Microbial community related to lysozyme digestion process for boosting waste activated sludge biodegradability

  • Xiao Dong Xin
  • , Jun Guo He
  • , Wei Qiu*
  • , Jian Tang
  • , Tian Tian Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Waste activated sludge from a lab-scale sequencing batch reactor was used to investigate the potential relation of microbial community with lysozyme digestion process for sludge solubilization. The results showed the microbial community shifted conspicuously as sludge suffered lysozyme digestion. Soluble protein and polysaccharide kept an increasing trend in solution followed with succession of microbial community. The rise of lysozyme dosage augmented the dissimilarity among communities in various digested sludge. A negative relationship presented between community diversity and lysozyme digestion process under various lysozyme/TS from 0 to 240min (correlation coefficient R2 exceeded 0.9). Pareto-Lorenz curves demonstrated that microbial community tended to be even with sludge disintegration process by lysozyme. Finally, with diversity (H) decrease and community distribution getting even, the SCOD/TCOD increased steadily in solution which suggested the sludge with high community diversity and uneven population distribution might have tremendous potential for improving their biodegradability by lysozyme digestion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)112-119
Number of pages8
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume175
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Biodegradability promotion
  • Biodiversity
  • Evenness
  • Lysozyme digestion
  • Microbial community

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