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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 441-451 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Water science and technology |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Aug 2018 |
Abstract
The deammonification process, which includes nitritation and anammox bacteria, is an energyefficient nitrogen removal process. Starting up an anammox process in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is still widely believed to require external seeding of anammox bacteria. To demonstrate the principle of a non-seeded anammox start-up, anammox bacteria in potential sources must be quantified. In this study, seven digesters, their substrates and reject water were sampled and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to quantify both total and viable anammox bacteria. The results show that mesophilic digesters fed with nitrifying sludge (with high sludge ages) can be classified as a reliable source of anammox bacteria. Sludge hygienization and dewatering of digestate reduce the amount of anammox bacteria by one to two orders of magnitude and can be considered as a sink. The sampled reject waters contained on average >4.0 × 10 4 copies mL 1 and the majority of these cells (>87%) were viable cells. Furthermore, plants with side-stream anammox treatment appear to have higher overall quantities of anammox bacteria than those without such treatment. The present study contributes to the development of sustainable strategies for both startup of anammox reactors and the possibility of improving microbial management in WWTPs.
Keywords
- Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria (anammox), Digestion, Full-scale, QPCR, Reject water treatment, Start-up strategy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Science(all)
- Water Science and Technology
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sinks and sources of anammox bacteria in a wastewater treatment plant - screening with qPCR
AU - Kanders, L.
AU - Beier, M.
AU - Nogueira, R.
AU - Nehrenheim, E.
N1 - Funding information: This research is partly financed by a Piia scholarship from Vinnova (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems), with co-funding from Purac AB and ABB AB.
PY - 2018/8/13
Y1 - 2018/8/13
N2 - The deammonification process, which includes nitritation and anammox bacteria, is an energyefficient nitrogen removal process. Starting up an anammox process in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is still widely believed to require external seeding of anammox bacteria. To demonstrate the principle of a non-seeded anammox start-up, anammox bacteria in potential sources must be quantified. In this study, seven digesters, their substrates and reject water were sampled and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to quantify both total and viable anammox bacteria. The results show that mesophilic digesters fed with nitrifying sludge (with high sludge ages) can be classified as a reliable source of anammox bacteria. Sludge hygienization and dewatering of digestate reduce the amount of anammox bacteria by one to two orders of magnitude and can be considered as a sink. The sampled reject waters contained on average >4.0 × 10 4 copies mL 1 and the majority of these cells (>87%) were viable cells. Furthermore, plants with side-stream anammox treatment appear to have higher overall quantities of anammox bacteria than those without such treatment. The present study contributes to the development of sustainable strategies for both startup of anammox reactors and the possibility of improving microbial management in WWTPs.
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KW - Digestion
KW - Full-scale
KW - QPCR
KW - Reject water treatment
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