Performance Evaluation and Microbial Shift of Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor Treating Synthetic Mariculture Wastewater Under Different Dissolved Oxygen at Aerobic Phase

The impact of dissolved oxygen(DO)at aerobic phase on the nitrogen removal,extracellular polymeric substances(EPS),microbial activity and microbial community of sequencing batch biofilm reactor(SBBR)have been evaluated in treating mariculture wastewater.The oxygen uptake rate and nitrification rate declined with DO concentration from 3–4 to 1–1.5mgL^(-1),whereas the denitrification rate had an increment.The activities of nitrifying enzymes reduced with the decrease of DO concentration at aerobic phase,but those of denitrifying enzymes illustrated opposite results.The nitrification and denitrification rates displayed the similar variation tendency with the relevant enzymatic activities as DO concentration decreased.The protein(PN)and polysaccharide(PS)content in EPS decreased as DO concentration declined,whereas the PN/PS ratio increased.The microbial community showed obvious difference as DO concentration decreased from 3–4 to 1–1.5mgL^(-1).The microbial co-occurrence,keystone taxa and sig-nificant difference illustrated some variations at different DO concentrations.

Effect of C/N Ratio on Nitrogen Removal of A/O-MBBR Process for Treating Mariculture Wastewater

In order to explore the effect of carbon and nitrogen(C/N)ratio on the performance of anoxic/aerobic-moving bed bio-film reactor(A/O-MBBR)process for treating mariculture wastewater,a laboratory-scale A/O-MBBR was conducted.The results showed that the reduction of C/N ratio was conducive to improving the removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand(COD)and ammonia nitrogen(NH_(4)^(+)-N),while inhibiting that of nitrite nitrogen(NO_(2)^(−)-N)and nitrate nitrogen(NO_(3)^(−)-N).The extracellular polymeric substances(EPS)in anoxic zone were significantly higher in concentration than that in aerobic zone although they both declined with decrease of C/N ratio.The result provides solid support for better controlling the pollution of mariculture wastewater.

Salt-tolerant Microbiota Enhancing Contaminants Removal from Mariculture Wastewater Containing Sulfamethoxazole in an A/O-MBBR

The wide application of antibiotics in aquaculture requires an efficient treatment of the wastewater before discharging it into the environment.During the wastewater treatment,the influence of antibiotics on the performance of bioreactor should be well revealed due to their toxicity to the functional microbial community.In this study,the effect of feeding 10-30 mg L−1 sulfamethoxazole(SMX)in influent on the performance of an anoxic/oxic-moving bed biofilm reactor(A/O-MBBR)treating mariculture wastewater and the responding change of biofilm microbial communities was investigated.The COD average removal rate remained at 94.61%-97.34%with the dosage of SMX.Compared with that,the nitrifying removals of NH4+-N and NO2−-N were violently inhibited by 30 mg L−1 SMX and denitrifying removal of the NO3−-N decreased obviously with 20 mg L−1 or more SMX.The microbial community in the successful startup bioreactor was relatively abundant,while the diversity of microbial community decreased with the increase of feeding SMX.The salt-tolerant and SMX-resistant genera Arcobacter,Thiothrix,Desulfuromusa and Nitrosomonas were gradually enriched and finally played a vital role in converting COD and recycling nitrogen and sulfur.Hence,the present A/O-MBBR reactor with the salt-tolerant functional microbiota achieved efficient removal of pollutants in the presence of low concentration(e.g.,10 mg L−1)SMX.