Metabolic influence of lead on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production and phosphate uptake in activated sludge fed with glucose or acetic acid as carbon source |
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Authors: | You Sheng-Jie Tsai Yung-Pin Cho Bo-Chuan Chou Yi-Hsiu |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Bioenvironmental Engineering and R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chun Yuan Christian University, Chungli 320, Taiwan b Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi-Nan University, Puli 545, Taiwan c W.M. Keck Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Sludge in a sequential batch reactor (SBR) system was used to investigate the effect of lead toxicity on metabolisms of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) and glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) communities fed with acetic acid or glucose as their sole carbon source, respectively. Results showed that the effect of lead on substrate utilization of both PAOs and GAOs was insignificant. However, lead substantially inhibited both of phosphate release and uptake of PAOs. In high concentration of acetic acid trials, an abnormal aerobic phosphate release was observed instead of phosphate uptake and the release rate increased with increasing lead concentration. Results also showed that PAOs could normally synthesize polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in the anaerobic phase even though lead concentration was 40 mg L−1. However, they could not aerobically utilize PHB normally in the presence of lead. On the other hand, GAOs could not normally metabolize polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV) in both the anaerobic and aerobic phases. |
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Keywords: | Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Acetic acid Glucose Heavy metal Phosphate removal |
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