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- Title
Efficiency of sulfamethoxazole removal from wastewater using aerobic granular sludge: influence of environmental factors.
- Authors
Cui, Di; Chen, Zeyi; Cheng, Ximing; Zheng, Guochen; Sun, Yuan; Deng, Hongna; Li, Wenlan
- Abstract
The effects of adsorption, sulfamethoxazole (SMX) content, chemical oxygen demand (COD), and dissolved oxygen (DO) are recognized to be crucial for SMX removal in the aerobic granular sludge (AGS) system. Therefore, we investigated the impact of adsorption and these three different environmental factors on the SMX removal loading rate and removal efficiency of an AGS system, and determined the differences in microbial community composition under different environmental conditions. Adsorption was not the main SMX removal mechanism, as it only accounted for 5% of the total removal. The optimal SMX removal conditions were obtained for AGS when the COD, DO, and SMX concentrations were 600 mg/L, 8 mg/L, and 2,000 µg/L, respectively. The highest SMX removal efficiency was 93.53%. Variations in the three environmental factors promoted the diversity and changes of microbial communities in the AGS system. Flavobacterium, Thauera, and norank_f_Microscillaceae are key microorganisms in the AGS system. Thauera, and norank_f_Microscillaceae were sensitive to increases in SMX concentrations and beneficial for degrading high SMX concentrations. In particular, Flavobacterium abundances gradually decreased with increasing SMX concentrations.
- Subjects
SLUDGE management; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; CHEMICAL oxygen demand; MICROBIAL communities; MICROBIAL diversity; SEWAGE
- Publication
Biodegradation, 2021, Vol 32, Issue 6, p663
- ISSN
0923-9820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10532-021-09959-6