1. Nitrifying biomass characterization and monitoring during bioaugmentation in a membrane bioreactor.
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D'Anteo, Sibilla, Mannucci, Alberto, Meliani, Matteo, Verni, Franco, Petroni, Giulio, Munz, Giulio, Lubello, Claudio, Mori, Gualtiero, and Vannini, Claudia
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BIOLOGICAL nutrient removal ,BIOMASS ,BIOREACTOR research ,NITRIFYING bacteria ,RESTRICTION fragment length polymorphisms - Abstract
A membrane bioreactor (MBR), fed with domestic wastewater, was bioaugmented with nitrifying biomass selected in a side-stream MBR fed with a synthetic high nitrogen-loaded influent. Microbial communities evolution was monitored and comparatively analysed through an extensive bio-molecular investigation (16S rRNA gene library construction and terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism techniques) followed by statistical analyses. As expected, a highly specialized nitrifying biomass was selected in the side-stream reactor fed with high-strength ammonia synthetic wastewater. The bioaugmentation process caused an increase of nitrifying bacteria of the generaNitrosomonas(up to more than 30%) andNitrobacterin the inoculated MBR reactor. The overall structure of the microbial community changed in the mainstream MBR as a result of bioaugmentation. The effect of bioaugmentation in the shift of the microbial community was also verified through statistical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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