锑矿废水影响下水库沉积物中细菌群落结构特征研究

【背景】水库沉积物中的微生物是水生态系统的重要组成部分,在沉积物物质循环中起重要作用。【目的】揭示含锑废水影响下水库表层沉积物中细菌群落结构特征及影响因子。【方法】基于Illumina高通量测序技术,对冷水沟水库表层沉积物细菌群落结构进行研究并分析其与沉积物理化性质的相关性;基于FAPROTAX软件对细菌功能进行预测分析。基于重金属污染负荷指数法评价水库重金属污染情况。【结果】高通量测序结果表明冷水沟水库的细菌群落较为丰富,主要由变形菌门(Proteobacteria,40.32%-20.19%)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes,25.89%-4.44%)、脱硫杆菌(Desulfobacter,9.43%-2.02%)等81个门570个属组成。相关性分析表明,不同提取形态的锑及水溶态锑与多个不同分类水平下的细菌群落有显著的相关性。FAPROTAX软件对细菌功能进行预测,结果表明,化能异养功能细菌占优势(占总细菌的14.59%-23.58%),包括化能异养(Chemoheterotrophy)和需氧化能异养(Aerobic Chemoheterotrophy);此外,与碳、氮、硫元素循环有关的功能微生物以及人类病原致病微生物的相对丰度(占总细菌的12.42%-32.89%)也较高,这与水库的地理条件、周边环境及污染物类型有较大的相关性。重金属污染负荷指数法评价结果表明,水库范围重金属污染较重。【结论】研究区域受锑矿废水影响的水库(2015年建成蓄水)沉积物中细菌的群落以变形菌门(Proteobacteria)及拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)为最优势菌群,细菌功能主要以化能异养为主。     

含氮有机物在污水处理过程中的生物转化机制与模型研究进展

随着市政污水处理厂的提标改造,出水总氮浓度逐渐降低,但溶解性有机氮(Dissolved Organic Nitrogen,DON)在总氮中的占比却越来越高,对含氮消毒副产物的生成和受纳水体富营养化的潜在贡献不可忽视。正因如此,近年来有关污水处理系统中DON的研究不断增加。本文重点综述了污水处理厂DON特征、生成转化规律及其生态影响。目前通过混凝沉淀、消毒等物理化学工艺的联合最高可去除70%左右的进水DON,但生物处理单元的微生物代谢活动会生成新的DON,主要包括氨基酸、聚胺等,其藻类生物可利用性较高。在已有DON模型基础上,本文提出了更加完善的ASM3-DON模型,纳入了包括内源呼吸、细胞生长、微生物产物再利用在内的6个过程,可用于对DON生成转化进行更加精确的模拟。未来围绕污水处理过程的DON研究应重点关注DON的快速精确定量分析、生成转化规律探究以及高效去除方法开发。     

Chromium Removal from Aqueous System and Industrial Wastewater by Agricultural Wastes

This study involved the development of formaldehyde-treated, deseeded sunflower head waste–based biosorbent (FSH) for the biosorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution and industrial wastewater. Batch-mode experiments were conducted to determine the kinetics, sorption isotherms, effect of pH, initial Cr(VI) concentration, biosorbent dose, and contact time. The results demonstrated that FSH can sequester Cr(VI) from the aqueous solution. The maximum sorption occurred at pH = 2.0, biosorbent dose = 4.0 g/L, concentration of 100 mg/L at 25°C at 180 rpm after 2 h contact time. The FSH had an adsorption capacity of 7.85 mg/g for Cr(VI) removal at pH 2.0. The rate of adsorption was rapid, and equilibrium was attained within 2 h. The equilibrium sorption data fitted the Langmuir isotherm model, which was further confirmed by the chi-square test.     

Mathematical Modeling of the Reduction of Safranin onto Chemically Modified Rice Husks in Stirred Tank Reactor Using Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network

ABSTRACT

The effluents coming from the dye industries are colored and polluted, and the disposal of these wastes into receiving waters causes damage to the water as well as the environment. The use of rice husk for the removal of dye from wastewater has been explored in a stir tank reactor. The effects of operation variables such as adsorbent dosage, contact time, dye concentration, initial pH, and agitation on the removal of safranin were investigated in a stirred tank reactor. The combined effect of various process parameters on dye removal were analyzed using response surface methodology (RSM), and the modeling of the process parameter had been done using the artificial neural network simulation method. It was observed that response surface methodology can determine the optimization of the process parameters and the model derived from the simulation of the artificial neural network (ANN) (deviation from experimental results was ～0.09%) described the process variable efficiently. It was observed that at the initial solution pH of 6.28 and adsorbent dosage of 15.63 g L^?1, dye removal of safranin was 97%.     

Assessment of human adenovirus removal by qPCR in an advanced water reclamation plant in Georgia,USA

Aims

To assess human adenoviruses (HAdVs) removal in an advanced wastewater treatment facility and compare two parallel tertiary treatment methods for the removal of HAdVs.

Methods and Results

Tangential flow ultrafiltration was used to concentrate the water samples, and HAdVs were precipitated by polyethylene glycol. HAdVs were detected only by TaqMan real‐time PCR, and HAdV genotype was determined by DNA sequence. HAdVs were detected in 100% of primary clarification influent, secondary clarification effluent and granular media (GM) filtration effluent samples but only in 31·2% of membrane filtration (MF) effluent and 41·7% of final effluent (FE) samples, respectively. The average HAdVs loads were significantly reduced along the treatments but HAdVs were still present in FE. Comparison of two parallel treatments (GM vs MF) showed that MF was technically superior to GM for the removal of HAdVs.

Conclusions

These findings indicate that adenoviruses are not completely removed by treatment processes. MF is a better treatment for removal of adenoviruses than GM filtration. Because only qPCR was used, the results only indicate the removal of adenovirus DNA and not the infectivity of viruses.

Significance and Impact of the Study

Presence of HAdVs in FE by qPCR suggests a potential public health risk from exposure to the treated wastewater and using the FE for recreational or water reuse purposes should be cautious.     

Dairy wastewater polluting load and treatment performances of an industrial three-cascade-reactor plant

An industrial three-cascade-reactor plant treating 45 m³ d^?1 of dairy wastewater (DW) was monitored for approx. one year to investigate the effect of variable daily influent loads. It removed more than 85% COD, NH₄-N and non-ionic and anionic surfactants from DW within the loads 7–24, 0.4–2.3, 0.4–0.7 and 0.1–0.5 kg d^?1, respectively; NH₄-N removal, in particular, was almost quantitative. Although the degradation of the above parameters below the lower load thresholds declined to 78.7, 87.5, 50.2 and 64.7%, respectively, their residual concentrations met effluent discharge standards. The biomass settling properties, assessed as sludge volume index (SVI), were satisfactory (generally lower than 150 ml g^?1) regardless of the organic load of the influent. The depletion of the pollutant load took mainly place in the first reactor albeit a significant contribution to the removal of the slowly degradable organic matter fraction was given by the two subsequent reactors.     

Laccase immobilization and insolubilization: from fundamentals to applications for the elimination of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment

Over the last few decades many attempts have been made to use biocatalysts for the biotransformation of emerging contaminants in environmental matrices. Laccase, a multicopper oxidoreductase enzyme, has shown great potential in oxidizing a large number of phenolic and non-phenolic emerging contaminants. However, laccases and more broadly enzymes in their free form are biocatalysts whose applications in solution have many drawbacks rendering them currently unsuitable for large scale use. To circumvent these limitations, the enzyme can be immobilized onto carriers or entrapped within capsules; these two immobilization techniques have the disadvantage of generating a large mass of non-catalytic product. Insolubilization of the free enzymes as cross-linked enzymes (CLEAs) is found to yield a greater volume ratio of biocatalyst while improving the characteristics of the biocatalyst. Ultimately, novel techniques of enzymes insolubilization and stabilization are feasible with the combination of cross-linked enzyme aggregates (combi-CLEAs) and enzyme polymer engineered structures (EPESs) for the elimination of emerging micropollutants in wastewater. In this review, fundamental features of laccases are provided in order to elucidate their catalytic mechanism, followed by different chemical aspects of the immobilization and insolubilization techniques applicable to laccases. Finally, kinetic and reactor design effects for enzymes in relation with the potential applications of laccases as combi-CLEAs and EPESs for the biotransformation of micropollutants in wastewater treatment are discussed.     

开放条件下烟管菌XX-2对孔雀石绿染料的高效降解

[目的]评价白腐真菌Bjerkandera adusta XX-2处理孔雀石绿染料废水的能力,为其在染料废水中的应用提供参考依据.[方法]采用批次实验在开放条件下研究通气、pH、温度、染料初始浓度、培养时间、碳源、氮源、金属离子、盐度等因子对该菌降解孔雀石绿的影响.同时利用植物萌发、微生物抑菌和水生动物致死实验对降解产物进行毒性测试.[结果]B.adusta XX-2菌株在开放的非灭菌条件下也能高效降解孔雀石绿.例如,在初始浓度为120 mg/L且以孔雀石绿为唯一营养源的条件下降解率也能达到60％.静置培养和摇动培养呈现出几乎相同的降解率,这可以为技术应用节约动力成本.最适降解pH与温度分别为7.0和25℃.在上述参数体系的优化基础上,分别进行了碳源、氮源与金属离子的添加优化实验,结果显示低浓度的碳源(如柠檬酸钠)、氮源(如氯化铵)和金属离子(如Zn2+)均可大大提高B.adusta XX-2对孔雀石绿的脱色效率.同时B.adusta XX-2的降解也能在很高的盐浓度下进行.毒性测试表明降解后的染料对植物、微生物、水生生物的毒性大大减少.[结论]B.adusta XX-2菌株在处理染料废水方面具有很大的应用潜力.     

综述——新型纳米生物材料的研发：纳米酶的发现与应用

自2007年发现四氧化三铁纳米材料具有类似辣根过氧化物酶的催化特性以来,纳米酶研究领域迅速崛起．不同形貌、尺度和材料各异的纳米酶相继出现,同时其催化机制逐渐被认识．由于纳米酶具有催化效率高、稳定、经济和规模化制备的特点,它在医学、化工、食品、农业和环境等领域的应用研究便应运而生．纳米酶的发现,不仅推动了纳米科技的基础研究,还拓展了纳米材料的应用．本文将介绍纳米酶研究领域的最新研究进展．