Biological ammonium oxidation was carried out in two inverse turbulent bed reactors fed with synthetic mineral wastewater containing a high ammonium concentration (100 mg N-NH4+/L). Both reactors were started-up and operated in the same conditions except for the solid carrier concentration: the solid hold-up ratios applied, defined as the ratios of static to expanded bed height, were 0.1 and 0.3 in reactors R10 and R30 respectively. These two solid hold-up ratios generate different particle-to-particle collision frequencies and, therefore, detachment forces. The influence of solid hold-up on biofilm growth and nitrifying performance was studied from a macroscopic (i.e. nitrate and/or nitrite production) and microbiological point of view. After 60 days of operation, both reactors contained the same amount of biomass. However, R10 produced only nitrate while nitrite accumulated in R30. A comparison of microbial populations in the reactors showed that R10 contained both ammonium and nitrite oxidizing populations such as Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira, whereas in R30, ammonium oxidizing populations were much greater than those of nitrite oxidizers. The major ammonium-oxidizing organism was not the same in both reactors.
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June 01 2004
Effect of solid hold-up on nitrite accumulation in a biofilm reactor - molecular characterization of nitrifying communities
N. Bernet;
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France
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O. Sanchez;
O. Sanchez
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France
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P. Dabert;
P. Dabert
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France
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A. Olaïzola;
A. Olaïzola
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France
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J.J. Godon;
J.J. Godon
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France
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J.P. Delgenès
J.P. Delgenès
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France
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Water Sci Technol (2004) 49 (11-12): 123–130.
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N. Bernet, O. Sanchez, P. Dabert, A. Olaïzola, J.J. Godon, J.P. Delgenès; Effect of solid hold-up on nitrite accumulation in a biofilm reactor - molecular characterization of nitrifying communities. Water Sci Technol 1 June 2004; 49 (11-12): 123–130. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0820
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