• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2007

Molecular and cultivation techniques were used to characterize the bacterial communities of biobead reactor biofilms in a sewage treatment plant to which an Aerated Up-Flow Biobead process was applied. With this biobead process, the monthly average values of various chemical parameters in the effluent were generally kept under the regulation limits of the effluent quality of the sewage treatment plant during the operation period. Most probable number (MPN) analysis revealed that the population of denitrifying bacteria was abundant in the biobead #1 reactor, denitrifying and nitrifying bacteria coexisted in the biobead #2 reactor, and nitrifying bacteria prevailed over denitrifying bacteria in the biobead #3 reactor. The results of the MPN test suggested that the biobead #2 reactor was a transition zone leading to acclimated nitrifying biofilms in the biobead #3 reactor. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences cloned from biofilms showed that the biobead #1 reactor, which received a high organic loading rate, had much diverse microorganisms, whereas the biobead #2 and #3 reactors were dominated by the members of Proteobacteria. DGGE analysis with the ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) gene supported the observation from the MPN test that the biofilms of September were fully developed and specialized for nitrification in the biobead reactor #3. All of the DNA sequences of the amoA DGGE bands were very similar to the sequence of the amoA gene of Nitrosomonas species, the presence of which is typical in the biological aerated filters. The results of this study showed that organic and inorganic nutrients were efficiently removed by both denitrifying microbial populations in the anaerobic tank and heterotrophic and nitrifying bacterial biofilms well-formed in the three functional biobead reactors in the Aerated Up-Flow Biobead process.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.201-212
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• 2002

The objective of this study was to investigate the treatment efficiency, kinetics, and morphological characteristics of biofilm in upflow $Biobead^{(R)}$ process, a kind of biological aerated filter(BAF). The $Biobead^{(R)}$ system showed high removal rates of $COD_{Mn}$(76~83%), $BOD_5$(67~88%) and SS(71~91%) for food wastewater with high salt concentration ($>4,000mg/{\ell}$) under short reaction times(2~3hrs). Even at aerobic condition, the system had high treatment efficiency for both T-N (51~63%) and T-P(62~81%). The removal kinetics of $COD_{Mn}$, $BOD_5$, T-N, T-P, and $Cl^-$ in the $Biobead^{(R)}$ system showed a plug-flow pattern with reaction rate constants($hr^{-1}$) of 0.58, 0.63, 0,30, 0.48, and 0.38 respectively. A backwashing process to remove excess biomass and filtered solids was needed at least once during 22-hour operation at $0.5kg\;BOD\;m^{-3}{\cdot}d^{-1}$ loading. At the higher loading($1.0kg\;BOD\;m^{-3}{\cdot}d^{-1}$) the backwashing interval was shorten by 8 hours. The COD, BOD, T-N, and T-P were removed from 43 to 66% only by aerobic biodegradation. The SS was removed over 70% by the filtering of $Biobead^{(R)}$ media in the treatment system. The first one of three serial Biobead reactors showed the highest removal values for $COD_{\alpha}$(52.3%), $COD_{Mn}$(38.8%), BOD(62.5%), and T-N(40.0%). The SS and T-P had the highest removal values(47.5% and 29.2%) at the second one of the serial reactors. The biofilm had non-homogeneous spatial distribution and the colonies were embedded in the sunk area of the Biobead. The thickness of the biofilm was very thin ($5.0{\sim}29.4{\mu}m$) compared to the biofilm thickness($200{\sim}300{\mu}m$) used in other BAF systems.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.752-756
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• 2006

최근 수계의 총질소(T-N) 규제가 강화되면서 기존 BAF 공정의 개선을 위해 독립적인 무산소조가 추가로 도입되었다. 본 연구에 사용된 공정은 유기물과 질산화 중심으로 개발 된 기술인 $Biobead^{(R)}$공법으로 상용화된 상향류의 BAF공정의 하나이다. 독립적인 무산소조의 도입의 타당성을 검토하기 위해 분자생물학적 방법의 하나인 PCR-DGGE기법이 수행되었다. 두 가지 type의 nitrite reductase genes를 통해 진행되었는데, nirS로 암호화된 cytocrome $cd_1$ nitrite reductase gene과 nirK로 암호화된 Cu를 함유한 nitrite reductase gene이다. 이러한 탈질 기능유전자를 이용하여 PCR-DGGE를 통해 탈질 목적으로 순화된 독립적인 무산소조의 탈질미생물의 군집을 해석하였다. PCR 증폭결과, 탈질을 수행하는 무산소조 내에서는 nirS와 nirK유전자 가운데 nirS유전자만 검출되었고, DGGE 분석결과, 최초 식종원으로 이용된 활성슬러지에서는 상대적으로 많은 band들이 검출되는 반면, 무산소조 내에서는 운전일수와 nitrate 부하량이 증가할수록 단일 band로 우점화 하는 경향을 나타내었다. DGGE band에 대한 염기서열 분석결과, 식종 슬러지의 경우 다양한 uncultured bacteria가 나타났으나, nitrate 제거율이 높은 안정화된 무산소조에서는 alcaligenes faecalis 등 특정 탈질미생물이 우점화 되는 것으로 확인되었다. 결론적으로 이러한 탈질미생물 군집특성을 가지는 무산소조의 도입은 96%이상의 안정적인 탈질을 가능하게 하였으며, BAF 공정 개선을 위한 독립적인 무산소조의 도입은 적절한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.920-926
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• 2007

The upflow Biobead$^{(R)}$ process, one of biological aerated filters (BAF), which was used commercially, invented for removal of organic materials and nitrification. This process was modified to enhance the ability of denitrification through the induction of pre-anoxic tank. In this research, we investigated the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and backwashing period in aerobic tank. The characteristics of nitrifying bacteria, which are composed of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), also investigated using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Even though the HRT was shortened, the efficiency of nitrification was not decreased when the organic loading rate and ammonium-nitrogen loading rate were $2.10kg/m^3/day$ and $0.25kg/m^3/day$, respectively. And then the distribution ratios of AOB and NOB showed the similar patterns. However, when the backwashing period was lengthened from 12 hours to 24 hours in aerobic 1 tank, the nitrification efficiency was decreased to 63.9% from 89.2%. The results of FISH explained that this decrease of nitrification efficiency was caused by the decrease of distribution ratio of AOB in aerobic 1 tank. The nitrification efficiencies of aerobic 1 and aerobic 2 tank were increased when the backwashing period was lengthened because of relative high distribution ratios of nitrifying bacteria.