缺氧水域
厌氧氨氧化菌
废水
环境科学
污水处理
总有机碳
环境工程
反硝化
环境化学
化学
氮气
反硝化细菌
有机化学
作者
Qi Zhao,Liang Zhang,Jianwei Li,Tipei Jia,Liyan Deng,Qiyu Liu,Jun Sui,Qiong Zhang,Yongzhen Peng
标识
DOI:10.1021/acs.est.3c07017
摘要
The anoxic zone serves as the core functional unit in municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWWTPs). Unfortunately, in most cases, the downstream range of the anoxic zone is severely lacking in available organic carbon and thus contributes little to the removal of nutrients. This undesirable range is termed the "carbon-restricted anoxic zone", representing an insurmountable drawback for traditional MWWTPs. This study uncovers a previously overlooked role for the carbon-restricted anoxic zone: a hotspot for anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox). In a continuous-flow pilot-scale plant treating municipal wastewater (55 m3/d), virgin biocarriers were introduced into the carbon-restricted anoxic zone (downstream 25% of the anoxic zone with BOD5 of 5.9 ± 2.3 mg/L). During the 517-day monitoring, anammox bacteria highly self-enriched within the biofilms, with absolute and relative abundance reaching up to (9.4 ± 0.1) × 109 copies/g-VSS and 6.17% (Candidatus Brocadia), respectively. 15N isotopic tracing confirmed that anammox overwhelmingly dominated nitrogen metabolism, responsible for 92.5% of nitrogen removal. Following this upgrade, the contribution ratio of the carbon-restricted anoxic zone to total nitrogen removal increased from 9.2 ± 4.1% to 19.2 ± 4.2% (P < 0.001), while its N2O emission flux decreased by 84.5% (P < 0.001). These findings challenge stereotypes about the carbon-restricted anoxic zone and highlight the multiple environmental implications of this newfound anammox hotspot.
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