We have investigated the changes of microbial community structures and the concomitant performance in two biological wastewater treatment systems (conventional and inverted A(2)/O processes) over a whole cycle of sludge bulking. A low level of filament abundance was observed during non-bulking period, with types 0092 and 0041 as the dominant filamentous bacteria. With the increase of the sludge volume index values from 76 (73) to 275 (300) mg/L, the filament abundance estimated by microscopic examination increased from 1 (few) to 5 (abundant), with Microthrix parvicella becoming the dominant filament bacteria. Sludge bulking resulted in a significant shift in bacterial compositions from Proteobacteria to Actinobacteria dominance, characterized by the significant presence of filamentous M. parvicella (from not detected to higher than 60% of clones) and decrease of the dominant Betaproteobacterial population (from higher than 40% to less than 1%). Important relevant bacterial populations including polyphosphate-accumulating organism (PAO, Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis), ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB, Nitrosomonas), nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB, Nitrospira) and denitrifying bacteria (Thauera) were absent under the serious bulking condition. Accumulation of nitrite and ammonia was observed during serious bulking, while the phosphorus removal performance was not decreased because M. parvicella could behave as a PAO. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Sludge bulking impact on relevant bacterial populations in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant

Tandoi Valter;
2014

Abstract

We have investigated the changes of microbial community structures and the concomitant performance in two biological wastewater treatment systems (conventional and inverted A(2)/O processes) over a whole cycle of sludge bulking. A low level of filament abundance was observed during non-bulking period, with types 0092 and 0041 as the dominant filamentous bacteria. With the increase of the sludge volume index values from 76 (73) to 275 (300) mg/L, the filament abundance estimated by microscopic examination increased from 1 (few) to 5 (abundant), with Microthrix parvicella becoming the dominant filament bacteria. Sludge bulking resulted in a significant shift in bacterial compositions from Proteobacteria to Actinobacteria dominance, characterized by the significant presence of filamentous M. parvicella (from not detected to higher than 60% of clones) and decrease of the dominant Betaproteobacterial population (from higher than 40% to less than 1%). Important relevant bacterial populations including polyphosphate-accumulating organism (PAO, Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis), ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB, Nitrosomonas), nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB, Nitrospira) and denitrifying bacteria (Thauera) were absent under the serious bulking condition. Accumulation of nitrite and ammonia was observed during serious bulking, while the phosphorus removal performance was not decreased because M. parvicella could behave as a PAO. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2014
Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque - IRSA
Wastewater treatment
Sludge bulking
Filamentous bacteria
Microbial growth
Nutrient removal
Relevant bacteria
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