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Microbial community of sulfate-reducing up-flow sludge bed in the SANI® process for saline sewage treatment

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This study investigated the microbial community of the sulfate-reducing up-flow sludge bed (SRUSB) of a novel sulfate reduction, autotrophic denitrification, and nitrification integrated (SANI®) process for saline sewage treatment. The investigation involved a lab-scale SANI® system treating synthetic saline sewage and a pilot-scale SANI® plant treating 10 m3/day of screened saline sewage. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) were the dominant population, responsible for more than 80% of the chemical oxygen demand removal, and no methane-producing archaea were detected in both SRUSBs. Thermotogales-like bacteria were the dominant SRB in the pilot-scale SRUSB while Desulforhopalus-like bacteria were the major species in the lab-scale SRUSB.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Jin Wang, Manyuan Shi, Hui Lu, Di Wu & Guang-Hao Chen

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

    Ming-Fei Shao & Tong Zhang

  3. Water Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa

    George A. Ekama

  4. Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628, BC, Delft, The Netherlands

    Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht

  5. KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

    Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht

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Wang, J., Shi, M., Lu, H. et al. Microbial community of sulfate-reducing up-flow sludge bed in the SANI® process for saline sewage treatment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 90, 2015–2025 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3217-3

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