污水处理厂污泥膨胀和污泥发泡的比较分析

活性污泥法由于操作简单、处理效果好被广泛应用于市政污水和工业废水的处理。污泥膨胀和污泥发泡现象影响二次沉淀池的泥水分离过程和生物反应池的微生物量稳定,严重困扰着污水处理厂的正常运行,被称为污水处理厂的"癌症"。本文从污泥膨胀和污泥发泡的定义及分类出发,全面地比较了表征污泥膨胀和污泥发泡的方法、引起污泥膨胀和污泥发泡的丝状细菌种类及控制污泥膨胀和污泥发泡方法的异同,并探讨了污泥膨胀和污泥发泡问题的未来研究方向和控制策略,期望能够为今后污泥膨胀和污泥发泡问题的研究和调控提供有价值的参考。     

活性污泥中丝状微生物的鉴别方法

丝状微生物与菌胶团细菌一起构成了活性污泥的骨架,是活性污泥中最为主要的一大类生物。它具有较强的氧化、分解有机物的能力,但若数量过多时可使污泥沉降性能减弱,严重时即引起污泥膨胀,造成出水质量下降。为了研究活性污泥这一人为生态系统中丝状微生物种群的动态变化状况,须先了解污泥中丝状微生物的种类。Eikelboom花了几十年时间,对数百个废水处理厂的几千个污泥样品进行了细致的观察研究,他依靠简单的形态观察并配之以某些必要的染色技术,最后     

利用微型生物指示评价污水处理厂运行的研究进展

目前基于理化指标和出水水质来调控污水处理厂运行工况存在一定滞后性,且建立的控制策略不利于系统长期稳定地运行.活性污泥工艺运行状态对微型生物的种群结构具有显著影响,可利用微型生物种群结构来指示和评价污水处理厂运行,且有利于建立面向种群优化的控制系统.在介绍微型生物分类、鉴定、计数的基础上详细阐述了微型生物种群结构与污水处理厂运行状态的相关性与内在联系,力求为今后利用微型生物种群结构特性来指示,评价污水处理厂的运行奠定基础.并对此方面的研究方向进行了展望.     

海口市污水处理厂活性污泥中细菌的分离鉴定及耐药性分析

为了解海口市白沙门污水处理厂活性污泥中细菌抗生素耐性情况,采用平板分离技术分离、纯化细菌,并通过BIOLOG微生物鉴定系统对筛选到的细菌进行鉴定,同时采用Kirby-Bauer纸片琼脂扩散法进行药敏试验并进行抗生素耐性分析。本研究共分离到18株细菌,分属8个属,14个种,其中G+和G-均为9株。抗生素药敏性试验结果表明,所有菌株均耐药,菌株单重耐药率、双重耐药性及多重耐药性分别为50%、38.9%、和11.1%。菌株对9种常用抗生素:头孢他啶、环丙沙星、庆大霉素、链霉素、氨苄西林、红霉素、氯霉素、四环素、卡那霉素的耐药率分别为61.1%、0%、5.6%、16.7%、50%、16.7%、11.1%、0%、5.6%。综上所述,白沙门污水处理厂活性污泥中的细菌耐药性比较严重,存在潜在的环境生态和人畜健康风险。本研究揭示了当前白沙门污水处理厂活性污泥中细菌对常见抗生素耐药的严重现状,为建议污水处理厂加强出水及污泥中抗生素耐药性及耐药基因的检测并评估其生态影响提供基础,避免出水及污泥中的抗性菌和耐药基因可能带来的风险问题。     

废水处理中群体感应调控行为研究进展

群体感应是微生物在繁殖过程中分泌一些特定的信号分子,当信号分子浓度达到一定阈值后,可以调控某些基因表达,从而实现信息交流的现象.群体感应调控着生物膜形成、公共物质合成、基因水平转移等一系列社会性行为,广泛存在于各类微生物信息交流中.活性污泥、生物膜和颗粒污泥等生物聚集体广泛存在群体感应现象,了解和认识群体感应与微生物之间的调控行为,对于废水处理具有重要意义.本文综述了感应信号分子的分类、群体感应调控机制,群体感应在活性污泥、生物膜、好氧颗粒污泥和厌氧颗粒污泥等废水处理中的调控行为的研究进展,并对废水处理中群体感应的研究进行了展望,以期为深入理解废水处理中群体感应调控行为提供参考.     

污水生物处理中的噬菌体及其功能研究进展

污水生物处理是一种利用微生物分解污水中的污染物、实现污水净化的方法。噬菌体是侵染细菌的病毒,在污水生物处理系统中广泛存在,它们能够特异性地控制微生物菌群,影响污水处理效果和调控污泥性状。因此,研究污水生物处理中噬菌体的分布及其功能具有重要意义。本文介绍了不同污水生物处理中噬菌体的分布,简要分析了噬菌体分离、培养与鉴定方法及其优缺点,详细总结了噬菌体在污水生物处理中的功能,包括:(1)调节微生物群落结构,影响污水处理效果;(2)作为环境监测的指示生物;(3)控制病原菌、污泥膨胀、污泥发泡和膜污染;(4)减少污泥产量,重点分析了影响噬菌体功能的因素,探讨了污水生物处理中噬菌体功能应用存在的问题及其解决方法,最后对噬菌体未来应用的发展方向进行了展望,以期为污水生物处理技术和工艺的开发与应用提供参考,促进污水处理健康发展。     

活性污泥中菌群多样性及其功能调控研究进展

活性污泥是污水处理厂生物处理工艺的功能主体,活性污泥中菌群的种类、数量及活性是提高污水处理能力与效果的重要基础。本文综述了活性污泥处理工艺中的主要功能细菌(絮凝菌、脱氮菌、除磷菌等)生物群落的多样性与生态特征,并对目前主流的菌群鉴定方式进行总结,最后从运行条件、定向驯化及生物强化3个方面对菌群调控进行论述,以期为活性污泥法污水处理工艺提供一些理论指导。     

我国南北区域城市污水处理系统内真菌群落的差异

【背景】微生物是污水处理系统内污染物去除的主体,真菌作为其中不可或缺的一部分,在去除有毒化合物、提高生物转化等方面发挥着重要作用,应引起人们的关注。【目的】明确我国南北区域城市污水处理系统内真菌群落的多样性、组成差异及其影响因素。【方法】采集我国北方23个污水处理厂的90份活性污泥样品和南方37个污水处理厂的121份活性污泥样品,提取上述样本的总DNA,并应用Illumina MiSeq平台进行ITS高通量测序,结合多种数量生态学分析方法对数据进行分析。【结果】我国南北区域城市污水处理系统内真菌群落结构存在显著差异,真菌群落多样性南方显著高于北方;我国南北区域真菌群落的组成差异显著,南方群落以Sordariomycetes和Glomeromycetes为优势菌纲,以Ophiocordycep和Alternaria为优势菌属,北方群落以Tremellomycetes和Saccharomycetes为优势菌纲,以Trichosporon和Saccharomyces为优势菌属,其中Tremellomycetes和Sordariomycetes是常见的病原菌,对下游生物或者人类的健康具有潜在威胁,Trichosporon属的丝状真菌若大量异常增殖会引发污泥膨胀现象,影响系统的稳定运行;地理纬度、年平均气温、进水NH_4~+浓度、进水总氮浓度是导致我国南北区域真菌群落存在差异的重要影响因子。【结论】我国南北区域真菌群落多样性、组成存在显著差异,地理因素、所在城市的气候因素和进水污染物浓度对真菌群落结构影响显著。针对南北区域,应合理调控相应区域内的重要功能菌群,以调控污水处理厂的高效稳定运行,同时密切关注其中的条件致病菌和易引发污泥膨胀的菌群,建立面向种群的优化控制系统以管控风险。     

膨胀活性污泥丝状菌类的研究

活性污泥膨胀是微生物处理污水过程中常遇到的一个严重问题,长期以来是污水处理工作的重点,对此做过大量的研究工作。造成污泥膨胀的因素很多,其中最常见的一种是活性污泥中丝状微生物的过度生长,已报道的有浮游球衣细菌(Sphaerotilus natans),白地霉(Geotrichum candidum),大肠埃希氏菌(Esche-     

活性污泥污水处理系统中胞外多聚物的作用及提取方法

活性污泥污水处理系统依靠微生物代谢作用净化污水。活性污泥胞外多聚物(extracellular polymeric substances,EPS)对水中污染物的去除及污泥的絮凝、沉降、脱水性能都有着重要作用,从而影响活性污泥污水处理系统的稳定运行和性能改进。本文综述了活性污泥污水处理系统中EPS维持系统的功能作用,并对目前常见的多种活性污泥EPS提取方法进行了比较。不同的提取方法显著影响EPS的组成成分和数量,从而影响活性污泥的物理化学性质。最佳的EPS提取方法是指既能获得高的EPS数量又对污泥微生物细胞破坏最小的方法。EPS提取方法的标准化是研究活性污泥胞外多聚物的基础。根据研究目的选用适宜的EPS提取方法是阐明EPS在污水生物处理系统中的作用、改善活性污泥性能的基础。     

"Microthrix parvicella", a filamentous bacterium causing bulking and foaming in activated sludge systems: a review of current knowledge

This review summarizes the microbiology and physiology of "Microthrix parvicella" and the methods of its growth control in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. This filamentous bacterium is of high interest because of its worldwide involvement in severe bulking and foaming at wastewater treatment plants. We present a critical analysis of physiological and kinetic data on "M. parvicella" and discuss its growth and storage abilities in various environments with the aim of understanding the strategies of this organism to successfully compete with other bacteria in activated sludge. Additionally, this review elaborates on research needs for defining reliable control strategies of bulking and foaming based on key features of "M. parvicella".     

Nocardia foaming control in activated sludge process treating domestic wastewater

In this study, filamentous bacteria (Nocardia amarae) were identified as the major causal microorganism in foaming sludge. The results of growth kinetics study indicated that N. amarae had a relatively strong affinity for non-readily biodegradable fatty acids. N. amarae was able to consume various fatty acids at a constant growth yield from 0.413 to 0.487 g/gCOD. Under common F/M ratio (less than 0.5 g BOD/gMLSS/d) used in activated sludge processes, specific growth rate of N. amarae was found to be more significant than that of non-filamentous bacteria. Based on this feature, a novel technique feast-fast operation (FFO) was developed for the foaming control. The sludge volume index (SVI) rapidly decreased from 300 to 80 mL/g and further stabilized at about 70 mL/g and the system was free from stable foam, while the BOD removal efficiency was maintained above 95%. This control technology effectively suppressed the overgrowth of filaments and improved the settleability of activated sludge without adverse effects on the treatment performance and the process stability.     

Microbial community composition and function in wastewater treatment plants

Biological wastewater treatment has been applied for more than a century to ameliorate anthropogenic damage to the environment. But only during the last decade the use of molecular tools allowed to accurately determine the composition, and dynamics of activated sludge and biofilm microbial communities. Novel, in many cases yet not cultured bacteria were identified to be responsible for filamentous bulking and foaming as well as phosphorus and nitrogen removal in these systems. Now, methods are developed to infer the in situ physiology of these bacteria. Here we provide an overview of what is currently known about the identity and physiology of some of the microbial key players in activated sludge and biofilm systems. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Sludge minimisation technologies

The treatment and disposal of excess sludge represents a bottleneck of wastewater treatment plants all over the world, due to environmental, economic, social and legal factors. There is therefore a growing interest in developing technologies to reduce the wastewater sludge generation. The goal of this paper is to present the state-of-the-art of current minimisation techniques for reducing sludge production in biological wastewater treatment processes. An overview of the main technologies is given considering three different strategies: The first option is to reduce the production of sludge by introducing in the wastewater treatment stage additional stages with a lower cellular yield coefficient compared to the one corresponding to the activated sludge process (lysis-cryptic growth, uncoupling and maintenance metabolism, predation on bacteria, anaerobic treatment). The second choice is to act on the sludge stage. As anaerobic digestion is the main process in sewage sludge treatment for reducing and stabilising the organic solids, two possibilities can be considered: introducing a pre-treatment process before the anaerobic reaction (physical, chemical or biological pre-treatments), or modifying the digestion configuration (two-stage and temperature-phased anaerobic digestion, anoxic gas flotation). And, finally, the last minimisation strategy is the removal of the sludge generated in the activated sludge plant (incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, wet air oxidation, supercritical water oxidation).     

Ecophysiology of the filamentous Alphaproteobacterium Meganema perideroedes in activated sludge

A comprehensive study of the ecophysiology of the filamentous Meganema perideroedes affiliated to the Alphaproteobacteria, possessing a "Nostocoida limicola Type II" filamentous morphology was conducted. This morphotype often causes serious bulking problems in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants, and hardly anything is known about its physiology. The study was carried out by applying a suite of in situ methods in an industrial activated sludge treatment plant with excessive growth of this species. The experiments revealed a very versatile organism able to take up a large variety of organic substrates under aerobic conditions. It had a remarkably high storage capacity forming polyhydroxyalkanoates from most substrates tested. When nitrate was present as e-acceptor, the number of substrates to be consumed by M. perideroedes was more restricted compared to aerobic conditions. With nitrite as e-acceptor, only acetate and glucose among the substrates tested could be assimilated and used for storage and possibly growth. This indicated that M. perideroedes might be able to denitrify under certain conditions, which is unusual for filamentous bacteria in activated sludge. No substrate uptake or storage was seen under anaerobic conditions. M. perideroedes was relatively hydrophobic, compared to other filamentous bacteria and microcolonies present in the sludge, indicating the presence of a hydrophobic sheath. Several excreted surface-associated exoenzymes were detected in the sludge, but M. perideroedes never showed any activity, except once after a breakdown in the production facility. This confirmed that M. perideroedes mainly grows on soluble substrates. Based on the studies of the ecophysiology of M. perideroedes, potential control strategies are suggested.     

活性污泥丝状膨胀的模拟试验与控制对策研究

以新鲜的生活污水作为水样,采用同步培菌法,在培养活性污泥的基础上,模拟一定的条件促进丝状菌生长直至形成丝状膨胀,并探索消除丝状膨胀的控制措施,同时通过对丝状菌进行分析鉴定及生活特性显微观察,确定产生丝状膨胀的丝状菌的种类。因为实验能够较好地接近污水厂的实际情况,其结论对污水厂曝气池的正常运行具有实际指导作用。     

Microbial composition of the activated sludge of Moscow wastewater treatment plants

The contribution of the major technologically important microbial groups (ammonium- and nitrite-oxidizing, phosphate-accumulating, foam-inducing, and anammox bacteria, as well as planctomycetes and methanogenic archaea) was characterized for the aeration tanks of the Moscow wastewater treatment facilities. FISH investigation revealed that aerobic sludge were eubacterial communities; the metabolically active archaea contributed insignificantly. Stage II nitrifying microorganisms and planctomycetes were significant constituents of the bacterial component of activated sludges, with Nitrobacter spp. being the dominant nitrifiers. No metabolically active anammox bacteria were revealed in the sludge from aeration tanks. The sludge from the aeration tanks using different wastewater treatment technologies were found to have differing characteristics. Abundance of the nitrifying and phosphate-accumulating bacteria in the sludge generally correlated with microbial activity in microcosms and with efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater. The highest microbial numbers and activity were found in the sludge of the tanks operating according to the technologies developed in the universities of Hannover and Cape Town. The activated sludge from the Novokur’yanovo facilities, where abundant growth of filamentous bacteria resulted in foam formation, exhibited the lowest activity. The group of foaming bacteria included Gordonia spp. and Acinetobacter spp utilizing petroleum and motor oils, Sphaerotilus spp. utilizing unsaturated fatty acids, and Candidatus ‘Microthrix parvicella’. Thus, the data on abundance and composition of metabolically active microorganisms obtained by FISH may be used for the technological control of wastewater treatment.     

Group-specific small-subunit rRNA hybridization probes to characterize filamentous foaming in activated sludge systems.

Foaming in activated sludge systems is characterized by the formation of a thick, chocolate brown-colored scum that floats on the surface of aeration basins and secondary clarifiers. These viscous foams have been associated with the presence of filamentous mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes. To aid in evaluating the microbial representation in foam, we developed and characterized group-, genus-, and species-specific oligonucleotide probes targeting the small subunit rRNA of the Mycobacterium complex, Gordona spp., and Gordona (Nocardia) amarae, respectively. The use of a universal base analog, 5-nitroindole, in oligonucleotide probe design was evaluated by comparing the characteristics of two different versions of the Mycobacterium complex probe. The temperature of dissociation of each probe was determined. Probe specificity studies with a diverse collection of 67 target and nontarget rRNAs demonstrated the specificity of the probes to the target groups. Whole-cell hybridizations with fluorescein- and rhodamine-labeled probes were performed with pure cultures of various members of the Mycobacterium complex as well as with environmental samples from a full-scale activated sludge plant which experienced foaming. Quantitative membrane hybridizations with activated sludge and anaerobic digester foam showed that 15.0 to 18.3% of the total small-subunit rRNAs could be attributed to members of the Mycobacterium complex, of which a vast majority consisted of Gordona rRNA. Several G. amarae strains made up only a very small percentage of the Gordona strains present. We demonstrated that group-specific rRNA probes are useful tools for the in situ monitoring and identification of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge systems.     

Effect of hydraulic retention time on membrane fouling and biomass characteristics in submerged membrane bioreactors

In this paper, three identical membrane bioreactors (MBRs) were operated in parallel in order to specify the influence mechanism of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on MBR. The results showed that the removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was stable though it decreased slightly as HRT decreased, but biomass activity and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in sludge suspension decreased as HRT decreased. The filamentous bacteria grew easily with decreasing HRT. The extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) concentration and sludge viscosity increased significantly as filamentous bacteria excessively grew. The over growth of filamentous bacteria, the increase of EPS and the decrease of shear stress led to the formation of large and irregular flocs. Furthermore, the mixed liquid suspended solids (MLSS) concentration and sludge viscosity increased significantly as HRT decreased. The results also indicated that sludge viscosity was the predominant factor that affecting hydrodynamic conditions of MBR systems.