Abstract
Anammox process is emerging as a promising biotechnology to remove ammonium (NH4+) from wastewater. Co-existing organic matters such as toluene could pose potential inhibitions on this process. In this study, the mechanisms of toluene-nitrite (NO2-) inhibition synergy of anammox activity (AA) was investigated in batch culture. In results, the AA (mmolN2-NLliquid-1h-1) in reference assays achieved values of 0.21 ± 0.0078. The toluene (0.1-3.0 mM) demonstrated different inhibitory effects on the AA and caused 50% inhibition (IC50) at 0.79 mM. The pre-exposure to toluene and NO2- or NO 2- alone in the absence of NH4+ demonstrated a much severer inhibition, compared to toluene alone. The IC 50 of the AA due to pre-exposure to NO2- lacking NH4+ was of 6.25 mM NO2-. These results indicated that toluene by itself did not severely inhibit the anammox process but did so in the presence of NO2-.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 926-930 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Process Biochemistry |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2013 |
Keywords
- Anammox
- Anammox activity
- Batch assay
- Inhibition synergy
- Nitrite
- Toluene
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Biochemistry
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology