TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of short term external perturbations on bacterial ecology and activities in a partial nitritation and anammox reactor
AU - Wu, Sha
AU - Bhattacharjee, Ananda S.
AU - Weissbrodt, David G.
AU - Morgenroth, Eberhard
AU - Goel, Ramesh
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - This research investigated the short term effects of temperature changes (lasting 2–4 weeks each) from 35 ± 2 °C to 21 ± 2 °C and 13 ± 2 °C and sulfide toxicity on partial nitrification-anammox (PN/A) system. Temperatures below 20 °C and sulfide content as low as 5 mgS L−1 affected both aerobic and anaerobic catabolic activities of ammonia oxidation and the expression of related functional gene markers. The activity of AOB was inversely correlated with ammonium monooxygenase (amoA) gene expression. In contrast, the activity of AMX bacteria was positively correlated with the expression of their hydrazine synthase (hzsA) gene. Although the overall activities of AMX bacteria decreased at lower temperatures, the AMX bacteria were still active at the low temperatures. The inverse correlation between amoA gene expressions and the corresponding AOB activities was surprising. 16S rDNA based high throughput amplicon sequencing revealed the dominance of Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes and Proteobacteria phyla the distribution of which changed with temperature changes.
AB - This research investigated the short term effects of temperature changes (lasting 2–4 weeks each) from 35 ± 2 °C to 21 ± 2 °C and 13 ± 2 °C and sulfide toxicity on partial nitrification-anammox (PN/A) system. Temperatures below 20 °C and sulfide content as low as 5 mgS L−1 affected both aerobic and anaerobic catabolic activities of ammonia oxidation and the expression of related functional gene markers. The activity of AOB was inversely correlated with ammonium monooxygenase (amoA) gene expression. In contrast, the activity of AMX bacteria was positively correlated with the expression of their hydrazine synthase (hzsA) gene. Although the overall activities of AMX bacteria decreased at lower temperatures, the AMX bacteria were still active at the low temperatures. The inverse correlation between amoA gene expressions and the corresponding AOB activities was surprising. 16S rDNA based high throughput amplicon sequencing revealed the dominance of Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes and Proteobacteria phyla the distribution of which changed with temperature changes.
KW - amoA gene and hzsA gene expressions
KW - Nitritation/anammox
KW - Sulfide
KW - Temperature
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84981331876&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.118
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.118
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981331876
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 219
SP - 527
EP - 535
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -