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Bacterial community dynamics and its effects during biological activited carbon filter process for drinking water treatment

  • Duoying Zhang*
  • , Weiguang Li
  • , Ke Wang
  • , Lei Zhang
  • , Hainan Gong
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

A biological activated carbon (BAC) filter was designed for treatment of micro-pollutants in Songhua River. The goal of the study was to characterize bacterial diversity over time and in different spatial regions of the filter and evaluate the effects on BAC performance. The bacterial activity varied over time and the length of the filter. SEM results showed biomass of BAC filter increased during operation and corresponding biological activity reached to 1023.5 (ng ATP g-1 carbon). PCR-DGGE results showed that bacterial composition differed in different spatial regions of the filter and competition between bacterial populations existed. Bacterial dynamics might affect bacterial activity and BAC performance. With bacterial populations reduced, increase of bioactivity, TOC and ammonium removal rate became lower. The phylogenetic results showed BAC filter was colonized by diverse population of bacteria at the end of operation, which played an important role in the performance and reliability of this biofilter system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICBEE 2010 - 2010 2nd International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Proceedings
Pages137-142
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2nd International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, ICBEE 2010 - Cairo, Egypt
Duration: 2 Nov 20104 Nov 2010

Publication series

NameICBEE 2010 - 2010 2nd International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, ICBEE 2010
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityCairo
Period2/11/104/11/10

Keywords

  • Adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP)
  • Ammonium
  • Bacterial community
  • Biological activited carbon (BAC)
  • Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)
  • Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
  • Total organic carbon (TOC)

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