learning model with convolutional neural networks predicted nitrogen removal efficiency. These findings guide optimizing LLTP processes and understanding microbial community dynamics based on floc size.
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- Binbin Sheng
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Jiang Y, Zhang X, Poh LS, Ng WJ. Effect of free nitrous acid on extracellular polymeric substances production and membrane fouling in a nitritation membrane bioreactor. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 340:139913. [PMID: 37611766 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139913] [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: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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The membrane bioreactor (MBR) with nitritation based nitrogen removal processes has attracted growing interest in recent years, although membrane fouling in the nitritation MBR is a challenging issue. In this study, the inhibitory effect of free nitrous acid (FNA) on microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production and membrane fouling in a nitritation MBR was investigated. Results showed that EPS played a critical role in the biofouling process, and EPS production was affected by FNA concentration. As FNA concentration increased from 5.10 × 10-3 mg N/L to 1.34 × 10-2 mg N/L, protein (PN) and polysaccharide (PS) contents increased from 8.20 to 60.28 mg/g VSS and 4.74-30.46 mg/g VSS, respectively. However, when FNA concentration was 1.48 × 10-2 mg N/L, PN and PS reduced by 20.0% and 10.9%, respectively, indicating that the higher FNA concentration could reduce EPS production. The EPS reduction could be attributed to reduction in the loosely bound (LB) and tightly bound (TB) EPS but not the soluble microbial products (SMP). It was further revealed that higher FNA concentrations up to 1.48 × 10-2 mg N/L consequently mitigate trans-membrane pressure (TMP) rate in terms of dTMP/dt by 25.5% in the nitritation MBR. High throughput sequencing analysis revealed that the increase in FNA led to enrichment of Nitrosomonas but reduction in heterotrophic bacteria. This study showed that the appropriate FNA concentration affected EPS production and hence membrane fouling, leading to the possibility of membrane fouling mitigation by in-situ generated FNA in the nitritation MBR.
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- Yishuai Jiang
- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Clean Tech One, 637141, Singapore; Environmental Sustainability Team, Kajima Technical Research Institute Singapore, 19 Changi Business Park Crescent, #05-15 The GEAR, 489690, Singapore.
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- Engineering Laboratory of Low-Carbon Unconventional Water Resources Utilization and Water Quality Assurance, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- NSL OilChem Waste Management PTE. LTD., 7 Tuas Avenue 10, 639131, Singapore
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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Qiu Z, Chen J, Dai R, Wang Z. Modification of ultrafiltration membrane with antibacterial agent intercalated layered nanosheets: Toward superior antibiofouling performance for water treatment. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 219:118539. [PMID: 35526429 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Membrane fouling, especially biofouling induced by biofilm formation on membranes, can result in frequent cleaning or even replacement of membranes. Fabrication of membrane with excellent antibiofouling property is quite attractive due to its effectiveness and low-impact on the operation of membrane-based process. Herein, a cationic antibacterial agent, quaternary ammonium compound (QAC), was intercalated into the interlayer spaces of the MgAl layered double hydroxide (QAC/LDH) by self-assembly. The QAC/LDH composite was incorporated into polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane (PES-QLDH). The QAC/LDH enhanced the hydrophilicity, water flux, and resistance to organic fouling for the PES-QLDH membrane. The PES-QLDH membrane exhibited superior antibiofouling performance than the control PES membrane, with deposition of a thinner biofilm layer consisted of almost dead cells. The superior antibacterial activity inhibits the adhesion and growth of bacteria on the membrane surface, effectively retarding the formation of biofilms. Importantly, the synergistic effect of QAC and LDH in the PES-QLDH membrane resulted in a high biocidal activity based on both direct and indirect killing mechanisms. The PES-QLDH membrane maintained a stable and high antibacterial activity after several fouling-cleaning cycles. These results imply that the PES-QLDH membrane provides an effective and promising strategy for its long-term application in wastewater treatment.
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- Zhiwei Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, 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, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, 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, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, 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, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Xu B, Ng TCA, Huang S, He M, Varjani S, Ng HY. Quorum quenching affects biofilm development in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR): from macro to micro perspective. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 344:126183. [PMID: 34710612 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The first experimental study on the influence of acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) degrading quorum quenching (QQ) consortium on the dynamics of biofilm bio-communities (i.e., from suspended biomass to initial biofilm and mature biofilm) in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) at a microscopic scale (denoted as QQAnMBR) was reported. QQ did not change the overall bacterial community of the suspended biomass, inclusive of the key functional bacteria. Moreover, the retarded initial biofilm formation was attributed to not only the lower extracellular polymeric substance content of suspended biomass, but also the decelerated colonization of the AHL-regulated low-abundance in suspended biomass but pioneering keystone taxa Rhodocyclaceae;g- on membrane surface. However, pioneering fouling-related taxa such as Sulfurovum and Rhodocyclaceae;g- still played paramount roles in the delayed initial biofilm formation in the QQAnMBR. Furthermore, the microbial assemblies of the mature biofilm were changed in the QQAnMBR, probably attributable to the abiotic microbial floc attachment.
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- Boyan Xu
- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
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- Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 010, India.
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore; National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute, 5A Engineering Drive 1, 117411, Singapore.
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Nasruddin NISM, Abu Bakar MH. Mitigating membrane biofouling in biofuel cell system – A review. OPEN CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/chem-2021-0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A biofuel cell (BFC) system can transform chemical energy to electrical energy through electrochemical reactions and biochemical pathways. However, BFC faced several obstacles delaying it from commercialization, such as biofouling. Theoretically, the biofouling phenomenon occurs when microorganisms, algae, fungi, plants, or small animals accumulate on wet surfaces. In most BFC, biofouling occurs by the accumulation of microorganisms forming a biofilm. Amassed biofilm on the anode is desired for power production, however, not on the membrane separator. This phenomenon causes severities toward BFCs when it increases the electrode’s ohmic and charge transfer resistance and impedes the proton transfer, leading to a rapid decline in the system’s power performance. Apart from BFC, other activities impacted by biofouling range from the uranium industry to drug sensors in the medical field. These fields are continuously finding ways to mitigate the biofouling impact in their industries while putting forward the importance of the environment. Thus, this study aims to identify the severity of biofouling occurring on the separator materials for implementation toward the performance of the BFC system. While highlighting successful measures taken by other industries, the effectiveness of methods performed to reduce or mitigate the biofouling effect in BFC was also discussed in this study.
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- Institute of Fuel Cell, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , 43600 , Bangi , Selangor , Malaysia
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Zhang L, Graham N, Derlon N, Tang Y, Siddique MS, Xu L, Yu W. Biofouling by ultra-low pressure filtration of surface water: The paramount role of initial available biopolymers. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lotfikatouli S, Hadi P, Yang M, Walker HW, Hsiao BS, Gobler C, Reichel M, Mao X. Enhanced anti-fouling performance in Membrane Bioreactors using a novel cellulose nanofiber-coated membrane. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Matar GK, Ali M, Bagchi S, Nunes S, Liu WT, Saikaly PE. Relative Importance of Stochastic Assembly Process of Membrane Biofilm Increased as Biofilm Aged. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:708531. [PMID: 34566913 PMCID: PMC8461090 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.708531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The relative importance of different ecological processes controlling biofilm community assembly over time on membranes with different surface characteristics has never been investigated in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). In this study, five ultrafiltration hollow-fiber membranes - having identical nominal pore size (0.1μm) but different hydrophobic or hydrophilic surface characteristics - were operated simultaneously in the same MBR tank with a constant flux of 10 liters per square meter per hour (LMH). In parallel, membrane modules operated without permeate flux (0 LMH) were submerged in the same MBR tank, to investigate the passive microbial adsorption onto different hydrophobic or hydrophilic membranes. Samples from the membrane biofilm were collected after 1, 10, 20, and 30days of continuous filtration. The membrane biofilm microbiome were investigated using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing from DNA and cDNA samples. Similar beta diversity trends were observed for both DNA- and cDNA-based analyses. Beta diversity analyses revealed that the nature of the membrane surface (i.e., hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic) did not seem to have an effect in shaping the bacterial community, and a similar biofilm microbiome evolved for all types of membranes. Similarly, membrane modules operated with and without permeate flux did not significantly influence alpha and beta diversity of the membrane biofilm. Nevertheless, different-aged membrane biofilm samples exhibited significant differences. Proteobacteria was the most dominant phylum in early-stage membrane biofilm after 1 and 10days of filtration. Subsequently, the relative reads abundance of the phyla Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes increased within the membrane biofilm communities after 20 and 30days of filtration, possibly due to successional steps that lead to the formation of a relatively aged biofilm. Our findings indicate distinct membrane biofilm assembly patterns with different-aged biofilm. Ecological null model analyses revealed that the assembly of early-stage biofilm community developed after 1 and 10days of filtration was mainly governed by homogenous selection. As the biofilm aged (days 20 and 30), stochastic processes (e.g., ecological drift) started to become important in shaping the assembly of biofilm community.
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- Gerald K Matar
- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- 3207 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Xu J, Bian B, Angenent LT, Saikaly PE. Long-Term Continuous Extraction of Medium-Chain Carboxylates by Pertraction With Submerged Hollow-Fiber Membranes. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:726946. [PMID: 34485261 PMCID: PMC8415110 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.726946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs), which can be generated from organic waste and agro-industrial side streams through microbial chain elongation, are valuable chemicals with numerous industrial applications. Membrane-based liquid-liquid extraction (pertraction) as a downstream separation process to extract MCCAs has been applied successfully. Here, a novel pertraction system with submerged hollow-fiber membranes in the fermentation bioreactor was applied to increase the MCCA extraction rate and reduce the footprint. The highest average surface-corrected MCCA extraction rate of 655.2 ± 86.4 mmol C m−2 d−1 was obtained, which was higher than any other previous reports, albeit the relatively small surface area removed only 11.6% of the introduced carbon via pertraction. This submerged extraction system was able to continuously extract MCCAs with a high extraction rate for more than 8 months. The average extraction rate of MCCA by internal membrane was 3.0- to 4.7-fold higher than the external pertraction (traditional pertraction) in the same bioreactor. A broth upflow velocity of 7.6 m h−1 was more efficient to extract MCCAs when compared to periodic biogas recirculation operation as a means to prevent membrane fouling. An even higher broth upflow velocity of 40.5 m h−1 resulted in a significant increase in methane production, losing more than 30% of carbon conversion to methane due to a loss of H2, and a subsequent drop in the H2 partial pressure. This resulted in the shift from a microbial community with chain elongators as the key functional group to methanogens, because the drop in H2 partial pressure led to thermodynamic conditions that oxidizes ethanol and carboxylic acids to acetate and H2 with methanogens as the syntrophic partner. Thus, operators of chain elongating systems should monitor the H2 partial pressure when changes in operating conditions are made.
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- Jiajie Xu
- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Biotechnology Group, Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Cheng H, Zhou J, Hong PY. Attached-growth configuration outperforms continuously stirred tank anaerobic membrane bioreactors in alleviating membrane biofouling. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 199:111272. [PMID: 33989627 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Biofouling impedes the performance of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR). Two reactors, one as an up-flow attachment-growth AnMBR (UA-AnMBR) configuration, and the other, as a continuously stirred AnMBR (CS-AnMBR) were evaluated for differences in membrane fouling rate. TMP increment in UA-AnMBR was slower than CS-AnMBR, although both reactors had similar COD removal efficiency (ca. > 96%). Slower fouling rate for UA-AnMBR was related to lower total and viable cells, and thereby microbial activity compared to that in CS-AnMBR. Acinetobacter and Methanobacterium that played keystone roles in anaerobic biofilm formation were not consistently prevalent on the membranes connected to UA-AnMBR. This is in contrast to both Acinetobacter and Methanobacterium consistently prevalent on the membranes connected to CS-AnMBR. The findings suggest that UA-AnMBR can alleviate membrane biofouling through changes in microbial activity and profile dynamics, and would be a suitable reactor configuration to adopt to achieve an efficient AnMBR for municipal wastewater treatment.
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- Hong Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Roveto PM, Gupta A, Schuler AJ. Effects of surface skewness on local shear stresses, biofilm activity, and microbial communities for wastewater treatment. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 320:124251. [PMID: 33157445 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124251] [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: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study's objective was to assess attachment surface skewness (asymmetric surface height variation) effects on biofilm development. 3D printed molds were used to create surfaces with 300 μm features to provide opposite skewness but identical roughness values. Surfaces with negative skewness had consistently greater nitrite oxidation and biomass growth than other surfaces during biofilm development when studied in annular bioreactor systems. CFD modelling predicted local shear stress differences that could explain experimental results. 16 s rRNA gene amplicon sequencing revealed population differences, including relatively high Acinetobacter and Terrimonas fractions on the negative skew surfaces, and PCoA analyses indicated the flat surface populations diverged from the skew surfaces by the study's end. The results suggest skewness is particularly important in systems where biofilms have not overgrown surface features, as in system startup, thin biofilms, and shorter time frame studies, which includes much previous microbial attachment research.
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- Philip M Roveto
- University of New Mexico, 1 University Blvd, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States.
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- Paanduv Applications, 124 Parwana Nagar, Bareilly, UP 243122, India.
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- University of New Mexico, 1 University Blvd, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States.
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Membrane Biofouling Control by Surface Modification of Quaternary Ammonium Compound Using Atom-Transfer Radical-Polymerization Method with Silica Nanoparticle as Interlayer. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:membranes10120417. [PMID: 33322470 PMCID: PMC7764448 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10120417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A facile approach to fabricate antibiofouling membrane was developed by grafting quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane via surface-initiated activators regenerated by electron transfer atom-transfer radical-polymerization (ARGET ATRP) method. During the modification process, a hydrophilic silica nanoparticle layer was also immobilized onto the membrane surface as an interlayer through silicification reaction for QAC grafting, which imparted the membrane with favorable surface properties (e.g., hydrophilic and negatively charged surface). The QAC-modified membrane (MQ) showed significantly improved hydrophilicity and permeability mainly due to the introduction of silica nanoparticles and exposure of hydrophilic quaternary ammonium groups instead of long alkyl chains. Furthermore, the coverage of QAC onto membrane surface enabled MQ membrane to have clear antibacterial effect, with an inhibition rate ~99.9% of Escherichia coli (Gram-negative) and Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive), respectively. According to the batch filtration test, MQ had better antibiofouling performance compared to the control membrane, which was ascribed to enhanced hydrophilicity and antibacterial activity. Furthermore, the MQ membrane also exhibited impressive stability of QAC upon suffering repeated fouling–cleaning tests. The modification protocols provide a new robust way to fabricate high-performance antibiofouling QAC-based membranes for wastewater treatment.
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Yuan S, Yu Z, Pan S, Huang J, Meng F. Deciphering the succession dynamics of dominant and rare genera in biofilm development process. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 739:139961. [PMID: 32540665 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Deciphering the succession dynamics of dominant and rare taxa is crucial to understand the stability and ecosystem functions of biofilm communities. However, the essential laws of the succession dynamics based on dominant and rare taxa were still unenlightened. Herein, we investigated the succession dynamics of dominant and rare genera in multi-species biofilms developed in flow cells fed with 10 and 40 mg-TOC/L LB broth. The relative abundance of dominant genera (Enterobacteria and Acinetobacter) decreased remarkably (from 94.63% to 73.22%) in 10 mg-TOC/L LB broth, whereas they kept relatively steady (93.75 ± 4.23%) along with the cultivation time in 40 mg-TOC/L LB broth. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed that rare genera tended to form clusters at both concentrations, while weaker dispersal of dominant genera caused patchier biofilm structures in 10 mg-TOC/L LB broth compared to that in 40 mg-TOC/L LB broth. Null model analyses further demonstrated that the stochastic ecological drift was more pronounced in the community assembly of biofilms in 10 mg-TOC/L LB broth (73.33%) than those in 40 mg-TOC/L LB broth (60.95%), weakening the competitive superiority of dominant taxa in the patchier biofilms. In addition, the co-occurrence network reflected that the positive interactions among rare genera contributed to exclude dominant genera in 10 mg-TOC/L LB broth, whereas negative interactions only occurred between the dominant Enterobacter and Acinetobacter or rare Comamonas in 40 mg-TOC/L LB broth. This study highlighted the distinctive succession dynamics of dominant and rare genera in biofilms at different substrate concentrations, which would advance our understanding of the biofilm communities in biofilm-related process.
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- Shasha Yuan
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China.
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Xiong F, Zhao X, Wen D, Li Q. Effects of N-acyl-homoserine lactones-based quorum sensing on biofilm formation, sludge characteristics, and bacterial community during the start-up of bioaugmented reactors. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 735:139449. [PMID: 32473427 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Bioaugmentation is an effective technology for treating wastewater containing recalcitrant organic pollutants. However, it is restricted by several technical problems, including the difficult colonization and survival of the inoculated bacteria, and the time-consuming start-up process. Considering the important roles of quorum sensing (QS) in regulating microbial behaviors, this study investigated the effects of N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs)-based manipulation on the start-up of biofilm reactors bioaugmented with a pyridine-degrading strain Paracoccus sp. BW001. The results showed that, in the presence of two specific exogenous AHLs (C6-HSL and 3OC6-HSL), the biofilm formation process on carriers was significantly accelerated, producing thick and structured biofilms. The protein and polysaccharide contents of the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and soluble microbial products (SMP) in sludge were also elevated, possibly due to the increased abundance of several EPS-producing bacterial genera. Specifically, the stability and complexity of protein structures were improved. Besides the reactor running time, the AHL-manipulation was proved to be the main factor that drove the shift of bacterial community structures in the reactors. The addition of exogenous AHLs significantly increased the succession rate of bacterial communities and decreased the bacterial alpha diversity. Most importantly, the final proportions of the inoculated strain BW001 were elevated by nearly 100% in both sludge and biofilm communities via the AHL-manipulation. These findings strongly elucidated that AHL-based QS was deeply involved in biofilm formation, sludge characteristics, and microbial community construction in bioaugmented reactors, providing a promising start-up strategy for bioaugmentation technology.
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- Fuzhong Xiong
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Biofilm as a live and in-situ formed membrane for solids separation in bioreactors: Biofilm succession governs resistance variation demonstrated during the start-up period. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Zhang S, Li B, Yu Z, Meng F. Aggregate size-dependence of bacterial community separation in a full-scale membrane bioreactor plant. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 96:5818762. [PMID: 32275301 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The size of bacterial aggregates can determine both nutrient removal and sludge/water separation in activated sludge processes. In this study, the bacterial community structures and network associations of different sized aggregates obtained from a full-scale membrane bioreactor plant over a one-year period were investigated. Our results showed that biodiversity of larger sized aggregates was significantly higher than that of smaller ones and that the bacterial compositions of different sized aggregates differed significantly from each other. Bacteria related to nutrient removal (e.g. denitrification, hydrolysis and fermentation) were found to be significantly more abundant in larger aggregates than smaller ones. Network analysis revealed significant difference in species-species interactions, topological roles of individual OTU and keystone populations among different sized aggregates. Moreover, the occurrence of keystone OTUs affiliated with denitrifiers (Thermomonas) in networks of large and medium aggregates may suggest that denitrification influences bacterial interactions in large and medium aggregates. Overall, our results indicate the aggregates size-dependence of bacterial community separation in activated sludge. The current findings not only can provide guidance for process design and operation optimization, but also highlight the necessity for paying more attentions to the aggregate-based community, metabolic function and gene expression of activated sludge in future studies.
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- Shaoqing Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Separating and Characterizing Functional Nitrogen Degraders via Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Isolation. J CHEM-NY 2020. [DOI: 10.1155/2020/1841364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Magnetic nanoparticle-mediated isolation (MMI) is a new method for isolating active functional microbes from complex microorganisms without substrate labeling. In this study, the composition and properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were characterized by a number of techniques, indicating that MNPs have characteristics such as microinterfaces and can be efficiently fixed on the surface of microbial cells. It also introduced the MMI technology in activated sludge after stable long-term treatment. With further addition of promotor carbon sources, the enrichment of the functional nitrogen degraders in MMI was significantly higher than in samples without MNPs, showing the advantages of MMI in identifying the active degraders. Redundancy analysis (RDA) also showed that the functional nitrogen degraders such as Comamonadaceae_unclassified and Thiobacillus absolutely dominated in situ ammonia degradation, and the change in dominant genera had the same trend as the degradation rate of ammonia nitrogen. In the magnetically functionalized system, the separated functional nitrogen degraders significantly improved ammonia nitrogen degradation efficiency, making it basically stable at more than 80%, up to 91.6%. These results prove that the complex flora created after the addition of MNPs is more adaptable to newly introduced pollutants, and MMI is a powerful tool for studying pollutant-degrading microorganisms under in situ conditions.
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Zhang X, Ping M, Wu Z, Tang CY, Wang Z. Microfiltration membranes modified by silver-decorated biomimetic silica nanopollens for mitigating biofouling: Synergetic effects of nanopollens and silver nanoparticles. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Xu B, Albert Ng TC, Huang S, Shi X, Ng HY. Feasibility of isolated novel facultative quorum quenching consortiums for fouling control in an AnMBR. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 114:151-180. [PMID: 31706123 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 485] [Impact Index Per Article: 121.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology is being recognized as an appealing strategy for wastewater treatment, however, severity of membrane fouling inhibits its widespread implementations. This study engineered novel facultative quorum quenching consortiums (FQQs) coping with membrane fouling in AnMBRs with preliminary analysis for their quorum quenching (QQ) performances. Herein, Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs)-based quorum sensing (QS) in a lab-scale AnMBR initially revealed that N-Hexanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL), N-Octanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (C8-HSL) and N-Decanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (C10-HSL) were the dominant AHLs in AnMBRs in this study. Three FQQs, namely, FQQ-C6, FQQ-C8 and FQQ-C10, were harvested after anaerobic screening of aerobic QQ consortiums (AeQQs) which were isolated by enrichment culture, aiming to degrade C6-HSL, C8-HSL and C10-HSL, respectively. Growth of FQQ-C6 and FQQ-C10 using AHLs as carbon source under anaerobic condition was significantly faster than those using acetate, congruously suggesting that their QQ performance will not be compromised in AnMBRs. All FQQs degraded a wide range of AHLs pinpointing their extensive QQ ability. FQQ-C6, FQQ-C8 and FQQ-C10 remarkably alleviated extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production in a lab-scale AnMBR by 72.46%, 35.89% and 65.88%, respectively, and FQQ-C6 retarded membrane fouling of the AnMBR by 2 times. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that there was a major shift in dominant species from AeQQs to FQQs where Comamonas sp., Klebsiella sp., Stenotrophomonas sp. and Ochrobactrum sp. survived after anaerobic screening and were the majority in FQQs. High growth rate utilizing AHLs under anaerobic condition and enormous EPS retardation efficiency in FQQ-C6 and FQQ-C10 could be attributed to Comamonas sp.. These findings demonstrated that FQQs could be leveraged for QQ under anaerobic systems. We believe that this was the first work proposing a bacterial pool of facultative QQ candidates holding biotechnological promises for membrane fouling control in AnMBRs.
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- Boyan Xu
- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, 11 Fushun Road, Qingdao, 266033, PR China
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576; National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute, 5A Engineering Drive 1, 117411, Singapore.
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Cheng H, Cheng D, Mao J, Lu T, Hong PY. Identification and characterization of core sludge and biofilm microbiota in anaerobic membrane bioreactors. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 133:105165. [PMID: 31520957 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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An analysis of sludge (i.e., 63 samples) and biofilm (i.e., 79 samples) sampled from 13 anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) was conducted. Predominant microbial community identification and multivariate analysis indicate that these reactors showed different microbial community structure, but these differences had no impact on the overall AnMBR performance. Instead, core microbial genera which occurred in ≥90% of sludge (20 genera) and biofilm (12 genera) samples could potentially account for the AnMBR performance. A further calculation on net growth rate (NGR) of core genera in sludge suggested distribution into two main groups (i.e., I: low relative abundance and NGR, II: high relative abundance or high NGR). Consistent positive correlations between bacterial genera were observed among those that exhibited either high relative abundance or high NGR. The anaerobic microbial consortium in both sludge and biofilm were largely affected by stochastic dispersal and migration processes (i.e., neutral assembly). However, Acinetobacter spp. and Methanobacterium spp. occurred consistently in higher frequency in the biofilm but in lower occurrence frequency in the AnMBR permeate. Findings from this study suggest first, specific core microorganisms exist in the sludge regardless of the operating conditions of the AnMBRs, and second, prevention of biofoulant layer on anaerobic membranes can be devised by minimizing attachment of microbes on surfaces in a non-selective manner.
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- Hong Cheng
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, Huzhou University, Zhejiang 313000, China; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Zhou Z, Tao Y, Zhang S, Xiao Y, Meng F, Stuckey DC. Size-dependent microbial diversity of sub-visible particles in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAnMBR): Implications for membrane fouling. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 159:20-29. [PMID: 31078091 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sub-visible particles, an often-overlooked fine particle (0.45-10 μm) with a size between sludge solids and soluble microbial products (SMP), have recently been identified as a critical foulant in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs), and our recent new insights into the size-fractionation and composition of sub-visible particles in AnMBRs have enabled fouling to be understood in more depth. Here, we investigated the microbial diversity of the sub-visible particles in three size fractions (i.e., 5-10, 1-5, and 0.45-1 μm) from bulk and cake solutions in a lab-scale AnMBR, and their fouling potential was further explored based on their filtration behavior and biofilm formation. Results show that with decreasing particle size, a significant shift in microbial communities was observed for the sub-visible particles in both bulk and cake solutions; (a) with notable decreases in filamentous microbes in the order SJA-15, GCA004, and Anaerolineales of phylum Chloroflexi, and, (b) with substantial increases in sulfate-reducing bacteria (i.e., the family Syntrophobacteraceae, genus DCE29 of family Thermodesulfovibrionaceae, Desulfovibrio, and Geobacter). More importantly, the filamentous microbes associated with micro-particles (5-10 μm) led to higher cake fouling resistances while free living cells in the form of colloidal particles (0.45-1 μm) induced severer pore blocking. Moreover, the micro-particles had an enhanced capacity to favor biofilm formation (OD595 = 1.0-2.5, categorized as highly positive), thus potentially aggravating biofouling. This work advances our knowledge on the effect of particle size on communities and underlying fouling behavior of microbes associated with fine particles in AnMBRs.
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- Zhongbo Zhou
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China; Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC), Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637141, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC), Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637141, Singapore; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Shantou University, 515063, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC), Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637141, Singapore; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Yuan H, Mei R, Liao J, Liu WT. Nexus of Stochastic and Deterministic Processes on Microbial Community Assembly in Biological Systems. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1536. [PMID: 31333629 PMCID: PMC6621641 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Microbial community assembly in engineered biological systems is often simultaneously influenced by stochastic and deterministic processes, and the nexus of these two mechanisms remains to be further investigated. Here, three lab-scale activated sludge reactors were seeded with identical inoculum and operated in parallel under eight different sludge retention time (SRT) by sequentially reducing the SRT from 15 days to 1 day. Using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data, the microbial populations at the start-up (15-day SRT) and SRT-driven (≤10-day SRT) phases were observed to be noticeably different. Clustering results demonstrated ecological succession at the start-up phase with no consistent successional steps among the three reactors, suggesting that stochastic processes played an important role in the community assembly during primary succession. At the SRT-driven phase, the three reactors shared 31 core operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Putative primary acetate utilizers and secondary metabolizers were proposed based on K-means clustering, network and synchrony analysis. The shared core populations accounted for 65% of the total abundance, indicating that the microbial communities at the SRT-driven phase were shaped predominantly by deterministic processes. Sloan’s Neutral model and a null model analysis were performed to disentangle and quantify the relative influence of stochastic and deterministic processes on community assembly. The increased estimated migration rate in the neutral community model and the higher percentage of stochasticity in the null model implied that stochastic community assembly was intensified by strong deterministic factors. This was confirmed by the significantly different α- and β-diversity indices at SRTs shorter than 2 days and the observation that over half of the core OTUs were unshared or unsynchronized. Overall, this study provided quantitative insights into the nexus of stochastic and deterministic processes on microbial community assembly in a biological process.
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- Heyang Yuan
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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Xu R, Yu Z, Zhang S, Meng F. Bacterial assembly in the bio-cake of membrane bioreactors: Stochastic vs. deterministic processes. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 157:535-545. [PMID: 30986700 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Much about assembly processes dictating bio-cake microbiota remains uncertain, leading to poor understanding of membrane biofouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). This work aimed to reveal the underlying mechanisms driving bio-cake community during the biofouling process under different flux conditions. On the basis of 16S rRNA sequences, the results showed that bacterial diversity decreased with increasing fouling. Additionally, low-flux bio-cake (8 LMH) communities harbored much lower diversity than high-flux (16 LMH) bio-cake microbiomes. Ecological null model analyses and phylogenetic molecular ecological networks (pMENs) revealed that environmental filtering deterministically governed low-flux bio-cake communities. In contrast, high-flux bio-cake communities were mainly shaped in a stochastic manner. This is likely due to the higher stochastic deposition of bacterial taxa from bulk sludge because of the presence of a stronger drag force. Moreover, by lowering the flux, the interactions between bacterial lineages were enhanced; this is evidenced by the greater number of links, the higher average degree, and the higher average clustering coefficients within the pMENs in low-flux bio-cakes than those in high-flux bio-cakes. Most keystone fouling-related taxa in low-flux bio-cakes were motile and involved in nitrate reduction and polysaccharide/protein metabolism. This corroborated the important role of environmental filtering in the assembly process dictating low-flux bio-cake formation. Some low-abundance taxa were observed to be key fouling-related bacteria under both flux conditions, indicating that a few populations play paramount ecological roles in triggering biofouling. In summary, our findings clearly indicate distinct bio-cake community assembly patterns under different operational conditions and highlight the importance of developing specialized strategies for fouling control in individual MBR systems.
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- Ronghua Xu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, 510275, PR China.
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Jiang Y, Poh LS, Lim CP, Pan C, Ng WJ. Effect of free ammonia inhibition on process recovery of partial nitritation in a membrane bioreactor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2019.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Li L, Zhang J, Tian Y, Sun L, Zuo W, Li H, Li A, Wiesner MR. A novel approach for fouling mitigation in anaerobic-anoxic-oxic membrane bioreactor (A 2O-MBR) by integrating worm predation. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 127:615-624. [PMID: 30986743 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Membrane fouling is one of the biggest challenges in the widespread application of membrane bioreactors. In this study, a combined system of anaerobic-anoxic-oxic membrane bioreactor (A2O-MBR) and worm reactor (WR) was established for fouling control. In A2O-MBR-WR, the membrane filtration cycle was prolonged by 66.7% due to the confluence of microaerobic treatment and worm predation in WR with the interaction between WR and A2O-MBR. Compared with conventional A2O-MBR, membrane rejection of soluble and colloidal foulants (SCF) in the combined system was decreased by 26.0%, which could be attributed to the higher biodegradability of SCF and the higher bacterial activity in A2O-MBR. Although floc size in A2O-MBR was reduced due to sludge disintegration and worm predation in WR, changes of floc surface properties could counteract this negative effect on fouling. Complex effects of sludge flocs on membrane fouling were further analyzed by the interaction energy between sludge flocs and the clean/fouled membrane based on extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory. The energy barriers indicated that flocs in A2O-MBR-WR were difficult to adhere to the membrane and were more likely to detach. Moreover, high-throughput sequencing analysis revealed that the microbial community of the cake layer in the combined system was more even and had a higher proportion of foulants degradation related bacteria, which was beneficial for fouling mitigation. The combination of A2O-MBR and WR has shown significant advantages in membrane fouling mitigation.
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- Lipin Li
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, Baoding 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States
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Zhang S, Sheng B, Lin W, Meng F. Day/night temperature differences (DNTD) trigger changes in nutrient removal and functional bacteria in membrane bioreactors. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 636:1202-1210. [PMID: 29913582 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.373] [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: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Temperature is a well-known environmental stress that influences both microbial metabolism and community structure in the biological wastewater treatment systems. In this study, responses of biological performance and sludge microbiota to the long-term day/night temperature differences (DNTD) were investigated in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). The results showed that the functional bacteria could sustained their ecological functions at low DNTD (20/30 °C), resulting in relatively stable performance with respect to nutrient removal. However, when the activated sludge was subjected to a high DNTD (17/33 °C), the effluent concentrations of COD, TN and TP were significantly higher in MBR-B than that in MBR-A. In addition, more severe membrane fouling occurred under the perturbation of high DNTD as revealed by the transmembrane pressure (TMP) profile, which was mainly attributed to the accumulation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). The results of 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that DNTD showed negligible effect on the bacterial community structures. Nonetheless, the functional bacteria responded differently to DNTD, which were in accordance with the bioreactor performances. Specifically, Nitrospina (NOB) and Tetrasphaera (PAOs) appeared to be sensitive to both low and high DNTD. In contrast, a low DNTD showed marginal effects on the denitrifiers, while a high DNTD significantly decreased their abundances. More strikingly, filamentous bulking bacteria were found to be well-adapted to DNTD, indicating their tolerance to the daily temperature fluctuation. This study will advance our knowledge regarding the response of microbial ecology of activated sludge to daily temperature variations in full-scale MBRs.
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- Shaoqing Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Takada K, Shiba T, Yamaguchi T, Akane Y, Nakayama Y, Soda S, Inoue D, Ike M. Cake layer bacterial communities during different biofouling stages in full-scale membrane bioreactors. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 259:259-267. [PMID: 29571169 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A detailed understanding of the bacterial communities in the cake layers formed on the membrane surface is required to control biofouling in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). This study aimed to investigate the dynamics of the cake layer bacterial communities in full-scale MBRs operated in a wastewater treatment plant in Japan and to identify the key bacteria responsible for cake layer formation. The bacterial communities in the cake layer and the activated sludge were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing when biofouling occurred under different fouling conditions. The most dominant phyla in activated sludge were almost always Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. By contrast, when the cake layer had unique bacterial communities distinguishable from those in the activated sludge, members of Firmicutes were highly dominant in the cake layer, irrespective of the fouling conditions. This study reported for the first time that Firmicutes play an important role throughout the biofouling process.
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- Kazuki Takada
- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Sakai City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau, 1-39-2 Mozuumekita-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Osaka 591-8505, Japan
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- Sakai City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau, 1-39-2 Mozuumekita-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Osaka 591-8505, Japan
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- Sakai City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau, 1-39-2 Mozuumekita-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Osaka 591-8505, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Peng Y, Li J, Lu J, Xiao L, Yang L. Characteristics of microbial community involved in early biofilms formation under the influence of wastewater treatment plant effluent. J Environ Sci (China) 2018; 66:113-124. [PMID: 29628077 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) containing microorganisms and residual nutrients can influence the biofilm formation. Although the process and mechanism of bacterial biofilm formation have been well characterized, little is known about the characteristics and interaction of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes in the early colonization, especially under the influence of WWTP effluent. The aim of this study was to characterize the important bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic species in the early stage of biofilm formation downstream of the WWTP outlet. Water and biofilm samples were collected 24 and 48hr after the deposition of bio-cords in the stream. Illumina Miseq sequencing of the 16S and 18S rDNA showed that, among the three domains, the bacterial biofilm community had the largest alpha and beta diversity. The early bacterial colonizers appeared to be "biofilm-specific", with only a few dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) shared between the biofilm and the ambient water environment. Alpha-proteobacteria and Ciliophora tended to dominate the bacterial and eukaryotic communities, respectively, of the early biofilm already at 24hr, whereas archaea played only a minor role during the early stage of colonization. The network analysis showed that the three domains of microbial community connected highly during the early colonization and it might be a characteristic of the microbial communities in the biofilm formation process where co-occurrence relationships could drive coexistence and diversity maintenance within the microbial communities.
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- Yuke Peng
- School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory for Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR), Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory for Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR), Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory for Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR), Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory for Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR), Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory for Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (SKL-PCRR), Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Zhang S, Zhou Z, Li Y, Meng F. Deciphering the core fouling-causing microbiota in a membrane bioreactor: Low abundance but important roles. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 195:108-118. [PMID: 29258007 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Currently, membrane biofouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) is normally attributed to the occurrence of abundant bacterial species on membranes, whereas the roles of low-abundance bacteria have not been paid sufficient attention. In this study, the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) algorithm was used to identify active biomarkers, determining 67 different phylotypes among Bulk sludge, low-fouling Bio-cake (10 kPa), high-fouling Bio-cake (25 kPa) and Membrane pore in a membrane bioreactor with NaOCl backwash. Interestingly, a large proportion of the active biomarkers in bio-cake samples, such as Methylophilaceae, Burkholderiaceae, Paucibacter and Pseudoxanthomonas, did not fall within the abundant taxa (i.e., <0.05% relative abundance), indicating the preferential growth of these low-abundance bacteria on the membrane surface. Furthermore, the characterization of microbial interactions using a random matrix theory (RMT)-based network approach obtained a network consisting of 120 nodes and 228 edges. Specifically, network analysis showed the presence of an intense competition among bacterial species in the fouling-related communities, suggesting that negative interactions have an important effect on determining the microbial community structure. More importantly, the LEfSe algorithm and network analysis showed that most of the core species of the bio-cake, such as Burkholderiaceae, Bacillus and Rhodothermaceae, merely amounted to a very low relative abundance (<1%), suggesting their unrecognized and over-proportional ecological role in triggering the initial biofilm formation and subsequent biofilm maturation during MBR operation. Overall, this work should improve our understanding of the bacterial community structure on the fouled membranes in MBRs.
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- Shaoqing Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China.
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Hong PN, Honda R, Noguchi M, Ito T. Optimum selection of extraction methods of extracellular polymeric substances in activated sludge for effective extraction of the target components. Biochem Eng J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Matar GK, Bagchi S, Zhang K, Oerther DB, Saikaly PE. Membrane biofilm communities in full-scale membrane bioreactors are not randomly assembled and consist of a core microbiome. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 123:124-133. [PMID: 28658633 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Finding efficient biofouling control strategies requires a better understanding of the microbial ecology of membrane biofilm communities in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Studies that characterized the membrane biofilm communities in lab-and pilot-scale MBRs are numerous, yet similar studies in full-scale MBRs are limited. Also, most of these studies have characterized the mature biofilm communities with very few studies addressing early biofilm communities. In this study, five full-scale MBRs located in Seattle (Washington, U.S.A.) were selected to address two questions concerning membrane biofilm communities (early and mature): (i) Is the assembly of biofilm communities (early and mature) the result of random immigration of species from the source community (i.e. activated sludge)? and (ii) Is there a core membrane biofilm community in full-scale MBRs? Membrane biofilm (early and mature) and activated sludge (AS) samples were collected from the five MBRs, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing was applied to investigate the bacterial communities of AS and membrane biofilms (early and mature). Alpha and beta diversity measures revealed clear differences in the bacterial community structure between the AS and biofilm (early and mature) samples in the five full-scale MBRs. These differences were mainly due to the presence of large number of unique but rare operational taxonomic units (∼13% of total reads in each MBR) in each sample. In contrast, a high percentage (∼87% of total reads in each MBR) of sequence reads was shared between AS and biofilm samples in each MBR, and these shared sequence reads mainly belong to the dominant taxa in these samples. Despite the large fraction of shared sequence reads between AS and biofilm samples, simulated biofilm communities from random sampling of the respective AS community revealed that biofilm communities differed significantly from the random assemblages (P < 0.001 for each MBR), indicating that the biofilm communities (early and mature) are unlikely to represent a random sample of the AS community. In addition to the presence of unique operational taxonomic units in each biofilm sample (early or mature), comparative analysis of operational taxonomic units and genera revealed the presence of a core biofilm community in the five full-scale MBRs. These findings provided insight into the membrane biofilm communities in full-scale MBRs. More comparative studies are needed in the future to elucidate the factors shaping the core and unique biofilm communities in full-scale MBRs.
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- Gerald K Matar
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Baswood Corporation, Allen, TX 75013, USA
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- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, And Environmental Research Center, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Cheng C, Zhou Z, Niu T, An Y, Shen X, Pan W, Chen Z, Liu J. Effects of side-stream ratio on sludge reduction and microbial structures of anaerobic side-stream reactor coupled membrane bioreactors. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 234:380-388. [PMID: 28343057 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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An anoxic/oxic membrane bioreactor (AO-MBR) and three anaerobic side-stream reactor (ASSR) coupled MBRs (ASSR-MBR) were operated to investigate effects of side-stream ratio (SR) on sludge reduction and microbial community structure of ASSR-MBRs. The ASSR-MBR achieved efficient COD and ammonium nitrogen removal. SR increased from 0.2 to 1.0 favored nitrogen removal, and increased sludge reduction from 6.0% to 49.7%. The total released COD in the ASSR increased with the rising SR and was inversely proportional to sludge yield of ASSR-MBR. Pyrosequencing analysis showed that phyla Chloroflexi and Armatimonadetes surviving in anaerobic conditions were enriched in the ASSR, while Nitrospirae was dominant in the MBR. Comparison at the genus level revealed that higher SR favored the growth of slow growers, while lower SR enriched hydrolytic and predatory bacteria. The results suggested that SR has a profound effect on nitrogen removal, sludge reduction and microbial community structure in the ASSR-MBR.
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- Cheng Cheng
- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China.
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Sewerage Co., Ltd, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Sewerage Co., Ltd, Shanghai 200233, China
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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Li X, Cai T, Amy GL, Chung TS. Cleaning strategies and membrane flux recovery on anti-fouling membranes for pressure retarded osmosis. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hu D, Zhou Z, Niu T, Wei H, Dou W, Jiang LM, Lv Y. Co-treatment of reject water from sludge dewatering and supernatant from sludge lime stabilization process for nutrient removal: A cost-effective approach. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hong H, Lin H, Mei R, Zhou X, Liao BQ, Zhao L. Membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor: A novel method for membrane surface morphology construction and its application in interaction energy assessment. J Memb Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Liébana R, Arregui L, Santos A, Murciano A, Marquina D, Serrano S. Unravelling the interactions among microbial populations found in activated sludge during biofilm formation. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:fiw134. [DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Zhang X, Ma J, Tang CY, Wang Z, Ng HY, Wu Z. Antibiofouling Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane Modified by Quaternary Ammonium Compound: Direct Contact-Killing versus Induced Indirect Contact-Killing. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:5086-93. [PMID: 27104660 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Widespread applications of membrane technology call for the development of antibiofouling membranes. For the traditional contact-killing strategy, the antibacterial action is restricted to the surface: the membrane loses its antibiofouling efficacy once its surface is completely covered with a fouling layer. However, in this study, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microfiltration membranes blended with quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) exhibited a surprisingly lasting antimicrobial activity in the vicinity of the membrane surface. The results indicated that QAC was capable of driving surface segregation with a high structural stability, and the QAC modified membrane shows clear antibacterial effects against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Covering the modified membrane surface by an abiotic alginate layer resulted in a loss of antibacterial efficiency by 86.2%. In contrast, the antibacterial efficiency was maintained after developing a biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus of 30 μm in thickness. The current study may suggest that bacteria affected by contact-killing might interact with other bacteria in the vicinity, resulting in retarded biofilm growth. The antibiofouling effect and associated mechanism of the QAC modified membrane were further validated in a membrane bioreactor during long-term operation.
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- Xingran Zhang
- 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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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam, Hong Kong, 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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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore , 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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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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