Phosphate removal from the returned liquor of municipal wastewater treatment plant using iron-reducing bacteria

AIM: The application of iron-reducing bacteria (IRB) to phosphate removal from returned liquor (liquid fraction after activated sludge digestion and anaerobic sludge dewatering) of municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was studied.

METHODS AND RESULTS: An enrichment culture and two pure cultures of IRB, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia BK and Brachymonas denitrificans MK identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, were produced using returned liquor from a municipal WWTP as carbon and energy source, and iron hydroxide as oxidant. The final concentration of phosphate increased from 70 to 90 mg l(-1) in the control and decreased from 70 to 1 mg l(-1) in the experiment. The mass ratio of removed P to produced Fe(II) was 0.17 g P g(-1) Fe(II). The strain S. maltophilia BK showed the ability to reduce Fe(III) using such xenobiotics as diphenylamine, m-cresol, 2,4-dichlorphenol and p-phenylphenol as sole sources of carbon under anaerobic conditions.

CONCLUSIONS: Bacterial reduction of ferric hydroxide enhanced the phosphate removal from the returned liquor.

SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The ability of the facultative anaerobes S. maltophilia BK and B. denitrificans MK to reduce Fe(III) was shown. These micro-organisms can be used for anaerobic removal of phosphate and xenobiotics by bacterial reduction of ferric ions.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:98

Enthalten in:

Journal of applied microbiology - 98(2005), 5 vom: 15., Seite 1152-61

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ivanov, V [VerfasserIn]
Stabnikov, V [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, W Q [VerfasserIn]
Tay, J H [VerfasserIn]
Tay, S T L [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

E1UOL152H7
Iron
Journal Article
Phosphates
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sewage
Water Pollutants, Chemical

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.09.2005

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM154860123