Removal Behavior of Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus and Prediction of Microbial Community Composition with Its Function, in an Anaerobic-Anoxic System form Weak Sewage

  • LEE, JIN WOO (Department of Environmental System Engineering) ;
  • EUI SO CHOI (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) ;
  • KYUNG IK GIL (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) ;
  • HAN WOONG LEE (Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • SANG HYON LEE (Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • SOO YOOUN LEE (Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • YONG KEUN PARK (Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University)
  • Published : 2001.12.01

Abstract

An easier way of understanding the BNR system was proposed from the study on substrate, nutrient removal tendency, microbial community and its metabolic function by applying the municipal settled sewage. During the anaerobic period, the phosphorus release rate per VFACOD we varied depending on the phosphorus content in the sludge. When the phosphorus content in the sludge was $6\%$ VSS, according to influent VFACOD, the phosphorus release rate and PHA production were $0.35 gPO_4P/gVFACOD$ and 1.0 gPHA/gVFACOD, respectively. The $NO_3N$ requirement for the phosphorus uptake as an electron acceptor was about $0.5 gNO_3N/gPO_4P_{uptake}$ based on the proposed equation with PHA, biomass, production, and the concentration of phosphorus release/uptake. Bacterial-community analysis of the sludge, as determined by FISH and 16SrDNA characterization FISH, revealed that the beta-subclass proteobacteria were the most abundant group ($27.9\%$ of the proteobacteria-specific probe EUB338), and it was likely that representative of the beta-subclass played key roles in activated sludge. The next dominant group found was the gamma-protebacteria ($15.4\%$ of probe EUB338). 16S rDNA clone library analysis showed that the members of${\beta}$- and ${\gamma}$-proteobacteria were also the most abundant groups, and $21.5\%$ (PN2 and PN4) and $15.4\%$ (PN1 and PN5) of total clones were the genera of denitrifying bacteria and PAO, respectively. Prediction of the microbial community composition was made with phosphorus content (Pv, $\%$ P/VSS) in wasted sludge and profiles of COD, PHA, $PO_4P,\;and\;NO_3N$ in an anaerobic-anoxic SBR unit. Generally, the predicted microbial composition based upon metabolic function, i.e., as measured by stoichiometry, is fairly similar to that measure by the unculturable dependent method. In this study, a proposal was made on he microbial community composition that was more easily approached to analyze the reactor behavior.

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