生物除磷系统中聚糖菌代谢机理的研究进展*

强化生物除磷(EBPR)被认为是一种最经济、可持续的污水除磷工艺。近年来大量研究报道,系统中聚糖菌的大量繁殖会使除磷工艺性能变差或完全失败。介绍了聚糖菌的代谢机理和影响聚糖菌与聚磷菌之间竞争的因素(如进水基质、P/C、pH值、温度和泥龄等),便于更好地理解聚糖菌的特性,从而实现提高生物除磷系统运行的性能与稳定性。     

聚磷菌和聚糖菌的竞争影响因素研究进展

目前, 强化生物除磷工艺(EBPR)以其经济有效而得到广泛的应用, 该工艺关键在于聚磷菌的富集。然而已经发现, 有一类细菌—聚糖菌(GAOs)能够和聚磷菌(PAOs)竞争, 导致除磷效果恶化。关于PAOs-GAOs的竞争, 研究已经很多, 但是其结论有趋同也有矛盾, 有必要对此进行分析讨论。根据近年来国内外的相关报道, 阐述了聚磷菌与聚糖菌的竞争影响因素, 其中碳磷比、碳源种类、温度、pH值是关键因素, 而污泥龄、溶解氧以及水力停留时间等因素对于PAOs和GAOs的竞争也起一定的作用。此外, 在EBPR系统中, 缺氧条件下, 存在反硝化聚磷菌(DPB)和反硝化聚糖菌(DGAO)也会对聚磷菌富集和系统除磷产生影响。最后对EBPR系统未来的发展方向进行了展望。     

生物除磷系统中聚糖菌代谢机理的研究进展

强化生物除磷（EBPR）被认为是一种最经济、可持续的污水除磷工艺。近年来大量研究报道,系统中聚糖菌的大量繁殖会使除磷工艺性能变差或完全失败。介绍了聚糖菌的代谢机理和影响聚糖菌与聚磷菌之间竞争的因素（如进水基质、P／C、pH值、温度和泥龄等）,便于更好地理解聚糖菌的特性,从而实现提高生物除磷系统运行的性能与稳定性。     

强化生物除磷系统的功能微生物研究进展

人类活动过程中排放的磷是导致水体富营养化的重要原因之一,因此,采取强化生物除磷(Enhanced biological phosphorus removal,EBPR)技术去除污水中磷,减轻对环境不利影响。由于具有经济、可持续的优点,EBPR系统在污水除磷中得到广泛应用,而体系中微生物群落组成合理、功能完整是EBPR系统高效稳定运行的关键所在。为了深入了解EBPR系统除磷机理和实现高效稳定运行,对系统中微生物群落结构和主要功能微生物进行了大量研究。EBPR系统中除了具有聚磷能力的聚磷菌(Polyphosphate-accumulating organisms,PAOs)外,还包括没有聚磷能力的非聚磷菌(non-PAOs),主要为聚糖菌(Glycogen-accumulating organisms,GAOs)和一些辅助细菌等。目前,发现与聚磷相关的功能微生物种类越来越多,研究最多的PAOs和GAOs分别为Accumulibacter和Defluviicoccus。PAOs和GAOs在不同的环境条件下存在竞争或合作关系,但是PAOs在特定条件下是否能够表现出GAOs的代谢特性这一问题还存在争论。除传统碳源、p H和温度等因素影响生物除磷外,外源污染物(如抗生素和重金属)对EBPR系统中功能微生物也产生影响。为了获得高效PAOs,传统分离方法、蓝白斑筛选法和人工构建工程菌的方法先后得到应用。现代分子生物学技术的发展为EBPR系统中功能微生物研究提供了先进可靠的技术手段,通过高效聚磷菌的构建实现高效除磷是未来提高实际污水中生物除磷效率的一个重要发展方向。     

生物除磷系统中积磷小月菌研究进展

水体中磷元素超标是引起水体富营养化的重要原因,而强化生物除磷(Enhanced biological phosphorus removal,EBPR)是污水除磷最行之有效的方法。聚磷菌(Phosphate accumulating organisms,PAOs)在EBPR中发挥重要作用,本文首先概述了典型PAOs在EBPR的作用和机理:厌氧条件下,典型PAOs分解Poly-P合成聚羟基烷酸(Polyhydroxyalkanoates,PHA);好氧条件下,利用分解PHA产生的能量超量吸收磷合成Poly-P。其次评述了积磷小月菌在EBPR中的作用和机理:积磷小月菌作为PAOs的一种,在PAOs中所占比例较多,且有超强的磷去除能力,研究表明积磷小月菌体内存在PHA,但合成系统与典型PAOs不同;另外,积磷小月菌可直接利用葡萄糖作为碳源,这是典型PAOs不具备的,其超强除磷能力与积磷小月菌有效的磷转运能力和其Poly-P合成代谢能力有关。探讨并总结积磷小月菌在强化生物除磷系统中的作用和机理对进一步研究如何提高积磷小月菌的除磷效果有重要理论意义与应用价值。     

基于宏基因组技术的聚磷菌研究进展

聚磷菌是一类非常重要的工程菌,广泛应用于污水处理厂生物除磷过程。聚磷菌可以吸收超过自身所能利用的数倍的磷,在体内合成聚磷化合物从而达到生物除磷的目的。在过去的几年里,宏基因组学以及测序技术的发展大大推动了对聚磷菌物种组成及其磷代谢过程的认识。本文主要对宏基因组技术进行介绍并对近几年基于宏基因组技术深入研究聚磷菌的文章进行综述,以期对这类重要的微生物的生理功能、代谢途径和物种多样性进行全面的了解。     

反硝化聚磷菌及其脱氮除磷机理研究进展

水体富营养化是当前水环境保护工作的重点关注问题,微生物修复富营养化水体具有高效、低耗且不产生二次污染等特点,已经成为富营养化水体生态修复的一种重要方式。近年来,对反硝化聚磷菌的研究及其在污水处理工艺中的应用越来越广泛。不同于传统的反硝化细菌联合聚磷菌去除氮磷工艺,反硝化聚磷菌在交替厌氧、缺氧/好氧条件下能同时进行脱氮除磷而被广泛关注与研究。值得注意的是,近几年报道的部分微生物仅在好氧条件下就可进行同时脱氮除磷,但是其脱氮除磷机理仍未理清。基于此,文中总结了目前发现的反硝化聚磷菌和同时硝化反硝化聚磷微生物的种类及特点,并对其脱氮与除磷的关系及其机理进行了系统性分析,对目前反硝化除磷存在的问题进行了梳理,最后对今后的研究方向进行了展望,以期为完善反硝化聚磷菌的脱氮除磷机理及工艺改进提供参考。     

聚磷生物膜法磷回收研究进展

从污水中回收磷已经成为当前污水全面资源化研究领域的重要研究方向之一,聚磷生物膜法磷回收工艺因其在节省碳源、简化回收流程、提高回收效果、污泥减量化等方面的潜力,成为该领域的重要技术手段和研究热点。本文着重介绍了聚磷生物膜法磷回收的基本原理、功能微生物及其代谢特征;详细梳理了生物膜法磷回收工艺不同模式的回收思路,综合分析了不同工艺模式的技术特征和磷回收效果。此外,对聚磷生物膜系统微生物及其代谢的研究方法与技术进行了整理。文章在综合分析聚磷生物膜法磷回收研究现状的基础上,对该技术的应用前景进行了宏观展望,以期为开展聚磷生物膜法磷回收的基础研究和技术开发提供支撑。     

反硝化聚磷菌的脱氮除磷机制及其在废水处理中的应用

摘要:水体富营养化是当前水污染治理的重点关注对象,利用微生物脱氮除磷开展富营养化水体治理是一种重要的技术。基于反硝化细菌和聚磷菌的脱氮除磷功能,兼具反硝化和聚磷功能的微生物研究及其在污水工艺中的应用越来越广泛。在厌氧和好氧/缺氧环境中,反硝化聚磷菌的脱氮除磷机制有很大差别,且在化学和酶学方面都有所体现。其中,质子驱动力/电子受体理论能够很好地解释反硝化聚磷的化学过程,而反硝化酶系和多聚磷酸盐激酶是酶学过程的主要参与者。当前研究已明确在不同氧含量环境中氮素对磷去除的影响机制,但是否存在磷对除氮作用的影响仍有待进一步研究。在此基础上,本文以氮-磷的偶联过程为切入点,分别从反硝化聚磷的化学过程和酶学机制方面进行简要综述。此外,介绍了反硝化聚磷菌在实验室以及工厂化污水处理中的应用近况,并提出了今后的研究重点与方向,以期为反硝化聚磷菌在环境修复中的进一步开发应用提供理论依据。     

强化生物除磷系统的微生物种群及其表征技术*

详细介绍了强化生物除磷系统(enhancedbiologicalphosphateremoval,简称EBPR)中的微生物种群及其表征技术,提出了研究EBPR中微生物种群及其表征技术的发展方向。     

A review and update of the microbiology of enhanced biological phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment plants

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) from wastewater can be more-or-less practically achieved but the microbiological and biochemical components are not completely understood. EBPR involves cycling microbial biomass and influent wastewater through anaerobic and aerobic zones to achieve a selection of microorganisms with high capacity to accumulate polyphosphate intracellularly in the aerobic period. Biochemical or metabolic modelling of the process has been used to explain the types of carbon and phosphorus transformations in sludge biomass. There are essentially two broad-groupings of microorganisms involved in EBPR. They are polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) and their supposed carbon-competitors called glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs). The morphological appearance of microorganisms in EBPR sludges has attracted attention. For example, GAOs as tetrad-arranged cocci and clusters of coccobacillus-shaped PAOs have been much commented upon and the use of simple cellular staining methods has contributed to EBPR knowledge. Acinetobacter and other bacteria were regularly isolated in pure culture from EBPR sludges and were initially thought to be PAOs. However, when contemporary molecular microbial ecology methods in concert with detailed process performance data and simple intracellular polymer staining methods were used, a betaproteobacteria called ‘Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis’ was confirmed as a PAO and organisms from a novel gammaproteobacteria lineage were GAOs. To preclude making the mistakes of previous researchers, it is recommended that the sludge ‘biography’ be well understood – i.e. details of phenotype (process performance and biochemistry) and microbial community structure should be linked. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Competition between polyphosphate and glycogen accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems with acetate and propionate as carbon sources

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a widely used process for achieving phosphorus removal from wastewater. A potential reason for EBPR failure is the undesirable growth of glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs), which can compete for carbon sources with the bacterial group responsible for phosphorus removal from wastewater: the polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs). This study investigates the impact of carbon source on EBPR performance and the competition between PAOs and GAOs. Two sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were operated during a 4-6 month period and fed with a media containing acetate or propionate, respectively, as the sole carbon source. It was found that the acetate fed SBR rarely achieved a high level of phosphorus removal, and that a large portion of the microbial community was comprised of "Candidatus Competibacter phosphatis", a known GAO. The propionate fed SBR, however, achieved stable phosphorus removal throughout the study, apart from one brief disturbance. The bacterial community of the propionate fed SBR was dominated by "Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis", a known PAO, and did not contain Competibacter. In a separate experiment, another SBR was seeded with a mixture of PAOs and a group of alphaproteobacterial GAOs, both enriched with propionate as the sole carbon source. Stable EBPR was achieved and the PAO population increased while the GAOs appeared to be out-competed. The results of this paper suggest that propionate may provide PAOs with a selective advantage over GAOs in the PAO-GAO competition, particularly through the minimisation of Competibacter. Propionate may be a more suitable substrate than acetate for enhancing phosphorus removal in EBPR systems.     

Metabolic Characteristics of a Glycogen-Accumulating Organism in Defluviicoccus Cluster II Revealed by Comparative Genomics

Glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs) may compete with phosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) for short-chain fatty acids (VFAs) in anaerobic polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) synthesis, but no consequently aerobic polyphosphate accumulation in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process, thus deteriorating the EBPR process. They are detected frequently in the deteriorated EBPR process, but their metabolisms are still far from our comprehensions for there is seldom pure culture. In this study, a nearly complete draft genome of a GAOs in Defluviicoccus cluster II, GAO-HK, is recruited from the metagenome of activated sludge in a full-scale industrial anoxic/aerobic wastewater plant. Comparative genomics reveal similar metabolisms of PHA and glycogen in GAOs of GAO-HK, Defluviicoccus tetraformis TFO71 (TFO71) and Competibacter phosphatis clade IIA (CPIIA), and PAOs of Accumulibacter clade IIA UW-1 (UW-1) and Tetrasphaera elongata Lp2 (Lp2). Although there are similar gene cassettes related with polyphosphate metabolism in these GAOs and PAOs, especially for Defluviicoccus-relative bacteria and UW-1, ppk1 in GAOs are diverse from those in the identified PAOs, implying the difference of polyphosphate metabolism in GAOs and PAOs. Additionally, genes related to the dissimilatory denitrification are absent in TFO71 and GAO-HK, implying that additional nitrate or nitrite may favor PAOs over Defluviicoccus-relative GAOs. Therefore, PAOs suffering from competition of Defluviicoccus-relative GAOs might be rescued with the additional nitrate/nitrite, which is important to improve the stability of EBPR processes.     

A new interpretation of ASM2d for modeling of SBR performance for enhanced biological phosphorus removal under different P/HAc ratios

This study evaluated the prediction capability of Activated Sludge Model No. 2d (ASM2d), for the enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) performance of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) receiving variable influent phosphate load. For this purpose, a laboratory-scale SBR was operated with a synthetic feed containing acetate as the sole carbon source. The experiments were conducted in four different Runs to ensure a range of different phosphate/acetate ratios in the influent. Model evaluations were carried out using concentration profiles measured throughout a representative cycle at steady state. An iterative calibration methodology was developed based on sensitivity analysis and applied to four different sets of experimental data on relevant model parameters reflecting SBR performance. ASM2d was able to predict the steady state behavior of the SBR system receiving variable influent phosphate loads only with the recalibrated parameter set. The regular changing pattern of the coefficients could be interpreted with the ability of the SBR system to sustain glycogen accumulating microorganisms, GAOs, which can store substrate under anaerobic conditions without polyphosphate energy, but deriving energy from the degradation of glycogen. Thus they are capable of prevailing at lower P/Ac ratios. The results indicate the need to include glycogen and GAOs as model components for processes involving both phosphate accumulating organisms, (PAOs) and GAOs, in order to obtain a better prediction of X(PHA) and oxygen uptake rate (OUR) profiles in the system.     

Microbial selection on enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems fed exclusively with glucose

The microbial selection on an enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) system was investigated in a laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor fed exclusively with glucose as the carbon source. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization analysis was performed to target two polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) (i.e., Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis and Microlunatus phosphovorus) and two glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) (i.e., Candidatus Competibacter phosphatis and Micropruina glycogenica). The results show that glucose might not select for Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis. However, Microlunatus phosphovorus, Candidatus Competibacter phosphatis, and Micropruina glycogenica might be selected. The highest percent relative abundance (% RA) of Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis was about 42%; this occurred at the beginning of the experimental period when phosphorus removal was efficient. However, the % RA of these bacteria decreased, reaching below 4% at the end of the run. The maximum % RA of Microlunatus phosphovorus, Candidatus Competibacter phosphatis, and Micropruina glycogenica was about 21, 37, 17%, respectively. It appears that a higher glucose concentration might be detrimental for Microlunatus phosphovorus and Micropruina glycogenica. Results also indicate a dominance of GAOs over PAOs when EBPR systems are fed with glucose. It is possible that the GAOs outcompete the PAOs at low pH values; it has been reported that at low pH, GAOs use glycogen as the energy source to uptake glucose. As a result, P-removal deteriorated. Therefore, glucose is not a strong candidate as a carbon source to supplement EBPR systems that do not contain sufficient volatile fatty acids.     

Metabolic model for acetate uptake by a mixed culture of phosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms under anaerobic conditions

This paper proposes a new metabolic model for acetate uptake by a mixed culture of phosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms (PAOs and GAOs) under anaerobic conditions. The model uses variable overall stoichiometry based on the assumption that PAOs may have the ability of using the glyoxylate pathway to produce the required reducing power for polyhydroxyalkonate (PHA) synthesis. The proposed model was tested and verified by experimental results. A sequencing batch reactor system was operated for enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) with acetate as the sole carbon source at different influent acetate/phosphate ratios. The resulting experimental data supported the validity of the proposed model, indicating the presence of GAOs for all tested HAc/P ratios, especially under P-limiting conditions. Strong agreement is observed between experimental values and model predictions for all model components, namely, PHB production, PHA composition, glycogen utilization, and P release.     

A metabolic model for acetate uptake under anaerobic conditions by glycogen accumulating organisms: Stoichiometry, kinetics, and the effect of pH

A metabolic model for the stoichiometry of acetate uptake under anaerobic conditions by an enriched culture of glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) was developed and tested by experimental studies. Glycogen served as the source of both reducing power and energy to drive the process of acetate uptake. The amount of glycogen consumed and poly-beta-hydroxyvalerate (PHV) accumulated in the cells increased with increasing pH, indicating that the energy requirements for acetate uptake increased with pH. The composition of the accumulated poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) was adequately predicted using the assumption that acetyl-CoA and propionyl-CoA condense randomly to produce PHA. In addition, the rate of acetate uptake was strongly affected by the pH. The rate decreased with increasing pH and this dependence could be described with a saturation type of expression. A comparison of the rate of acetate uptake at low pH with the rates observed in enriched cultures of phosphorus accumulating organisms (PAOs) indicated that GAOs are able to compete effectively with PAOs in nutrient removal systems under certain conditions.     

Comparison of acetate and propionate uptake by polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) performance is directly affected by the competition between polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) and glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs). This study investigates the effects of carbon source on PAO and GAO metabolism. Enriched PAO and GAO cultures were tested with the two most commonly found volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in wastewater systems, acetate and propionate. Four sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were operated under similar conditions and influent compositions with either acetate or propionate as the sole carbon source. The stimulus for selection of the PAO and GAO phenotypes was provided only through variation of the phosphorus concentration in the feed. The abundance of PAOs and GAOs was quantified using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). In the acetate fed PAO and GAO reactors, "Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis" (a known PAO) and "Candidatus Competibacter phosphatis" (a known GAO) were present in abundance. A novel GAO, likely belonging to the group of Alphaproteobacteria, was found to dominate the propionate fed GAO reactor. The results clearly show that there are some very distinctive differences between PAOs and GAOs in their ability to take up acetate and propionate. PAOs enriched with acetate as the sole carbon source were immediately able to take up propionate, likely at a similar rate as acetate. However, an enrichment of GAOs with acetate as the sole carbon source took up propionate at a much slower rate (only about 5% of the rate of acetate uptake on a COD basis) during a short-term switch in carbon source. A GAO enrichment with propionate as the sole carbon source took up acetate at a rate that was less than half of the propionate uptake rate on a COD basis. These results, along with literature reports showing that PAOs fed with propionate (also dominated by Accumulibacter) can immediately switch to acetate, suggesting that PAOs are more adaptable to changes in carbon source as compared to GAOs. This study suggests that the PAO and GAO competition could be influenced in favour of PAOs through the provision of propionate in the feed or even by regularly switching the dominant VFA species in the wastewater. Further study is necessary in order to provide greater support for these hypotheses.