Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) performed by bacteria that belong to the Planctomycetes phylum could potentially be applied to treat wastewater with high ammonium content. However, anammox application is hindered by the slow growth of bacteria and nitrite and free ammonia inhibition. Thus, th...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Mumtazah, Yusof, Norjan, Abdullah, Hanisom, Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi, Hassan, Mohd Ali
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Language:English
Published: Balaban Publishers – Desalination Publications 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88755/
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author Ibrahim, Mumtazah
Yusof, Norjan
Abdullah, Hanisom
Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi
Hassan, Mohd Ali
author_facet Ibrahim, Mumtazah
Yusof, Norjan
Abdullah, Hanisom
Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi
Hassan, Mohd Ali
author_sort Ibrahim, Mumtazah
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) performed by bacteria that belong to the Planctomycetes phylum could potentially be applied to treat wastewater with high ammonium content. However, anammox application is hindered by the slow growth of bacteria and nitrite and free ammonia inhibition. Thus, this study aims to enrich anammox culture in a 1.0 L anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactors equipped with a non-woven fabric material, under three different feeding modes: (i) batch, (ii) fed-batch and (iii) continuous, to enhance the start-up of anammox process. A 16S rDNA gene analysis targeting planctomycetes-anammox bacteria was performed on various sludge sources to screen the appropriate inoculum of anammox microorganisms prior to the enrichment study. A reactor with a continuous mode of feeding showed the most effective consumption of N–NH4+ and N– NO2–, with the highest nitrogen removal rate of 0.28 kg N m–3 d–1 at 0.6 d hydraulic retention time and 27°C, compared to the fed-batch and batch of 0.14 and 0.004 kg N m–3 d–1, respectively. The enriched anammox culture showed as close to the ‘Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’ genera based on 16S rDNA analysis. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization analysis targeting the 16S rDNA gene of anammox bacteria further confirmed the existence of an anammox population in the enriched culture.
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spelling upm-887552021-10-06T08:49:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88755/ Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor Ibrahim, Mumtazah Yusof, Norjan Abdullah, Hanisom Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi Hassan, Mohd Ali Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) performed by bacteria that belong to the Planctomycetes phylum could potentially be applied to treat wastewater with high ammonium content. However, anammox application is hindered by the slow growth of bacteria and nitrite and free ammonia inhibition. Thus, this study aims to enrich anammox culture in a 1.0 L anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactors equipped with a non-woven fabric material, under three different feeding modes: (i) batch, (ii) fed-batch and (iii) continuous, to enhance the start-up of anammox process. A 16S rDNA gene analysis targeting planctomycetes-anammox bacteria was performed on various sludge sources to screen the appropriate inoculum of anammox microorganisms prior to the enrichment study. A reactor with a continuous mode of feeding showed the most effective consumption of N–NH4+ and N– NO2–, with the highest nitrogen removal rate of 0.28 kg N m–3 d–1 at 0.6 d hydraulic retention time and 27°C, compared to the fed-batch and batch of 0.14 and 0.004 kg N m–3 d–1, respectively. The enriched anammox culture showed as close to the ‘Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’ genera based on 16S rDNA analysis. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization analysis targeting the 16S rDNA gene of anammox bacteria further confirmed the existence of an anammox population in the enriched culture. Balaban Publishers – Desalination Publications 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88755/1/FISH.pdf Ibrahim, Mumtazah and Yusof, Norjan and Abdullah, Hanisom and Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi and Hassan, Mohd Ali (2020) Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor. Desalination and Water Treatment, 183. 253 - 267. ISSN 1944-3994; ESSN: 1944-3986 https://www.deswater.com/vol.php?vol=183&oth=183|0|April%20|2020 10.5004/dwt.2020.25238
spellingShingle Ibrahim, Mumtazah
Yusof, Norjan
Abdullah, Hanisom
Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
title Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
title_full Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
title_fullStr Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
title_full_unstemmed Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
title_short Efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
title_sort efficient feeding strategy to enhance the start-up of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in an anaerobic up-flow biofilm column reactor
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