Environmental concentration of ammonia nitrogen induced marked changes in proteome of clam Ruditapes philippinarum in dose-and time-dependent manner

Previous studies have revealed that ammonia nitrogen has several adverse effects on clam Ruditapes philippinarum.However,knowledge is lacking regarding the related proteins involved in the toxicological responses,which is vital to elucidate the underlying mechanism of ammonia nitrogen.In this study,clams R.philippinarum were exposed to ammonia nitrogen for 21 d at two environmentally relevant concentrations.The tandem mass tags approach(TMT)was applied to assay the differentially expressed proteins(DEPs)in clam gill tissues on the 3 rd and 21 st day.Finally,a total of 7263 proteins were identified.Bioinformatics analyses revealed that clam protein profiles changed in dose-and time dependent manner after ammonia nitrogen exposure.We inferred that the clams may face heavy challenges after ammonia exposure,such as unbalanced gender ratio,lysosomal disease,energy lack,neurological disorders,altered glutamine metabolism,increased lipid synthesis,and impaired immunity.Variation profiles of enzyme activities of glutaminase and glutamine synthase provided direct evidence to verify the related inference from proteome data.Most of the inferred toxic effects merit further study.This study identified important proteins related to ammonia nitrogen toxicity in the clam and indicated the severe stress of marine ammonia pollution on the healthy development of mollusc aquaculture.

Thermal decomposition of magnesium ammonium phosphate and adsorption properties of its pyrolysis products toward ammonia nitrogen

High-purity magnesium ammonium phosphate （MAP） was precipitated by controlling pH value of the reaction system of 9.0-9.5. The thermal decomposition behavior of MAP and the adsorption properties of its pyrolysis products toward ammonia-nitrogen were also studied by XRD, SEM, TGA-DTA and FT-IR methods. The results indicated that high-purity MAP was obtained at pH value of 9.0-9.5. Upon heating to 100-120℃ for 120 min, MAP was thermally decomposed, losing water and ammonia concomitantly with a reduction in grain size and crystallinity. The capacity of pyrolysis products for ammonia nitrogen adsorption reached 72.5 mg/g, with a removal rate of up to 95% from an 800 mg/L solution. The characteristic diffraction peaks corresponding to MAP mainly appeared in their XRD patterns after adsorption of ammonia nitrogen. The pyrolysis products of MAP at 100-120 ℃ could be recycling-used as the chemical treatment regents of ammonia nitrogen in the practical application.

Removal of Organic Matter and Ammonia Nitrogen in Azodicarbonamide Wastewater by a Combination of Power Ultrasound Radiation and Hydrogen Peroxide

A simple and efficient sonochemical method was developed for the degradation of organic matter and ammonia nitrogen in azodicarbonamide wastewater.The effects of initial pH,ultrasound format and peripheral water level on the sonolysis of hydrazine,urea,COD and ammonia nitrogen were investigated.It is found that the initial pH has a significant influence on the degradation of hydrazine and ammonia nitrogen,whereas this impact to urea is relatively small.It also shows that a noticeable enhancement of ammonia nitrogen removal could be achieved in a proper intermittent ultrasound operation mode,i.e.,1/1 min on/off mode.The height difference between the periph-eral water level and the inner water level of the flask affects the efficiency of ultrasonic treatment as well.

Preparation of Clay/Biochar Composite Adsorption Particle and Performance for Ammonia Nitrogen Removal from Aqueous Solution

This study aimed to present a novel clay/biochar composite adsorption particle, which made from abandoned reed straw and clay to remove ammonia nitrogen(NH4^+-N) from micro-contaminated water. The removal performance of NH4^+-N by composite adsorption particle was monitored under different raw material proportions and initial NH4^+-N concentration. Besides, adsorption kinetics and adsorption isotherms were investigated to reveal the adsorption mechanisms. The results showed that NH4^+-N was effectively removed under optimal proportion of biochar, foaming agent and crosslinker with 20%, 3%, and 3%, respectively. The optimal contact time was 150 min and the best removal efficiency was 88.6% at initial NH4^+-N concentration of 20 mg L^-1. The adsorption performance was well described by the second order kinetic model and Freundlich model. The novel clay/biochar composite adsorption particle in this study demonstrated a high potential for NH4^+-N removal from surface water.

Inhibitory effect of ammonia nitrogen on specific methanogenic activity of anaerobic granular sludge

A series of batch experiments were conducted in 125 mL serum bottles to assess the toxicity of different concentrations of ammonia nitrogen to the specific methanogenic activity of anaerobic granular sludge from upflow anaerobic sludge bed（UASB） and expanded granular sludge bed（EGSB） reactors. The effects of pH value and temperature on toxicity of ammonia nitrogen to anaerobes were investigated. The results show that the specific methanogenic activity of anaerobic granular sludge suffers inhibition from ammonia nitrogen, the concentrations of ammonia nitrogen that produce 50 % inhibition of specific methanogenic activity for sludge from UASB and EGSB reactor are 2.35 and 2.75 g/L, respectively. Hydrogen utilizing methanogens suffers less inhibition from ammonia mtrogen than that of acetate utilizing methanogens. Hydrogen-producing acetogens that utilize propionate and butyrate as substrates suffer serious inhibition from ammonia nitrogen. The toxicity of ammonia nitrogen to anaerobic granular sludge enhances when pH value and temperature increase. Anaerobic granular sludge can bear higher concentrations of ammonia nitrogen after being acclimated by ammonia nitrogen for 7 d.

Evaluation of the correlation between ammonia nitrogen and p-toluidine using sequencing batch reactor treating synthetic p-toluidine wastewater

This paper presents lab-scale experiment carried out to evaluate the correlation between ammonia nitrogen （NH3-N） and p-toluidine using sequencing batch reactor treating synthetic p-toluidine wastewater. The profiles of NH3-N and p-toluidine were traced under the concentration of sucrose in the influent varied from 0 to 500 mg/L, aerated airflow varied from 0.6 to 1.2 L/min and temperature varied from 10 to 25℃, respectively. The results showed that the concentration of NH3-N turned from increase to decrease when p-toluidine was nearly completely biodegraded, so the profile of NH3-N could clearly indicate the endpoint of p-toluidine biodegradation. And the profile of NH3-N was not influenced by the sucrose in the influent, aerated airflow and temperature. It is showed that using ammonia nitrogen as monitoring and control parameter is feasible and reliable and has promising application in amine wastewater treatment by SBR.

Study on the Removal of Ammonia Nitrogen from Wastewater Using Microwave Coupled with Active Carbon

[ Objective] The study aimed to discuss the feasibility and optimal conditions of removing ammonia nitrogen by using microwave coupled with active carbon. [ Method ] In the study, a novel process, microwave radiation coupled with active carbon, was applied to remove ammonia nitro- gen from wastewater, and the influences of solution pH, air conditions, active carbon usage, microwave power and time on the removal effect of ammonia nitrogen were studied. [ Result] Microwave coupled with active carbon can remove ammonia nitrogen efficiently, and pumping air into the wastewater can also increase the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen to a certain extent. Higher pH, intensive microwave power and longer treating time could also increase the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen using microwave radiation coupled with active carbon, whereas the usage of active carbon contributed a small impact. It was proved that microwave coupled with active carbon was an effective method for the removal of ammonia ni- trogen from wastewater. Meanwhile, the orthogonal experiment results showed that the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen reached 92.5% under the optimal conditions, that is, the usage of active carbon was 0.5 g, pH = 11, microwave radiation power was 850 W, and microwave action time was 4 minutes. [ Conclusion] The research provided a new method to remove ammonia nitrogen from wastewater, namely microwave coupled with ac- tive carbon.

Effect Research of Immobilized Algae-bacteria Removal Ammonia Nitrogen of Aquaculture Wastewater and Proposed Model

Applied Immobilized algae bacteria (ABI) to remove ammonia of freshwater aquaculture wastewater. Temperature (T),PH,light intensity (I),dissolved oxygen (DO) and filling rate five factors plays important role in the process of ammonia nitrogen removal ,related data between ammonia removal and five factors was received through multi-factor orthogonal test,and established relations model between the five factor and nitrogen removal. The results show that five-factors had significant effect on AR,and the best combinations for removing AR was temperature 30 ℃,pH=7.0,light intensity 6 000 lux,dissolved oxygen 5.0 mg/L and the fill rate 10%. According to the experimental data,equation model was proposed and coefficient of determination R2 =0.864 8,P<0.05. Samples T-test was done between the model predictions and the actual measured values.Test results showed that the significant difference of overall mean value sig. (2-tailed) was 0.978 (P>0.05),it Shows that had no significant difference between model predictions and the actual measured value,and model had a high degree of fitting.

Analysis of Ammonia Nitrogen Content in Water Based on Weighted Least Squares Support Vector Machine (WLSSVM) Algorithm

Determination of ammonia nitrogen content in water is the basic item of the environmental water pollution, and is the key index to evaluate the water quality. This article designs a water quality monitoring system based on the on-line automatic ammonia nitrogen monitoring system, and establishes a forecasting model based on the weighted least squares support vector machine algorithm. The weighted least squares support vector machine algorithm increases the weight parameter setting, improves the speed and accuracy of prediction learning, and improves the robustness. In this article, a comparison between neural network model and weighted least square support vector machine model is made, which shows that the weighted least squares support vector machine model has better prediction accuracy.

Effects of Different Concentrations of Ammonia Nitrogen on N_2O Emission in the Process of Partial Nitrification

[Objective] The study aimed to discuss the effects of different concentrations of ammonia nitrogen on N2O emission in the process of partial nitrification. [Method] By using a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) under intermittent aeration, the influences of various concentrations of influent ammonia nitrogen on nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from partial nitrification were analyzed. [Result] When the concentration of influent ammonia nitrogen varied from 200 to 400 mg/L, the changing trends of DO and ORP value were consistent during the process of partial nitrification, and the concentration ratio of NO-2-N to NH+4-N in effluent water reached 1∶1, with lower NO-3-N level. In addition, ammonia nitrogen concentration in the influent had significant effects on N2O emission in the process of partial nitrification, that is, the higher the ammonia nitrogen concentration, the more the N2O emission. When ammonia nitrogen concentration was 400 mg/L, N2O emission was up to about 37 mg. [Conclusion] N2O emission in the process of partial nitrification might be related to the concentrations of NH+4 and NO-2.

Experimental Study on Treatment of Ammonia Nitrogen in Landfill Leachate Flowing from MBR Using Catalytic Wet Peroxide Oxidation

Active iron catalysts with 5A molecular sieve as the carrier were prepared firstly, and then were used in the treatment of ammonia nitrogen in landfill leachate pretreated by MBR by using CWPO, finally the effects of preparation process of catalysts, assistants and reaction conditions on the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen were analyzed. The results show that the preparation process of catalysts and assistants had great effects on catalytic activity; when steeping fluid concentration was 2 mol/L and 0.01 mol/L cerium nitrate was used as an assistant, Fe-Ce/5A catalyst roasted for 3 h at 400 ~C had a good catalytic effect. As 10 g of Fe-Ce/5A catalyst was added to water sample, and landfill leachate pretreated by MBR reacted with 15 ml of H2 02 for 30 min at 60 ~C, the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen was up to 90.8%, that is, ammonia nitrogen concentra- tion decreased from 253 to 23 mg/L, reaching the national emission standard. Besides, the kinetic analysis of ammonia nitrogen removal reveals that the removal reaction of ammonia nitrogen conformed with pseudo first order kinetic equation. Thus, it is feasible to use this method to deeply treat landfill leachate pretreated by MBR.

Effect of Water Ammonia Nitrogen Concentration on Survival of Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis

In this study, the relationship of the growth of invasion fish with water eutrophication processes was explored in Yangtze estuary, China. High water ammonia nitrogen concentration produced high effects on the growth and survival of mosquitofish Gambusia affinis. When the ammonia nitrogen was higher than 51.75 mg/l, the fish death rate obviously increased with days, and at the 4th day fish presented the highest mortality, while 23.72 mg/l ammonia nitrogen conditions have been able to ensure fish survival for two days in experiment treatment. Therefore, ammonia nitrogen of Grade V polluted water (national water quality criteria) is just 3 mg/l, and the water can be enough to support fish normal survival. Our results suggest mosquitofish was a suitable pioneer species for restoring polluted water ecology and purify water.

Removal Effect of Nitrifying Bacteria on Ammonia Nitrogen in Water

[Objectives]To investigate the removal effect of nitrifying bacteria on ammonia nitrogen in water.[Methods]In this experiment,the treated water(referred to as raw water hereinafter)from the Changping Town Qiaoli Water Treatment Project in Dongguan City of Guangdong Province was used as the experimental water body,and the nitrifying bacteria liquid used in the project was taken as the experimental material,to explore the removal effect of the nitrifying bacteria liquid on the ammonia nitrogen in the water body.[Results]Under the condition that other variables remain unchanged,the more the amount of nitrifying bacteria liquid added,the higher the removal efficiency of nitrifying bacteria liquid;under the same conditions,the removal effect of ammonia nitrogen in a stirred water body is better than that in an unstirred water body;the removal effect of ammonia nitrogen in a water body with bio-media/carriers is better than that without bio-media/carriers.[Conclusions]Nitrifying bacteria have a better removal effect on the ammonia nitrogen in the water body.

Change trend analysis of ammonia nitrogen in Nenjiang River main stream under fluctuating precipitation

将2004-2010年嫩江流域沿途13个气象站的降水量作为径流的主要考察因子，以嫩江最下游的自沙滩水环境监测站获得的氨氮监测数据为流域总体氨氮污染水平表征，分析了降水波动对嫩江流域氨氮污染变化的影响。结果表明，嫩江流域在年度内的氨氮质量浓度以枯水期最高，平均为（0．99±0．48）mg／L，在丰水期最低，平均为（O．58±0．08）mg／L。从年际总体变化趋势来看，2004-2010年嫩江流域氨氮浓度总体呈增加趋势。降水量的年内分布格局对嫩江流域氨氮浓度的影响在不同时期略有差别。在平水期，降水量变化对氨氮浓度的影响不显著；但在枯水期、丰水期，降水量的波动对氨氮浓度有较显著（Sig．〈O．05）的影响。从年尺度上看，随降水量增加，嫩江流域中氨氮浓度总体呈下降趋势。

Study on Influencing Factors and Kinetics of Removal of Ammonia Nitrogen from High Salinity Wastewater by Sodium Hypochlorite Oxidation

The influencing factors and kinetics of oxidative degradation of ammonia nitrogen in high salinity wastewater by sodium hypochlorite oxidation( Na Cl O) were studied. The results showed that the degradation process of ammonia nitrogen by sodium hypochlorite accorded with a pseudo first-order kinetics model,and the influencing factors included Na Cl O dosage,initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen,salinity,temperature,and so on. When Na Cl O dosage was 0. 6%( MCl∶ MN= 13. 76),the reaction rate constant was up to 0. 015 75 min^(-1). The higher the initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen was,the worse the effect of oxidation reaction was. When the initial concentration did not exceed 45 mg/L,the effect on oxidation reaction rate constant increased with the increase of the initial concentration. Low salinity had no effect on ammonia nitrogen oxidation.When salinity was higher than 2. 0%,the inhibition effect on ammonia nitrogen oxidation would increase,and the reaction rate constant decreased obviously with the increase of salinity. The improvement of reaction temperature was beneficial to ammonia oxidation degradation. As temperature increased from 10 to 35 ℃,the reaction rate constant rose from 0. 00188 to 0. 01043 min^(-1).

Isolation and Identification of Ammonia Nitrogen Degradation Strains from Industrial Wastewater

Nine strains of ammonia nitrogen degradation strains from C1 to C9 were isolated from industrial wastewater to study their degradation and conversion of ammonia nitrogen. The results showed that C2 strain with a high degradation activiity of ammonia nitrogen, and the ammonia nitrogen degradation rate of the activated C2 strain was 93% within 24 h when the initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen was 200 mg/L under the conditions of inoculation 10%, temperature 35?C, pH 7.0, rotation 200 r/min. And C2 was identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.

Study on Removal Effect of Ammonia Nitrogen in Sewage by the Mixed Substrate

Red brick,cement brick and ceramsite were taken as the substrate of constructed wetland,and removal effect of ammonia nitrogen by the mixed substrate under different combination manners and aeration condition was explored. Research results showed that cement brick had the best removal effect on ammonia nitrogen,followed by red brick and ceramsite; aeration was favorable for the removal of ammonia nitrogen by each substrate and the mixed substrate; removal rate sequence of ammonia nitrogen by each mixed substrate was red brick + cement brick > red brick + cement brick + ceramsite > cement brick + ceramsite > red brick + ceramsite; the combination of red brick + cement brick had the best removal effect on ammonia nitrogen in domestic sewage. Comprehensively considering,the mixed substrate of red brick + cement brick has better stability and higher ammonia nitrogen removal rate,and it is suitable as the mixed adsorption substrate of constructed wetland.

Effects of microbe-derived antioxidants on growth,digestive and aminotransferase activities,and antioxidant capacities in the hepatopancreas of Eriocheir sinensis under ammonia nitrogen stress

This study evaluated the effects of feeding a microbial-derived antioxidant diet(MA)for 56 days on the growth performance of Eriocheir sinensis,as well as on digestive and metabolic enzyme activity and antioxidant capacity under ammonia stress(400 mg/L ammonia nitrogen for 48 h).The weight gain at 28d and the specific growth rate at 56ds for crabs in the MA group were significantly higher than those in the control diet(C)group(p<0.05).Compared with the C group,the color of the hepatopancreas in the MA group was significantly improved(p<0.05).A significant decrease in the level of Hemolymph ammonia was found in the microbial antioxidant ammonia-N(MA_A)group(p<0.05),which may be related to the decrease of transaminase(AST,ALT,GDH)activities caused by MA diet(p<0.05).There is a significant increase in the digestive enzyme activities(Trypsin and Lipase),which reduced the accumulation of triglycerides in the hepatopancreas in the(MA_A)group(p<0.05).In addition,the antioxidant damage of crabs in hepatopancreas caused by ammonia nitrogen toxicity could also significantly be improved by MA fed in the(MA_A)group(p<0.05).microbe-derived antioxidants(supplemented with 0.2% in feeds)can protect the health of hepatopancreas,promote growth,and improve the ability to resist ammonia nitrogen stress for E.sinensis.

Removal of ammonia nitrogen from inorganic wastewater by AgBr/C_(3)N_(5)heterojunction under visible light irradiation

AgBr/C_(3)N_(5)composite was prepared by in-situ precipitation of AgBr on the surface of nitrogen-rich carbon nitride(C_(3)N_(5)).The crystal phase,chemical composition,elemental composition,spectral absorption and photoelectron-hole separation of the composite were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR),X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy(UV-vis DRS)and photoluminescence spectroscopy(PL).The construction of AgBr and C_(3)N_(5)heterojunction could broaden the spectral response range,realize the efficient separation of photoelectrons and holes,and thus improve the photocatalytic performance.The photocatalytic performance of the composite material was studied by simulating inorganic ammonia nitrogen wastewater with NH_(4)Cl solution.The dosage of the composite material was 0.10 g,the initial mass concentration of NH_(4)Cl solution was 100 mg/L,and the initial pH was 10.0.The removal rate of ammonia nitrogen by the composite material reached 90.27%after 60 min of simulated visible light irradiation.After 5 cycles,the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen only declined by 0.12%.The composite material showed good photocatalytic performance and stability.The Z-scheme mechanism effectively retained the reduction and oxidation activities of photoelectrons and holes,which could change O_(2)and H2O to active groups such as superoxide radicals(·O_(2)-)and hydroxyl radicals(·OH),respectively,achieving efficient removal of inorganic ammonia nitrogen.

Transcriptomics reveals the effect of ammonia nitrogen concentration on Pseudomonas stutzeri F2 assimilation and the analysis of amtB function

The biological treatment of wastewater with high concentrations of ammonia nitrogen has become a hot research issue,but there are limited reports on the mechanism of ammonia nitrogen utilization by microorganisms.In this paper,a transcriptomic approach was used to investigate the differences in gene expression at 500.0 mg/L(Amo 500)and 100.0 mg/L(Amo 100)ammonium concentrations to reveal the mechanism of ammonia nitrogen removal from water by Pseudomonas stutzeri F2.The transcriptome data showed 1015(459 up-regulated and 556 down-regulated)differentially expressed genes with functional gene annotation related to nitrogen source metabolism,glycolysis,tricarboxylic acid cycle,extracellular polysaccharide synthesis,energy conversion and transmembrane transport,revealing the metabolic process of ammonium nitrogen conversion to biological ni-trogen in P.stutzeri F2 through assimilation.To verify the effect of ammonium transporter protein(AmtB)of cell membrane on assimilation,a P.stutzeri F2-ΔamtB mutant strain was obtained by constructing a knockout plasmid(pK18mobsacB-ΔamtB),and it was found that the growth characteristics and ammonium removal rate of the mutant strain were significantly reduced at high ammonium concentration.The carbon source components and dissolved oxygen conditions were optimized after analyzing the transcriptome data,and the ammonium removal rate was increased from 41.23%to 94.92%with 500.0 mg/L ammonium concentration.The study of P.stutzeri F2 transcript level reveals the mechanism of ammonia nitrogen influence on microbial assimilation process and improvement strategy,which provides a new strategy for the treatment of ammonia nitrogen wastewater.