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Investigation of the active biofilm communities on polypropylene filter media in a fixed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment

Saroj, Devendra P.; Naz, Iffat; Avignone-Rossa, Claudio; Hodgson, Douglas; Lynch, Jim; Smith, Ann; Ahmed, Safia; Marchesi, Julian; Sehar, Shama

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Devendra P. Saroj

Iffat Naz

Claudio Avignone-Rossa

Douglas Hodgson

Jim Lynch

Ann Smith

Safia Ahmed

Julian Marchesi

Shama Sehar



Abstract

© 2018 Society of Chemical Industry BACKGROUND: This research is focused on the effect of temperature on the growth of active biofilms on polypropylene (PP) filter media in aerobic fixed biofilm reactors (FBR) for wastewater treatment. RESULTS: High-throughput sequencing was used to explore the composition and diversity of the microbial community of 14-days-old (starting phase) biofilms grown at 10, 20 and 30°C. Members of the classes Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes were predominant in all the biofilm samples retrieved from PP-FBRs. A total of 108 genera of bacteria were identified, with some of them present in all three reactors, including Trichococcus, Zoogloea, Aeromonas, Acidovorax, and Malikias, among others. Besides these shared populations, certain genera were abundantly found in individual biofilm samples, like Brevundimonas (17.1%), Chitinimonas (10.3%) and Roseateles (39.3%), at 10, 20, and 30°C, respectively. The metabolic capabilities of active microbial communities in PP-FBRs were estimated by assessing the changes in different variables (BOD, DO, and pH) in the influent and effluent during operation. A noteworthy BOD removal (66.6%) was shown by PP-FBRs operating at 30°C, compared with 20°C (28.3%) and 10°C (28.8%),consistent with the DO levels recorded in the effluents, highest at 30°C (70.5%), and decreasing with declining temperatures. Substantial wastewater treatment efficiencies were observed in the reactors at 30°C, attributable to the higher relative abundance and diversity of microbial biofilms. CONCLUSIONS: The development of physiologically active biofilms in PP at all prevailing temperatures strongly suggests that the material is suitable to be employed in FBRs for wastewater treatment at different operational temperatures. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 25, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 11, 2018
Publication Date Nov 1, 2018
Deposit Date Oct 2, 2019
Publicly Available Date Oct 4, 2019
Journal Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
Print ISSN 0268-2575
Electronic ISSN 1097-4660
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 93
Issue 11
Pages 3264-3275
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5686
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/3452837
Related Public URLs http://orca.cf.ac.uk/116557/

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Saroj, D. P., Naz, I., Avignone-Rossa, C., Hodgson, D., Lynch, J., Smith, A., …Sehar, S. (2018). Investigation of the active biofilm communities on polypropylene filter media in a fixed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment: Wastewater treating biofilms in polypropylene media reactors. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 93(11), 3264-3275. , which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5686. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving





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