Regime Shift and Microbial Dynamics in a Sequencing Batch Reactor for Nitrification and Anammox Treatment of Urine

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作者
Buergmann, Helmut [1 ]
Jenni, Sarina [2 ]
Vazquez, Francisco [1 ]
Udert, Kai M. [2 ]
机构
[1] Eawag, Swiss Fed Inst Aquat Sci & Technol, Dept Surface Waters Res & Management, CH-6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
[2] Eawag, Swiss Fed Inst Aquat Sci & Technol, Dept Proc Engn, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
REAL-TIME PCR; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NITRIC-OXIDE; PARTIAL NITRITATION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; WATER; COMMUNITIES; DIVERSITY; RESILIENCE; BACTERIA;
D O I
10.1128/AEM.02986-10
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The microbial population and physicochemical process parameters of a sequencing batch reactor for nitrogen removal from urine were monitored over a 1.5-year period. Microbial community fingerprinting (automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis), 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and quantitative PCR on nitrogen cycle functional groups were used to characterize the microbial population. The reactor combined nitrification (ammonium oxidation)/anammox with organoheterotrophic denitrification. The nitrogen elimination rate initially increased by 400%, followed by an extended period of performance degradation. This phase was characterized by accumulation of nitrite and nitrous oxide, reduced anammox activity, and a different but stable microbial community. Outwashing of anammox bacteria or their inhibition by oxygen or nitrite was insufficient to explain reactor behavior. Multiple lines of evidence, e. g., regime-shift analysis of chemical and physical parameters and cluster and ordination analysis of the microbial community, indicated that the system had experienced a rapid transition to a new stable state that led to the observed inferior process rates. The events in the reactor can thus be interpreted to be an ecological regime shift. Constrained ordination indicated that the pH set point controlling cycle duration, temperature, airflow rate, and the release of nitric and nitrous oxides controlled the primarily heterotrophic microbial community. We show that by combining chemical and physical measurements, microbial community analysis and ecological theory allowed extraction of useful information about the causes and dynamics of the observed process instability.
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页码:5897 / 5907
页数:11
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