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http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1504.04017

Analysis of Microbial Communities in Biofilms from CSTR-Type Hollow Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Autotrophic Nitrification and Hydrogenotrophic Denitrification  

Shin, Jung-Hun (Research Institute of Technology, Taeyoung E&C)
Kim, Byung-Chun (The Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University)
Choi, Okkyoung (The Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University)
Kim, Hyunook (Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul)
Sang, Byoung-In (Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.25, no.10, 2015 , pp. 1670-1679 More about this Journal
Abstract
Two hollow fiber membrane biofilm reactors (HF-MBfRs) were operated for autotrophic nitrification and hydrogenotrophic denitrification for over 300 days. Oxygen and hydrogen were supplied through the hollow fiber membrane for nitrification and denitrification, respectively. During the period, the nitrogen was removed with the efficiency of 82-97% for ammonium and 87-97% for nitrate and with the nitrogen removal load of 0.09-0.26 kg NH4+-N/m3/d and 0.10-0.21 kg NO3--N/m3/d, depending on hydraulic retention time variation by the two HF-MBfRs for autotrophic nitrification and hydrogenotrophic denitrification, respectively. Biofilms were collected from diverse topological positions in the reactors, each at different nitrogen loading rates, and the microbial communities were analyzed with partial 16S rRNA gene sequences in denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Detected DGGE band sequences in the reactors were correlated with nitrification or denitrification. The profile of the DGGE bands depended on the NH4+ or NO3- loading rate, but it was hard to find a major strain affecting the nitrogen removal efficiency. Nitrospira-related phylum was detected in all biofilm samples from the nitrification reactors. Paracoccus sp. and Aquaspirillum sp., which are an autohydrogenotrophic bacterium and an oligotrophic denitrifier, respectively, were observed in the denitrification reactors. The distribution of microbial communities was relatively stable at different nitrogen loading rates, and DGGE analysis based on 16S rRNA (341f /534r) could successfully detect nitrate-oxidizing and hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria but not ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the HF-MBfRs.
Keywords
CSTR-type hollow fiber membrane biofilm reactor; nitrification; autotrophic denitrification; microbial community; DGGE;
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