Sequentially aerated membrane biofilm reactors for autotrophic nitrogen removal: microbial community composition and dynamics

• Published in: Microbial biotechnology Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 32 - 43
• Main Authors: Pellicer‐Nàcher, Carles, Franck, Stéphanie, Gülay, Arda, Ruscalleda, Maël, Terada, Akihiko, Al‐Soud, Waleed Abu, Hansen, Martin Asser, Sørensen, Søren J., Smets, Barth F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Open Access 01.01.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Abundance; Aerobiosis; Ammonium Compounds - metabolism; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - metabolism; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; Bacteris nitrificants; Biofilms - growth & development; Bioreactors - microbiology; Biota; Cluster Analysis; Desnitrificació; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Microbiologia; Nitrites - metabolism; Nitrobacter; Nitrogen - metabolism; Phylogeny; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Soil microbiology; Sòls

Summary Membrane‐aerated biofilm reactors performing autotrophic nitrogen removal can be successfully applied to treat concentrated nitrogen streams. However, their process performance is seriously hampered by the growth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB). In this work we document how sequential ae...