Enrichment and characterization of acid-tolerant nitrifying sludge.
Journal of Environmental Management(2016)
摘要
Nitrification is an acidifying process that requires the addition of external alkalinity because of the alkaliphilic nature of the most ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. In this study, aerobic activated sludge was used as inoculum in an internal loop air-lift reactor, which resulted in successful enrichment of acid-tolerant nitrifying (ACIN) sludge at pH 6.0 by sequential addition of tea orchard soil suspension. The results showed that ACIN sludge had a remarkable acid tolerant capability with a volumetric ammonia conversion rate of 1.13 kg N m−3 day−1. ACIN sludge showed a higher maximum specific ammonia conversion rate (0.29 g N g−1 VSS day−1) than neutrophilic nitrifying sludge (0.14 g N g−1 VSS day−1) at pH 6.0 and had good resistance against pH fluctuations, with a maximum specific ammonia conversion rate (0.584 g N g−1 VSS day−1) at pH 7.5. Microbial community analysis indicated that the higher abundance of acid tolerant Nitrosospira and ammonia-oxidizing archaea laid a solid foundation for the remarkable acid-tolerant capability of ACIN sludge.
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Acid-tolerant nitrifying bacteria,Sludge characteristics,Acid-tolerance mechanism,Nitrosospira,Ammonia-oxidizing archaea
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