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Acclimation of denitrifying activated sludge to a single vs. complex external carbon source during a start-up of sequencing batch reactors treating ammonium-rich anaerobic sludge digester liquors

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In this study, denitrification of ammonium- reach anaerobic sludge digester liquor was investigated during start-up periods of two laboratory- scale ‘‘fill-and-draw’’ reactors. One reactor was fed with a single carbon source (ethanol), whereas the other reactor was fed with a complex carbon source (fusel oil). During two acclimation experiments, the structure of microbial community involved in denitrification was analyzed using 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis ingerprints and fluorescent in situ hybridization. The characteristics of the mixed liquor were additionally supported by regular measurements of nitrate uptake rates. The addition of fusel oil and ethanol resulted in a significant enhancement of the denitrification rate and efficiency combined with the increasing volumetric addition of sludge digester liquor up to 15 % of the reactor volume. The microbiological analyses revealed that the addition of sludge digester liquor as well as both external carbon sources (fusel oil and ethanol) did not affect the structure of microbial communities in a severe way. In both reactors, Curvibacter sp. and Azoarcus sp. were found as the most abundant representatives of denitrifiers.

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Type:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:
BIODEGRADATION no. 25, pages 881 - 892,
ISSN: 0923-9820
Language:
English
Publication year:
2014
Bibliographic description:
Czerwionka K., Łuczkiewicz A., Majtacz J., Kowal P., Jankowska K., Ciesielski S., Pagilla K., Mąkinia J.: Acclimation of denitrifying activated sludge to a single vs. complex external carbon source during a start-up of sequencing batch reactors treating ammonium-rich anaerobic sludge digester liquors// BIODEGRADATION. -Vol. 25, nr. 6 (2014), s.881-892
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s10532-014-9707-0
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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