[Effect of Elodea nuttallii-immobilized Nitrogen Cycling Bacteria on Nitrogen Removal Mechanism in an Inflow River, Gonghu Bay].

Undisturbed sediment cores and surface water from Qinshui River in Gonghu Bay were collected to carry out a simulation experiment in our laboratory. The remediation effect of Elodea nuttallii-Immobilized Nitrogen Cycling Bacteria (INCB) was applied in the polluted inflow river. The denitrification rate, ANAMMOX rate and nitrogen microorganism diversity were measured by ¹5N isotope pairing technology and high-throughput sequencing technology based on 16S rRNA. The TN, NH4⁺-N, NO3⁻-N concentrations were reduced by 72.03%, 46.67% and 76.65% in the treatment with addition of Elodea nuttallii and INCB in our laboratory experiment. Meanwhile, denitrification bacteria and ANAMMOX bacteria had synergistic effect with each other. The denitrification and ANAMMOX rates were increased by 165 µmol (m² · h)⁻¹ and 269.7 µmol · (m² · h)⁻¹, respectively. The diversities of denitrification and ANAMMOX bacteria also increased in our experiment. From the level of major phylum, Proteobacteria, Planctomycetes, Acidobbacteria and Bacteroidetes all increased significantly. The results showed that the Elodea nuttallii-INCB assemblage technology could increase the bio-diversity of nitrogen cycling bacteria and promote the ability of nitrogen removal in Qinshui River.

[Preparation of Nanocomposite Hydrogel and Its Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions].

An acylamino and hydroxyl functionalized hydrogel [p(HMAm/HEA)] was newly prepared by the 60 Co-γ-induced polymerization of N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide (HMAm) and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA). Then the copolymer p(HMAm/HEA) hydrogel was utilized for in situ nanosized hydrous manganese dioxide (HMO) loading to prepare nanocomposite hydrogel HMO-p(HMAm/HEA) for Pb2+ and Cu2+ removal. The nanocomposite hydrogel was characterized by SEM, TEM and FTIR, showing that p(HMAm/HEA) hydrogel was indeed a copolymer of HMAm and HEA monomers, and the loading of HMO nanoparticles onto p(HMAm/HEA) was successful. Various influencing parameters on heavy metal ions removal by HMO-p(HMAm/HEA), such as initial pH, temperature, initial heavy metal concentration, contact time and competing Ca2+ and Na+, were estimated. The results showed that the adsorption process was temperature-independent, pH-sensitive, Langmuir monolayer adsorption and followed a pseudo-second-order rate equation. The presence of high concentrations of competing Ca2+ and Na+ had no significant effect on the adsorption process. The XPS spectra analyses further indicated that Pb2+ and Cu2+ were adsorbed via the ion exchange of -OH groups. Moreover, HMO-p(HMAm/HEA) could be regenerated by 0.05 mol·L-1 of HCl, and obtained excellent repeated use.