Larger Anammox Granules not only Harbor Higher Species Diversity but also Support More Functional Diversity

Granule-based partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A) represents one of the most energy-efficient biotechniques for ammonium removal from wastewater. The PN/A granules appear in a continuum of sizes, yet little is known about the extent to which microbial communities and microbial metabolisms are partitioned between size-fractionated granules. Here, we divided granules harvested from a pilot-scale PN/A reactor into five discrete size fractions (<0.2, 0.2-0.5, 0.5-0.8, 0.8-1.0, and >1.0 mm). The composition and functional attribute of five pools of the size-fractionated granules were characterized by 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene amplicon and metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing to provide a comprehensive insight into the key microbial group in a PN/A system. Larger granules were shown to not only harbor higher microbial diversity but also support more diverse functions than smaller granules. De novo coassembly and binning of metagenomic reads yielded 22 draft genomes of dominant microorganisms, which allowed us to infer an ecological model of the microbial ecosystem in anammox-based granules. This genome-based ecological model indicates that nitrifying organisms in smaller granules feed nitrite to anammox bacteria in larger granules. The results improve our understanding of the PN/A system, especially for the metabolic interactions between small and large granules.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

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Environmental science & technology - 54(2020), 22 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 14664-14673

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Likai [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Han, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Jetten, Mike S M [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Jianhua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ammonium Compounds
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sewage
Waste Water

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Date Completed 04.02.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.est.0c02609

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316897841