The screening and identification of attachment genes is important to exploring the formation mechanism of biofilms at the gene level.It is helpful to the development of key culture technologies for aerobic granular sl...The screening and identification of attachment genes is important to exploring the formation mechanism of biofilms at the gene level.It is helpful to the development of key culture technologies for aerobic granular sludge(AGS).In this study,genome-wide sequencing and gene editing were employed for the first time to investigate the effects and functions of attachment genes in AGS.With the help of whole-genome analysis,ten attachment genes were screened from thirteen genes,and the efficiency of gene screening was greatly improved.Then,two attachment genes were selected as examples to further confirm the gene functions by constructing gene-knockout recombinant mutants of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia;when the two attachment genes were knocked out,the attachment potential was reduced by 50.67%and 43.93%,respectively.The results provide a new theoretical principle and efficient method for the development of AGS from the perspective of attachment genes.展开更多
The stability of performance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) reactors was studied and the indices of performance stability were compared.The results showed that under different types of shock load, the react...The stability of performance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) reactors was studied and the indices of performance stability were compared.The results showed that under different types of shock load, the reactors with different configurations displayed different stability.The biofilm reactor stood first in stability towards substrate shock load, followed by anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and the granular sludge bed.And the biofilm reactor took the first place towards hydraulic shock load, followed by the granular sludge bed and SBR.The three ANAMMOX reactors were more tolerant to hydraulic shock load than to substrate shock load.When different kinds of stability assessment indices(i.e., sensitivity ratio, mean variance ratio and derivative regression function) were used, inconsistent assessment conclusions were reached.It was suggested that the mean deviation ratio and derivative regression function were more effective and universal.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51578069)Beijing Science and Technology Commission Project(No.Z171100000717012)。
文摘The screening and identification of attachment genes is important to exploring the formation mechanism of biofilms at the gene level.It is helpful to the development of key culture technologies for aerobic granular sludge(AGS).In this study,genome-wide sequencing and gene editing were employed for the first time to investigate the effects and functions of attachment genes in AGS.With the help of whole-genome analysis,ten attachment genes were screened from thirteen genes,and the efficiency of gene screening was greatly improved.Then,two attachment genes were selected as examples to further confirm the gene functions by constructing gene-knockout recombinant mutants of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia;when the two attachment genes were knocked out,the attachment potential was reduced by 50.67%and 43.93%,respectively.The results provide a new theoretical principle and efficient method for the development of AGS from the perspective of attachment genes.
文摘The stability of performance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) reactors was studied and the indices of performance stability were compared.The results showed that under different types of shock load, the reactors with different configurations displayed different stability.The biofilm reactor stood first in stability towards substrate shock load, followed by anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and the granular sludge bed.And the biofilm reactor took the first place towards hydraulic shock load, followed by the granular sludge bed and SBR.The three ANAMMOX reactors were more tolerant to hydraulic shock load than to substrate shock load.When different kinds of stability assessment indices(i.e., sensitivity ratio, mean variance ratio and derivative regression function) were used, inconsistent assessment conclusions were reached.It was suggested that the mean deviation ratio and derivative regression function were more effective and universal.