Abstract
The performance and microbial community profiles in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating saline wastewater were studied over 300 days from 0 wt% to 3.0 wt% salinity. The experimental results indicated that the activated sludge had high sensitivity to salinity variations in terms of pollutants removal and sedimentation. At 2.0 wt% salinity, the system retained a good performance, and 95% removal rate of chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), NH4+-N and total phosphorus (TP) could be achieved. Operation before addition salinity revealed the optimal performance and the most microbial diversity indicated by 16S rRNA gene clone library. Sequence analyses illustrated that Candidate_division_TM7 (TM7) was predominant at 2.0 wt% salinity; however, Actinobacteria was more abundant at 3.0 wt% salinity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 808-816 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Bioresource technology |
Volume | 216 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Sept 1 |
Keywords
- Activated sludge
- High-throughput amplicon sequencing
- Microbial community
- Phylogenetic analysis
- Salinity influence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Waste Management and Disposal