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. 2021 Mar 22;37(4):68.
doi: 10.1007/s11274-021-03035-0.

Moving bed biofilm reactor developed with special microbial seed for denitrification of high nitrate containing wastewater

Roshni J Patel  1 , Upendra D Patel  2 , Anuradha S Nerurkar  3
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Moving bed biofilm reactor developed with special microbial seed for denitrification of high nitrate containing wastewater

Roshni J Patel et al. World J Microbiol Biotechnol. .

Abstract

Biological denitrification is the most promising alternative approach for the removal of nitrate from wastewater. MBBR inoculated with activated sludge is a widely studied approach, but very few studies have focused on the bioaugmentation of biofilm forming bacteria in MBBR. Our study revealed that the use of special microbial seed of biofilm forming denitrifying bacteria Diaphorobacter sp. R4, Pannonibacter sp. V5, Thauera sp. V9, Pseudomonas sp.V11, and Thauera sp.V14 to form biofilm on carriers enhanced nitrate removal performance of developed MBBR. Various process parameters C/N ratio 0.3, HRT 3 h at Nitrate loading 2400 mg L-1, Filling ratio 20%, operated with Pall ring carrier were optimized to achieve highest nitrate removal. After 300 days of continuous operation results of whole genome metagenomic studies showed that Thauera spp. were the most dominant and key contributor to the denitrification of nitrate containing wastewater and the reactor was totally conditioned for denitrification. Overall, findings suggest that bench-scale MBBR developed with biofilm forming denitrifying microbial seed accelerated the denitrification process; therefore in conclusion it is suggested as one of the best suitable and effective approach for removal of nitrate from wastewater.

Keywords: Bioaugmentation; Biofilm forming bacteria; Denitrification; Moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR); Nitrate removal; Special microbial seed.

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