Potential pathogenicity of Cladosporium tennuisimum,Phaeoisaria clematidis and Ramichloridium subulatum in a mouse model

In Sri Lanka, rice is the main staple which is mostly processed into parboiled rice. The levels of aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) and aflatoxin G₁ (AFG₁) in parboiled and raw milled rice collected from major rice producing areas and rice consuming townships were estimated. In almost all the samples of parboiled rice examined, the AFB₁ and AFG₁ contents were significantly higher than in raw milled rice. The highest AFB₁ content was 185 µg/kg and AFG₁ content 963 g/kg. These samples were collected from a major rice producing/milling district where the mean relative humidity is 78% and mean annual temperature 27 °C which is the highest amongst the rice growing areas in Sri Lanka. Raw rice was either free of aflatoxins or when toxins were detected, they occurred in less than 10% of the samples. The frequency of occurrence of surface fungal flora (Aspergillus/Penicillium) and aflatoxin content in market samples was closely related. Brownish or greenish moldy rice samples with fermented odour contained over 1000 g/kg of AFB₁.     

Effect of Rural Sewage Irrigation Regime on Water-Nitrogen Utilization and Crop Growth of Paddy Rice in Southern China

Reclaimed water irrigation has become an effective mean to alleviate the contradiction between water availability and its consumption worldwide. In this study, three types of irrigation water sources (rural sewage’s primary treated water R1 and secondary treated water R2, and river water R3) meeting the requirements of water quality for farmland irrigation were selected, and three types of irrigation water levels (low water level W1 of 0–80 mm, medium water level W2 of 0–100 mm, and high water level W3 of 0–150 mm) were adopted to carry out research on the influence mechanismS of different irrigation water sources and water levels on water and nitrogen use and crop growth in paddy field. The water quantity indicators (irrigation times and irrigation volume), soil ammonium nitrogen (NH₄⁺-N) and nitrate nitrogen (NO₃⁻-N), rice yield indicators (thousand-grain weight, the number of grains per spike, and the number of effective spikes), and quality indicators (the amount of protein, amylose, vitamin C, nitrate and nitrite content) of rice were measured. The results showed that, the average irrigation volume under W3 was 2.4 and 1.9 times of that under W1 and W2, respectively. Compared with R3, the peak consumption of rice was lagged behind under R1 and R2, and the nitrogen form in 0–40 cm soil layers under rural sewage irrigation was mainly NH₄⁺-N. The changes of NO₃⁻-N and NH₄⁺-N in the 0–40 cm soil layer showed the trend of declining and then increasing. The water level control only had a significant effect on the change of NO₃⁻-N in the 60–80 cm soil layer. Both irrigation water use efficiency and crop water use efficiency were gradually reduced with the increase of field water level control. The nitrogen utilization efficiency under rural sewage irrigation was significantly higher than that under R3. Compared with the R3, rural sewage irrigation could significantly increase the yield of rice, and as the field water level rose, the effect of yield promotion was more obvious. It was noteworthy that the grain of rice under R1 monitored the low nitrate and nitrite content, but no nitrate and nitrite was discovered under R2 and R3. Therefore, reasonable rural sewage irrigation (R2) and medium water level (W2) were beneficial to improve nitrogen utilization efficiency, crop yield and crop quality promotion.

     

Improvement in post-treatment of digested swine wastewater

The performance of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) during post-treatment of digested effluent of swine wastewater was investigated. While operating SBR to treat the digested effluent directly, the performance was very poor with COD removal rate about 10%, and NH4+-N removal rate nearly 50%, with a scarce removal of total phosphorus. The performance apparently improved after adding raw swine wastewater or alkali to digested effluent. Although similar results for NH4+-N removal were achieved adopting both measures, the addition of raw wastewater proved superior in removing total nitrogen and total phosphorus. The addition of raw wastewater obtained effluent COD around 300 mg/L which was lower than that after alkali addition i.e. around 550 mg/L. Judged from the investment, oxygen demand, sludge yield, biogas production and running cost, the traditional combined anaerobic-SBR process is unfeasible to treat swine wastewater, while the combined anaerobic-SBR process with addition of raw swine wastewater can be a suitable biotechnology.     

莴笋对不同形态氮素的反应

探讨了不同形态氮素对莴笋生长发育的影响及其营养特性。结果表明,莴笋幼苗根系对NH4^+ -N的亲和力稍大于NO3^- -N的亲和力;分别供给NO3^- -N+NO3^- -N及NH4^+ -N,莴笋的生物学产量和吸N量均依次递减（分别为100：56.9：12.4,100：48.9：8.6）,因此在水培条件下,NO3^- -N是最适合莴笋生长发育的氮源,NH4^+ -N与NO3^- -N各占50％时对莴笋的生长发育已有一定的抑制作用,仅以NH4^+ -N作氮源则莴笋很难生长;NH4^+ -N与NO3^- -N各占50％时,莴笋倾向于吸收较多的NH4^+ -N,而且在培养不同阶段NH4^+/NO3^-吸收比例均大于1,莴笋表现出喜铵性,但NH4^+ -N并非莴笋很适合的氮源;营养液中NO3^- -N不足,主要影响莴笋茎叶的生长,而NH4^+ -N所占比例达50％时,莴笋根系生长受到抑制,且有明显的受害症状;以NO3^- -N作氮源预培养两周,以含微量NO3^- -N的自来水为水源,再单独以NH4^+ -N为氮源,对莴笋生长有极大的促进作用,同时还大幅度降低了体内硝酸盐的含量。尿素作氮源莴笋未出现受害症状,但莴笋的生长发育状况明显劣于其它氮源。     

Treatment of tomato processing wastewater by an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket-anoxic-aerobic system

The main objective of this study is to assess the achievability of stringent discharge criteria i.e. BOD(5)<15 mg/L, TSS<15 mg/L and NH(4)-N<1mg/L during the treatment of tomato processing wastewater with COD of 2800-15,500 mg/L, BOD(5) of 1750-7950 mg/L, TKN of 48-340 mg/L and NH(4)-N of 21-235 mg/L. Two treatment systems, a UASB-aerobic system and a UASB-anoxic-aerobic system were tested. Furthermore due to alkalinity deficiency, in the raw wastewater, the study explored varying UASB effluent recirculation flowrates to the UASB influent to reduce additional alkalinity requirements. The UASB-anoxic-aerobic system was effective in treating tomato canning wastewater at an overall HRT of 1.75 days while achieving 98.5% BOD(5), 95.6% COD, 84% TSS and 99.5% NH(4)-N removal producing effluent BOD(5), COD, TSS, NH(4)-N, TKN, NO(2)-N, NO(3)-N and PO(4)-P of 10, 70, 15, 0.5, 3, 0, 60 and 4 mg/L, respectively. The biogas yield was 0.43 m(3)/kg COD removed.     

绿色屋面降雨径流水质及消减污染负荷研究

2011年5月至11月对12场降雨时段的屋面径流和干湿沉降进行采样监测,比较了屋面径流(绿色屋面和沥青屋面)、干湿总沉降和降雨中污染物的浓度和污染负荷,并运用多元统计方法分析了降雨特征对绿色屋面径流水质的影响。结果表明,从径流水质层面上分析,绿色屋面是总悬浮物(TSS)的汇,对p H值有较好的中和作用,对于总磷(TP)、溶解态铜(DCu)和溶解态锌(DZn)是非源非汇,是电导率(EC)、总氮(TN)、氨态氮(NH+4-N)、硝态氮(NO-3-N)、化学需氧量(COD)、5日生化需氧量(BOD5)和溶解态铅(DPb)的源;从污染负荷的角度分析,绿色屋面是NH+4-N、TSS和BOD5的汇,对于TN、DPb、DCu、DZn、TP和COD是非源非汇,是NO-3-N的源;与控制屋面相比,绿色屋面可以消减TSS、TP、BOD5、COD、NH+4-N、DZn和DPb的污染负荷,分别消减了90.53%、49.38%、41.31%、36.48%、35.45%、28.27%和14.20%;但是增加了NO-3-N和TN的污染负荷,分别增加了821.02%和275.48%;绿色屋面径流污染物的浓度与降雨量、降雨历时和降雨强度呈负相关关系,而与降雨间隔呈正相关关系。研究结果为绿色屋面的科学设计及正确评价绿色屋面对径流水质的影响提供依据。     

LED短期连续光照与氮营养对水培生菜品质的影响

设置10和15 mmol·L^-12个氮水平处理,NO₃^- -N∶NH₄⁺-N比例分别为1∶0、4∶1和1∶1的3个氮形态处理,水培紫叶生菜,研究其在LED红蓝组合光短期连续光照(SCL)后的品质提升效果.结果表明： 各处理生菜地上部干质量在LED光源SCL处理后均显著提高,最小增幅为35.1%,根系干质量除NO₃^- -N∶NH₄⁺-N为1∶1且氮水平为15 mmol·L^-1的处理和NO₃^- -N∶NH₄⁺-N为1∶0且氮水平为10 mmol·L^-1的处理外,差异都达到显著水平.SCL处理前,不同氮营养处理生菜总酚、类黄酮相对含量差异不显著.SCL处理后,不同氮营养条件下生菜总酚、类黄酮和花青素相对含量差异显著.2种氮水平下,总酚和类黄酮相对含量随铵氮比例的提高而增加,花青素相对含量随铵氮比例增加而先降低后升高.SCL处理使生菜叶片、叶柄硝酸盐含量显著降低,其中叶片硝酸盐含量降低23.2%,生菜叶片抗坏血酸、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白含量均显著提高.叶片硝酸盐含量降低速率随氮水平和铵氮比例的增加而提高.抗坏血酸含量增加速率主要受氮水平影响,氮水平较低时抗坏血酸含量增加速率较高.可溶性糖含量增加速率随着铵氮比例的增加而增加.SCL处理显著提高了不同氮营养水培生菜干物质的积累,同时显著降低了硝酸盐的积累,显著提高了抗坏血酸、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白含量,氮营养条件对SCL改善生菜品质的速率有显著影响.     

Nitrification and denitrification in a system of reciprocating jet bioreactor

Concept of separation of stages coupled with novel design of reciprocating jet bioreactor have been incorporated in this research for the development of high efficiency treatment system for contaminated wastewaters.Evaluation of pilot plant data reveals that a three stage reciprocating jet bioreactor system could be effectively employed for nitrification and denitrification of highly polluted wastewater obtained from Berlin wastewater treatment plant. Such a system with COD destruction stage (residence time 1–3 hours) followed by nitrification stage (residence time 3–4.5 hours) and denitrification stage (residence time 0.3 hours) gives COD destruction rate upto 58 kg COD/(m³ day), nitrification rate upto 3.2 NH ₄ ⁺ -N/(m³ day) and denitrification rate upto 28 kg NO ₃ ^– -N/(m³ day) while providing COD, NH ₄ ⁺ -N and NO ₃ ^– -N conversion of more than 90%.Nitrification and denitrification of wastewater at such a short residence time is possible mainly due to the employment of reciprocating jet bioreactor system.Paper presented at the Third Joint Schlesinger Seminar on Transport phenomena and processes in biological systems, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, May 8–9, 1990     

Efficacy of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus abundans for Nutrient Removal in Rice Mill Effluent (Paddy Soaked Water)

Microalgae are product of sustainable development owing to its ability to treat variety of wastewater effluents and thus produced biomass can serve as value added product for various commercial applications. This paper deals with the cultivation of microalgae species namely Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus abundans in rice mill effluent (i.e., paddy soaked water) for nutrient removal. In order to investigate the nutrient removal capability, microalgae are subjected to cultivation in both raw and autoclaved samples. The maximum phosphate removal by Scenedesmus abundans and Chlorella pyrenoidosa in raw sample was 98.3% and 97.6%, respectively, whereas, the removal of ammoniacal nitrogen by Scenedesmus abundans and Chlorella pyrenoidosa in raw sample was 92% and 90.3%, respectively. The growth (measured in terms of chlorophyll content) of Scenedesmus abundans and Chlorella pyrenoidosa in raw sample was 3.88 mg/l and 5.55 mg/l, respectively. The results indicate the suitability of microalgae cultivation in rice mill effluent treatment for nutrient removal.     

The kinetics of the removal of nitrogen and organic matter from parboiled rice effluent by cyanobacteria in a stirred batch reactor

The aim of this research was to evaluate the kinetics of the removal of nitrogen and organic matter from parboiled rice effluent by the cyanobacteria Aphanothece microscopica Nägeli. From the results obtained, it was verified that maximum efficiency for the removal of organic matter expressed as COD and total nitrogen (N-TKN) occurred after 15 h of cultivation, being 83.44% and 72.74, respectively. The scale-up process indicated that the volume of the estimated reactor would be 100.2 m³, containing parboiled rice effluent and biomass.     

Changes in moisture content,mycoflora and aflatoxin content of rice bran during storage

The changes in moisture content, storage mycoflora and aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) in bran from untreated or raw rice (Rr) and parboiled rice (Pbr) stored in small lots in polyethylene bags were studied at 15-day intervals up to 60 days, using five lots of each type of bran. Deterioration was more rapid with reference to all the three parameters, in Rr bran compared to Pbr bran, the former becoming completely overgrown and caked with fungi by the end of 60 days.Aspergillus flavus was the dominant fungus in Pbr bran, whereasA. candidus andTrichoderma viride were abundant in Rr bran. The frequency of incidence as well as concentration of AFB₁ increased with storage time in both types of bran, but the rate of increase as well as overall concentration were much higher in Rr bran. Thus raw rice bran is unsuitable for prolonged storage.Abbreviations AFB₁ aflatoxin B₁ - MC moisture content - Pbr parboiled rice - Rr raw rice     

Integrated System of Phytodepuration for Agroindustrial Wastewater: Three Different Case Studies

The effluents deriving from agricultural industries are sources of wastewater sensibly different from common civil wastewater treatment plants effluents, because they are characterized by significant amounts of nutrients and organic load. Agricultural industries require considerable water volumes for processing the farm products, in doing so generating huge volumes of wastewater, with high concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Advanced and low cost techniques for water depuration are required in such circumstances, as the use of Integrated System of Phytodepuration (ISP). In the present work, three different case studies (a dairy, a pig feedlot and a vinegar industry) are investigated: the performances of the ISPs were evaluated analyzing raw wastewaters and final effluents over a period ranging from 2 to 4 years. The results obtained show that the designed ISPs are characterized by a mean efficiency value higher than 85% for COD removal, 73% for N and 85% for P. Moreover, for the pig feedlot the ISP final effluent is characterized by a quality level not only suited for the release into surface waters but also for irrigation, while for the other two case studies is possible to release the final effluent in surface water.     

Biotreatment of heavy oil wastewater by combined upflow anaerobic sludge blanket and immobilized biological aerated filter in a pilot-scale test

A field pilot study has been constructed in the Liaohe oilfield, China to treat heavy oil wastewater with large amounts of dissolved recalcitrant organic compounds and low nutrient of nitrogen and phosphorus by an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) coupled with immobilized biological aerated filters (I-BAFs). By operating the system for 252 days (including the start-up of 128 days), the chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH₃-N) and suspended solid (SS) in the wastewater were removed by 74%, 94% and 98%, respectively. GC–MS analysis indicated that most of alkanes were degraded by the UASB process, while the I-BAF played important roles both in degrading organic compounds and in removing the NH₃-N and SS. The bacterial community structural analysis based on the PCR-DGGE technology reveals that the predominant bacteria in the UASB reactor belong to the Bacillales and Rhodobacterales, and that in the I-BAF was identified as uncultured soil bacterium. Our results suggest that the combined biotreatment system has immense potential in large-scale treatment of heavy oil wastewater.     

The efficient role of aquatic plant (water hyacinth) in treating domestic wastewater in continuous system

In this study, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was used to treat domestic wastewater. Ten organic and inorganic parameters were monitored in three weeks for water purification. The six chemical, biological and physical parameters included Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Ammoniacal Nitrogen (NH₃-N), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), and pH were compared with the Interim National Water Quality Standards, Malaysia River classification (INWQS) and Water Quality Index (WQI). Between 38% to 96% of reduction was observed and water quality has been improved from class III and IV to class II. Analyses for Electricity Conductivity (EC), Salinity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Ammonium (NH₄) were also investigated. In all parameters, removal efficiency was in range of 13–17th day (optimum 14th day) which was higher than 3 weeks except DO. It reveals the optimum growth rate of water hyacinth has great effect on waste water purification efficiency in continuous system and nutrient removal was successfully achieved.     

Simultaneous nitrification, denitrification, and phosphorus removal from nutrient-rich industrial wastewater using granular sludge

The biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from nutrient-rich abattoir wastewater using granular sludge has been investigated. A lab-scale sequencing batch reactor, seeded with granular sludge developed using synthetic wastewater, was operated for 13 months under alternating anaerobic and aerobic conditions. It is demonstrated that the granules could be sustained and indeed further developed with the use of abattoir wastewater. The organic, nitrogen, and phosphorus loading rates applied were 2.7 gCOD L(-1) day(-1), 0.43 gN L(-1) day(-1), and 0.06 gP L(-1) day(-1), respectively. The removal efficiency of soluble COD, soluble nitrogen and soluble phosphorus were 85%, 93%, and 89%, respectively. However, the high suspended solids in the effluent limited the overall removal efficiency to 68%, 86%, and 74% for total COD, TN, and TP, respectively. This good nutrient removal was achieved through the process known as simultaneous nitrification, denitrification, and phosphorus removal, likely facilitated by the presence of large anoxic zones in the center of the granules. The removal of nitrogen was likely via nitrite optimizing the use of the limited COD available in the wastewater. Accumulibacter spp. were found to be responsible for most of the denitrification, further reducing the COD requirement for nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Mineral precipitation was evaluated and was not found to significantly contribute to the overall nutrient removal. It is also shown that the minimum HRT in a granular sludge system is not governed by the sludge settleability, as is the case with floccular sludge systems, but likely by the limitations associated with the transfer of substrates in granules.     

间歇曝气对微污染源水生物接触氧化修复系统脱氮性能的影响

针对寡营养生境下生物脱氮过程碳源不足等问题,开展不同间歇曝气方式对微污染源水生物接触氧化修复系统脱氮性能的影响研究,探究修复系统短程硝化反硝化的可行性与过程机理.结果表明:在停曝-曝气时间为8 h-16 h的间歇曝气方式(Ⅰ)下启动的生物接触氧化修复系统,其铵态氮(NH+4-N)、高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)、总氮(TN)的平均去除率分别稳定在93.0%、78.1%、19.4%;而在停曝-曝气时间为16 h-8 h的间歇曝气方式(Ⅱ)下运行修复系统,其NH+4-N、CODMn平均去除率仍能分别维持在81.2%、76.4%,体系内NO-2-N发生积累,TN去除率增至50%以上.对工况Ⅱ下修复系统周期内氮素转化特性分析发现,在确保出水NH+4-N、溶解氧(DO)浓度达标的前提下,缩短曝气时间可将体系DO长时间控制在0.5～1.5 mg·L-1,亚硝酸氧化菌(NOB)生长及其活性受到抑制,NO-2-N明显累积,最终实现了微污染源水生物接触氧化修复系统的短程生物脱氮.     

Performance of an ecological treatment system at three strengths of dairy wastewater loading

Ecological treatment systems, which rely on renewable resources, have successfully treated municipal and industrial effluents with reduced costs compared to conventional methods, but their capacity to treat dairy wastewater is unknown. In order for ecological treatment systems to be practical for agriculture they must be able to treat a significant portion of a dairy's daily wastewater production. In this study, the impact of three strengths of dairy wastewater on effluent water quality was assessed. Three ratios of wastewater and city water—(1) one part wastewater:three parts city water, (2) one part wastewater:one part city water, and (3) two parts wastewater:one part city water—were each pumped into an ecological treatment system. Influent and effluent water samples were analyzed for PO₄-P, TP, TN, NH₄-N, NO₃-N, total suspended solids (TSS), and carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD₅). Influent dairy wastewater volumetric loading rates were much greater than those of municipal wastewater. Regardless of influent wastewater strength, concentrations of all measured variables were significantly reduced between the influent and effluent of the ecological treatment system. At the lowest wastewater strength, PO₄-P was reduced 39%, TN 83%, and NH₄-N 89%, while at the highest wastewater strength, PO₄-P was reduced 41%, TN 79%, and NH₄-N 70%. Increased wastewater strength required greater aerobic treatment volume to reduce concentrations of NH₄-N and CBOD₅.     

控释氮肥对洞庭湖区双季稻田表面水氮素动态及其径流损失的影响

用渗漏池模拟洞庭湖区2种主要稻田土壤(河沙泥和紫潮泥),研究了施用尿素(CF)和控释氮肥(CRNF)对双季稻田表面水pH、电导率(EC)、全氮（TN）、铵态氮（NH₄⁺-N）和硝态氮（NO₃^--N）浓度变化规律及TN径流损失的影响.结果表明,双季稻田施用尿素后,表面水TN、NH₄⁺-N浓度分别在第1、3天达到高峰,然后迅速下降;NO₃^--N浓度普遍很低;早稻表面水pH在施用尿素后15 d内(晚稻3 d)逐渐升高;EC与NH₄⁺动态变化一致.与尿素相比,施用CRNF能显著降低双季稻田表面水pH、EC、TN和NH₄⁺-N浓度,70% N控释氮肥的控制效果最显著;但后期NO₃^--N浓度略有升高.径流监测结果表明,洞庭湖区种植双季稻期间施用尿素的TN径流损失为7.70 kg·hm^-2,占施氮量的2.57%;施肥后20 d内发生的径流事件对双季稻田TN径流损失的贡献极为显著;与施用尿素相比,施用控释氮肥显著降低了施肥后10 d内发生的第1次径流液中的TN浓度,施用CRNF和70%N CRNF的氮素径流损失分别降低24.5%和27.2%.     

The Significance of Myriophyllum elatinoides for Swine Wastewater Treatment: Abundance and Community Structure of Ammonia-Oxidizing Microorganisms in Sediments

Myriophyllum elatinoides was reported to effectively treat wastewater by removing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). However, little is known about the abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms associated with M. elatinoides purification systems. The objective of this research was to characterize the abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in swine wastewater and determine the main nitrogen removal pathways. In this study, five different waters were treated by M. elatinoides in microcosms for one month. The five waters included tap water (Control), swine wastewater (SW), 50% diluted swine wastewater (50% SW), and two synthetic wastewaters: 200 mg NH₄ ⁺-N L⁻¹ (200 NH₄ ⁺-N) and 400 mg NH₄ ⁺-N L⁻¹ (400 NH₄ ⁺-N). The most dramatic changes were in NH₄ ⁺-N and total N (TN) concentrations, with average removal rates of 84% and 90%, respectively, in the treatments containing swine wastewater. On days 7, 14, and 28, the dissolved oxygen (DO) increased by 81.8%, 210.4% and 136.5%, respectively, compared with on day 0, in the swine wastewater. The results also showed that the bacterial amoA (AOB) copy numbers in the sediments of the treatments were significantly higher than those of archaeal amoA (AOA) copy numbers (p = 0.015). In addition, the high DO concentrations in swine wastewater responded well to the high abundance of AOB. The AOA and AOB community distributions were positively related with NO₃ ^-N and were negatively related with DO in swine wastewater treatments. In summary, our experimental results suggested that the M. elatinoides purification system could improve the activity of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms and consequently might contribute to the significant N removal from the swine wastewater.     

Identifying an interfering factor on chemical oxygen demand (COD) determination in piggery wastewater and eliminating the factor by an indigenous Pseudomonas stutzeri strain

AIMS: This study attempted to demonstrate nitrite interference on chemical oxygen demand (COD) determination in piggery wastewater, and the capability of aerobic denitrification of the SU2 strain which is capable of promoting the efficiency of nitrogen and COD removal from piggery wastewater. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study was performed in a 17-litre reactor with a 30% packing ratio, with a ratio of immobilized SU2 cells to sludge of 100:1. The ratio of aeration to nonaeration was 4 : 1.5. Removal efficiency of COD was 86.8%. Removal efficiency of BOD and SS was higher than 90%, and removal efficiency of NH4+-N and TKN was almost 100%. CONCLUSIONS: NO2- -N interference is significant when its concentration in piggery wastewater exceeds 100 mg l-1. COD in piggery wastewater can be indirectly reduced following nitrite reduction by SU2 strain. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Utilizing immobilized SU2 cells in coordination with an SBR system simultaneously reduces nitrite and COD concentrations.