Development of microbial communities in biofilm and activated sludge in a hybrid reactor

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Microorganisms play a key role in biological wastewater treatment. The form in which biomass develops determines the efficiency and mechanisms of organic compound conversion, due to different conditions in various microbial structures. However, the results of studies comparing the microbial communities in biofilm and activated sludge have often conflicted. Therefore, this study compared the composition and development of the bacterial communities in biofilm and activated sludge in a hybrid reactor, employing 16S rRNA sequencing. Statistical analysis of the sequencing data included the identification of taxa characteristic to the biofilm and activated sludge, alpha and beta diversity analysis, and network analysis. These analyses indicated that the biofilm bacterial community was richer and more diverse than the activated sludge community. The mean numbers of OTU were 1614 in the biofilm and 993 in the activated sludge, and the mean values of the Chao1 (1735 vs. 1105) and Shannon (5.3 vs. 4.3) biodiversity indices were significantly higher for the biofilm. The biofilm was a better environment for development of nitrifiers (e.g., Nitrosomonas, Nitrospira) and phosphorus accumulating organisms (Candidatus Accumulibacter). Bacteria in the biofilm co-occurrence network had more connections (based on Spearman's rank correlation coefficient) with each other, indicating that they interact more than those in the activated sludge.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 22. Juli, Seite 12558

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Godzieba, Martyna [VerfasserIn]
Zubrowska-Sudol, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Walczak, Justyna [VerfasserIn]
Ciesielski, Slawomir [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sewage
Waste Water

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Date Completed 26.07.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-16570-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34389050X