Enrichment of a denitratating microbial community through kinetic limitation

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Denitratation, or the intentionally engineered accumulation of nitrite (NO2-) from selective reduction of nitrate (NO3-), can be combined with downstream anammox to reduce chemical and energy use associated with conventional nitrification and denitrification. This study aimed to enrich a denitratating microbial community capable of significant NO2- accumulation by applying added kinetic limitation to an already stoichiometrically-limited, glycerol-driven denitratation process. Operation at solids residence time, SRT=3.0 d, resulted in optimal denitratation performance and a microbial community dominated by NO3--respirers, noted by one order of magnitude lower total copy numbers of nirS and nirK gene transcripts compared to longer SRTs. Selective NO3- reduction to NO2- was achieved at all SRTs although longer SRTs (less kinetic limitation) supported microbial communities more capable of full denitrification as described by a lower NO2- accumulation ratio (NAR=42±5%) and higher steady-state nitrous oxide (1.5 mg/L N2O-N) accumulation. Shorter SRTs (more kinetic limitation) led to higher observed yields (Y=0.63 mg-COD/mg-COD) with more electrons dedicated for cell synthesis (fs=0.56±0.10), which potentially contributed to the accumulation of NO3-. Enrichment of a denitratating-dominant microbial community by optimizing kinetic limitation operating parameters could support significant NO2- accumulation and reduce chemical and energy use for biological nitrogen removal when combined with downstream anammox.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:161

Enthalten in:

Environment international - 161(2022) vom: 15. März, Seite 107113

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baideme, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Long, Chenghua [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]

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Denitratation
Glycerol
Journal Article
Kinetic limitation
N762921K75
Nitrite accumulation
Nitrites
Nitrogen
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Solids retention time

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Date Completed 16.03.2022

Date Revised 16.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envint.2022.107113

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336670710