scholarly journals Effects of Recirculating Aquaculture System Wastewater on Anammox Performance and Community Structure

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1183
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. C. Roques ◽  
Federico Micolucci ◽  
Suguru Hosokawa ◽  
Kristina Sundell ◽  
Tomonori Kindaichi

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are good candidates for the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector. A current limitation of RAS is the production and accumulation of nitrogenous waste, which could affect fish health. We investigated the potential of the anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) process to treat marine wastewater from a cold-water RAS. We show that the marine anammox bacteria Candidatus Scalindua is a promising candidate. However, its activity was affected by unknown compounds in the RAS wastewater and/or the sub-optimum of essential trace elements (TEs). Anammox activity dropped to 2% and 13% in NH4+ and NO2- removal, respectively, when nitrate-rich RAS wastewater was used as a medium in the absence of TE supplementation. A TE supplementation was added to the RAS wastewater in a subsequent phase, and a recovery in anammox activity was shown (25% and 24% in NH4+ and NO2- removal, respectively). Future studies need to identify the unknown factor and determine the specific needs regarding TE for optimal RAS wastewater treatment by Candidatus Scalindua.

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Li ◽  
Ji-Dong GU

Neanthes are one of the most important groups of polychaete in coastal sediments, which play an important role on the nutrient cycling in coastal sediments. Here we report on the existence of anammox bacteria in the gut of polychaete Neanthes glandicincta based on the analysis of 16S rRNA gene and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Three distinct clusters of anammox bacteria are found in different gut sections of N. glandicincta, and one of them is considered as a novel, gut specific anammox bacteria after comparing with the anammox bacteria recovered from surrounding pre-digested sediment. The uniform axial distribution of anammox bacteria in different gut sections of N. glandicincta is also found in present study. These results extend our knowledge of microbial ecology of anammox bacteria in the natural environments.


2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 408-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Innerebner ◽  
Heribert Insam ◽  
Ingrid H. Franke-Whittle ◽  
Bernhard Wett

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 1464-1468
Author(s):  
Yi Wang ◽  
La Hua Jin

The experimental study on startup process of half-nitrosofication for high ammonia nitrogen simulated wastewater has been accomplished with a reactor of completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON). The startup process and its influences of the concentration of influent , DO and pH were analyzed with the experimental results. The results show that the conversion rate of to is close to 55%, the accumulation rate of is over 95% and the rate of to steadily keeps as 1.02~1.24 under the condition of influent of 400 mg/L, pH of 7.6~8.2, DO of 0.95~1.3mg/L, HRT of 1.5d and water temperature of 17~27°C, which meet the environmental requirements for anaerobic ammonia oxidation bacteria growth, and half-nitrosofication was achieved in the CANON reactor, which create good conditions for further enrichment of anammox bacteria for the operation of the CANON reactor.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Wijanarka Wijanarka ◽  
Sudarno Sudarno ◽  
Novi A. Pratama

When ammonia in waste water is lost inappropriately, it  will raise an adverse environmental effect for the aquatic cycle. Anammox, anaerobic ammonia oxidation, is a novel process in which nitrite is used as an electron acceptor in the conversion of ammonium to nitrogen gas. The anammox process removes ammonium in the autrotrophic system by leaving little biomass. This study aims to analyze the effect of salinity on the growth of anammox bacteria. The samples used were from the brackish water sediments of the East Flood Canal River of Semarang. The isolation was done by gram staining and the bacteria were inoculated on media with different salinity concentration and the growth was measured using spectrophotometer. The results showed that anammox bacteria had a higher growth rate of 3% (control) when it was grown on a medium with a concentration of 9%. Anammox bacteria grown on anammox selective media showed that the bacteria were able to adapt to environments with different salinity concentrations of 2% and 9%. Key words: anammox, ammonium, nitrogen, anammox bacteria.


2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 2896-2904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yossi Tal ◽  
Joy E. M. Watts ◽  
Harold J. Schreier

ABSTRACT Microbial communities in the biological filter and waste sludge compartments of a marine recirculating aquaculture system were examined to determine the presence and activity of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. Community DNA was extracted from aerobic and anaerobic fixed-film biofilters and the anaerobic sludge waste collection tank and was analyzed by amplifying 16S rRNA genes by PCR using anammox-selective and universal GC-clamped primers. Separation of amplified PCR products by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing of the different phylotypes revealed a diverse biofilter microbial community. While Planctomycetales were found in all three communities, the anaerobic denitrifying biofilters contained one clone that exhibited high levels of sequence similarity to known anammox bacteria. Fluorescence in situ hybridization studies using an anammox-specific probe confirmed the presence of anammox Planctomycetales in the microbial biofilm from the denitrifying biofilters, and anammox activity was observed in these biofilters, as detected by the ability to simultaneously consume ammonia and nitrite. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of anammox-related sequences in a marine recirculating aquaculture filtration system, and our findings provide a foundation for incorporating this important pathway for complete nitrogen removal in such systems.


2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 1817-1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maartje A.H.J. van Kessel ◽  
Harry R. Harhangi ◽  
Gert Flik ◽  
Mike S.M. Jetten ◽  
Peter H.M. Klaren ◽  
...  

Strict environmental restrictions force the aquaculture industry to guarantee optimal water quality for fish production in a sustainable manner. The implementation of anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) in biofilters would result in the conversion of both ammonium and nitrite (both toxic to aquatic animals) into harmless dinitrogen gas. Both marine and freshwater aquaculture systems contain populations of anammox bacteria. These bacteria are also present in the faeces of freshwater and marine fish. Interestingly, a new planctomycete species appears to be present in these recirculation systems too. Further exploitation of anammox bacteria in different compartments of aquaculture systems can lead to a more environmentally friendly aquaculture practice.


2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 2322-2325
Author(s):  
Li Hua Liang ◽  
Su Lin Kuang ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
Yuan Jing Ji ◽  
Sai Zhang

The biological treatment process of landfill leachate in Beijing Liulitun landfill is a multistage A/O technology, in which a large amount of ANAMMOX (Anaerobic ammonia oxidation, ANAMMOX) bacteria were found in the sludge. There are several factors impacting the activity of ANAMMOX bacteria, including pH value, temperature and HRT which in this process are suitable for the survival of ANAMMOX bacteria. Especially, low dissolved oxygen is an essential factor as the provider of electron donor for nitrite formation. Although the high concentrations of organic matter, ammonia nitrogen and nitrite will inhibit the occurrence of ANAMMOX, ANAMMOX bacteria can self-detoxification by forming a low-poison habitat by consuming ammonia and nitrite as well as organic matter by heterotrophic ANAMMOX bacteria.


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