Meta-azotomics of engineered wastewater treatment processes reveals differential contributions of established and novel models of N-cycling

Abstract The application of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics to field-scale engineered biological nitrogen removal (BNR) processes revealed a complex N-cycle network (the meta-azotome) therein in terms of microbial structure,potentialandextantfunction. Autotrophic nitrification bore the imprint of well-documentedNitrosomonasandNitrospirain most systems. However, in select BNR processes, complete ammonia oxidizing bacteria, comammoxNitrospira, unexpectedly contributed more substantially to ammonia oxidation than canonical ammonia oxidizing bacteria, based on metatranscriptomic profiling. Methylotrophic denitrification was distinctly active in methanol-fed reactors but not in glycerol-fed reactors. Interestingly, glycerol metabolism and N-reduction transcript signatures were uncoupled, possibly suggesting the role of other carbon sources in denitrification emanating from glycerol itself or from upstream process reactors. In sum, the meta-azotome of engineered BNR processes revealed both traditional and novel mechanisms of N-cycling. Similar interrogation approaches could potentially inform better design and optimization of wastewater treatment and engineered bioprocesses in general..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 09. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Mee-Rye [VerfasserIn]
Annavajhala, Medini K. [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2020.08.25.229054

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XBI018633552