Evaluation of the microbial diversity in sequencing batch reactor treating linear alkylbenzene sulfonate under denitrifying and mesophilic conditions using swine sludge as inoculum

The objective of this study was to evaluate the degradation of Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate (LAS) in anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) under denitrifying conditions using swine sludge as inoculum. The reactor was operated for 104 days with synthetic substrate containing nitrate, and LAS was added later (22 mg/L). Considering the added mass of the LAS, the adsorbed mass in the sludge and discarded along with the effluent, degradation of the surfactant at the end of operation was 87%, removal of chemical oxygen demand was 86% and nitrate was 98%. The bacterial community was evaluated by cutting the bands and sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fragments and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). The sequences obtained were related to the phylum Proteobacteria and the alpha-and beta-proteobacteria classes, these bacteria were probably involved in the degradation of LAS. The efficiently degraded LAS in the reactor was operated in batch sequences in denitrifying conditions.

Viabilidade do tratamento de água residuária sintética têxtil em reator aeróbio de leito fixo / Viability of the synthetic textile wastewater treatment in a fixed-bed aerobic reactor

Um reator de escoamento contínuo, inoculado com Aspergillus niger AN400, possuía volume total de 5 L e foi operado a 29ºC, com oito horas de tempo de detenção hidráulica e 150 L.h-1 de vazão de ar, para remover 25 mg.L-1 de corante vermelho do congo de água residuária sintética. A alimentação do reator foi realizada em duas fases: Fase I, com 0,5 g.L-1 de sacarose e Fase II, sem sacarose. Na Fase I, foi possível observar eficiências de remoção de matéria orgânica (mg de DQO.L-1) e de cor (mg PT.L-1) de 80 ± 16 por cento e 82 ± 10 por cento (mg Pt.L-1), respectivamente. Na Fase II, a eficiência de remoção de matéria orgânica foi de 75 ± 13 por cento e de cor (mg Pt.L-1) de 89 ± 7 por cento. As maiores remoções de nutrientes foram alcançadas pelo reator na Fase I, com 25 por cento de amônia, 90 por cento de nitrito, 93 por cento de nitrato e 21 por cento de fósforo. Aparentemente, a presença de sacarose melhorou a remoção dos nutrientes.

A continuous flow reactor, inoculated with Aspergillus niger AN400, with total volume of 5 L was operated at 29oC, with eight hours of retention hydraulic time and 150 L.h-1 of air flow rate in order to remove 25 mg.L-1 of Congo Red dye from a synthetic wastewater. The feeding of the reactor, inoculated with Aspergillus niger AN400, was done in two phases: Phase I, with 0,5 g/L of saccharose and Phase II, with no saccharose. In Phase I, it was possible to verify efficiencies of organic matter and color (mg Pt.L-1) removal of 80 ± 16 percent and 82 ± 10 percent, respectively. In Phase II, the efficiency of organic matter removal was 75 ± 13 percent and color removal was 89 ± 7 percent. The higher removals of nutrients were achieved by the reactor in Phase I with 25 percent to ammonia, 90 percent to nitrite, 93 percent to nitrate and 21 percent to phosphorus. Apparently, the presence of saccharose improved the removal of the nutrients.