Effects of AHLs at low temperature on the characteristics of mature biofilms in aerobic zone of multi-stage A/O technology
ZHOU Rong-xuan1, MA Xiao-ran1, LI Jun1, ZHANG Lin-Hua2, ZHANG Jing1, ZHANG Ya-chao1, HAN Hao1
1. Faculty of Urban Construction of Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; 2. Beijing Zhibao Information Technology Co, Ltd, Beijing 102600, China
Abstract:Aiming at the problem that the ammonia nitrogen in the effluent of the multi-stage A/O technology is likely to exceed the standard under low temperature conditions, the effect of exogenous addition of acyl homoserine lactone signal molecules (AHLs) on the characteristics of the biofilm in the aerobic zone of the multi-stage A/O technology at low temperature was studied. Results showed that the addition of 100nmol/L hexanoyl homoserine lactone (C6-HSL) increased the biofilm nitrification efficiency by 22.34%, and lauryl homoserine lactone (C12-HSL) increased the amount of attachment biomass by 24.47%, both C6-HSL and C12-HSL had long-term effects on the nitrification efficiency and biological adhesion of biofilm. This was because C6-HSL can increase the aerobic biofilm nitrification activity by 17.56% at low temperature, while C12-HSL could increase the content of protein (PN) in EPS by 67.37%. In addition, both C6-HSL and C12-HSL could promote the endogenous release of the same signal, thus having a long-term positive impact on the nitrification activity and adhesion performance of biofilm. The high-throughput sequencing analysis showed that C6-HSL can increase the abundance of Nitrosomonas, and thus enhancing the nitrification activity of biofilm in R2; while the addition of C12-HSL had a greater impact on the abundance of Rhodobacter, which was an important reason for the increase of PN content in EPS of R5 biofilm.
周荣煊, 马潇然, 李军, 张林华, 张晶, 张亚超, 韩浩. 低温下AHLs对多级A/O工艺中好氧生物膜特性的影响[J]. 中国环境科学, 2021, 41(5): 2133-2140.
ZHOU Rong-xuan, MA Xiao-ran, LI Jun, ZHANG Lin-Hua, ZHANG Jing, ZHANG Ya-chao, HAN Hao. Effects of AHLs at low temperature on the characteristics of mature biofilms in aerobic zone of multi-stage A/O technology. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2021, 41(5): 2133-2140.
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